I have shared/sdx/reseller account, why should I upgrade to VPS?

by | Feb 26, 2011 | Knowledgebase, VPS and Dedicated

VPS is a virtual private server that gives you a separate process environment not shared by other users with root (admin) level access to you. What this means is that – you can customize your hosting environment and server to your needs. This option is not available on shared/sdx/reseller server as the same server software is used by all users, so not all settings can be changed to your liking. – your IP addresses are not shared with anyone else. – you can run background servers/process on you vps – you have full root access to your vps However at the same time vps hardware resources (especially CPU) comes from the same machine shared by other VPS. Therefore the CPU is limited as compared to say shared SDX plan. The hosting services we provide, the best upgrade path depends on Control or Power. For Control, the upgrade path is: Shared : Reseller : VPS : Dedicated For Power, the upgrade path is: Shared : VPS : SDX :...

I would like to change OS (operating system) of my vps. How can I do that?

by | Feb 26, 2011 | Knowledgebase, VPS and Dedicated

If you would like to change the OS of your vps, you need to take complete backup of any of your data on the vps and keep it at a safe place. Then you need to open a support ticket to re-create your vps with your desired OS. The OS change requires new vps setup so all previous data will be lost, so you must take backup which you will need to restore later on. There is $15 charge for OS change. If you would like us to take the backup and then restore it for you, the manual work required to do that will cost $35/half...