Comments on: Unmanaged dedicated server questions? http://whmvideocenter.com/2009/05/16/unmanaged-dedicated-server-questions/ WHM and Building WebSites Sat, 01 Oct 2011 20:01:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: marketingsyndrome http://whmvideocenter.com/2009/05/16/unmanaged-dedicated-server-questions/#comment-668 marketingsyndrome Fri, 22 May 2009 06:56:51 +0000 http://whmvideocenter.com/2009/05/16/unmanaged-dedicated-server-questions/#comment-668 Hi, I can help you answer your questions. I think you will be better off with an unmanaged server because it will be cheaper in general. When I purchased an unmanaged dedicated server, I didn't know anything about managing a server, but I found it very easy with WHM. You can't learn everything by reading it. You just have to get one and try bunch of things. The one I'm using has a big online community where you can ask questions. Most of the common questions are already answered with great detail, so you just need to search and find. That's how I learned to manage my server. (hosting more than 100 websites) I really didn't understand what would be the difference if I get a managed hosting account. I didn't have any problem with unmanaged one "yet". I guess if you want to administer a server without having a contrl panel, you should learn Unix/Linux. I found it useful to learn some simple commands. Definitly helps. Anyway, good luck with your search. I will include a link to the one I got my server. They have great reputation + specials. I don't know what they have now, but there are manuals there where you can learn managing the server. Hi,
I can help you answer your questions. I think you will be better off with an unmanaged server because it will be cheaper in general.

When I purchased an unmanaged dedicated server, I didn’t know anything about managing a server, but I found it very easy with WHM.

You can’t learn everything by reading it. You just have to get one and try bunch of things. The one I’m using has a big online community where you can ask questions. Most of the common questions are already answered with great detail, so you just need to search and find. That’s how I learned to manage my server. (hosting more than 100 websites)

I really didn’t understand what would be the difference if I get a managed hosting account. I didn’t have any problem with unmanaged one “yet”.

I guess if you want to administer a server without having a contrl panel, you should learn Unix/Linux. I found it useful to learn some simple commands. Definitly helps.

Anyway, good luck with your search. I will include a link to the one I got my server. They have great reputation + specials. I don’t know what they have now, but there are manuals there where you can learn managing the server.

]]> By: binaryspiral77 http://whmvideocenter.com/2009/05/16/unmanaged-dedicated-server-questions/#comment-667 binaryspiral77 Tue, 19 May 2009 22:47:57 +0000 http://whmvideocenter.com/2009/05/16/unmanaged-dedicated-server-questions/#comment-667 Comparing a shared host with an unmanaged server is like comparing the ease of use of a Nintendo vs a Desktop PC. If you've never worked on a linux server connected to the internet - and this will be a production server - you're setting yourself up to fail without learning a lot in a short period about a lot of complicated things like Apache configs, PHP ini files, firewall rules, and system patching. Most remote managed linux boxes allow SSH connections into the command line of the box. This is how you would manage a linux server remotely. You could go with webpanel, a utility that runs on your server which allows you to change a lot of settings on your server from a secure web page, but in my experience the options are as complicated as just using the command line and not nearly as easy as a cpanel. If price is your only reason for not going with a "managed server" maybe I can help you find a decent price on one that is managed. Or better yet, why do you think you'll need a dedicated server for your website instead of a managed shared server with a good reputation? Are you going to be using a lot of bandwidth or processing power? Comparing a shared host with an unmanaged server is like comparing the ease of use of a Nintendo vs a Desktop PC.

If you’ve never worked on a linux server connected to the internet – and this will be a production server – you’re setting yourself up to fail without learning a lot in a short period about a lot of complicated things like Apache configs, PHP ini files, firewall rules, and system patching.

Most remote managed linux boxes allow SSH connections into the command line of the box. This is how you would manage a linux server remotely.

You could go with webpanel, a utility that runs on your server which allows you to change a lot of settings on your server from a secure web page, but in my experience the options are as complicated as just using the command line and not nearly as easy as a cpanel.

If price is your only reason for not going with a “managed server” maybe I can help you find a decent price on one that is managed.

Or better yet, why do you think you’ll need a dedicated server for your website instead of a managed shared server with a good reputation? Are you going to be using a lot of bandwidth or processing power?

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