VPS Recommendations and what to look for

General Computing Hardware & Networking
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I’m looking for a good quality VPS service and some idea of what I need.

My hosting is due for renewal in April and although it’s very good (£18 a year for 500Mb + 2Gb bandwidth), I’m feeling resticted by it’s “closed in” feel. - ie One MySQL table, no webDav etc.

Therefore I was looking at a low end VPS service where I could setup a webserver (host a wordpress blog), webDav server + FTP for cheap.

Cheapest one I’ve found so far is VPS4Less at 4EUR a month for 1Gb storage + 64Mb RAM. I assume the RAM is the maximum it’s allowed to use. A mate recommended Linode.com but at £14 a month for the smallest option, it’s a bit OTT.

Also, how do they work? I get a default linux install to mess with? Because if thats the case, 1Gb seems mighty small!

Also, how do I go about moving my domain name? I ssume it’s a transfer out/transfer in jobby? 34SP currently own it but I’d like to move it to freeparking (because my main email is there as well and I know I can move DNS servers easy)

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some cheap boxes here : http://www.rapidswitch.com/VirtualServers.aspx

they have an offer on untill june… £1 or £2 a month depending on the box you choose to take…

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not the foggiest what webdav is tbh

have you checked the scripts ? http://scripts.34sp.com/

There is something at the bottom to do with webdav also this talks about it here… http://support.34sp.com/webdav

also your not limited to 1 database you can purchase more for a small fee check out the upgrade options from logging into your account from the site.

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Yeah they do support webdav, but only in the root folder which then screws up my blog - people not allowed webdav access cant post comments.

webdav basically allows you to edit documents whilst on the server. Something similiar to google docs I guess but hosted yourself.

TBH, I’m considering just getting an upgrade with them as the cheapest decent VPS I’ve found is £5. Or possibly opening a second account as I already have a spare domain name.