>>> > If I had a VPS account, does that mean that I can host as many domains as I > needed (I want to centralize about a half-dozen sites)? Or would I need an > IP address per domain? >
You can run multiple sites off one IP. If you need to run SSL you will need an dedicated IP for each SSL cert or domain. EX: https://yourdoman.com will need its own IP. The number of sites that you can host depends on how much your server can handle. Generally speaking the amount of RAM you have will be the limiting factor. Obviously if you have sites that cache a lot of stuff in memory i.e. the application scope your memory consumption will be greater. >>Do VPS hosts offer tools for administering email accounts, etc., or would I have to do all of that stuff manually? It depends. Most companies offer some sort of hosting Control Panel. Plesk,cPanel and Helm are common offerings. Or you can install your own. http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Internet/Site_Management/Configuration/ If you are on windows DotNet panel recently went OS. http://sourceforge.net/projects/websitepanel/ >>>Do VPS hosts take care of things like firewall and antivirus, or is that > for > the customer to worry about? > It depends on the hosting company. IIRC both Kickassvps and viviotech both provide external firewalls. I highly recommend using an external firewall. But for AV software it it depends on the company >>would I need to pay any > additional fees, or should I just be able to install it myself? > Again it depends. Jordan @ Viviotech installed ACF for me at no charge. IIRC you get 2 free hours of support each month @ Viviotech. HTH G! On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Pete Ruckelshaus <[email protected]>wrote: > > This is actually pretty timely...I need to simplify my current web hosting > mess. > > If I had a VPS account, does that mean that I can host as many domains as I > needed (I want to centralize about a half-dozen sites)? Or would I need an > IP address per domain? > > Do VPS hosts offer tools for administering email accounts, etc., or would I > have to do all of that stuff manually? > > Do VPS hosts take care of things like firewall and antivirus, or is that > for > the customer to worry about? > > Assuming that I had my own CF license (I do), would I need to pay any > additional fees, or should I just be able to install it myself? > > I realize that some of these questions might differ from provider to > provider. The sites that I would need to centralize are generally > low-traffic sites, and I think I could get by with MS SQL Server Express, a > single CPU core, and 1GB of RAM. > > Thanks, > > Pete > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:335056 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
