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Here's my current plan for moving to to a Virtual Dedicated Server.

Initially sign up for a short term plan.  Yes, short term is a little more per month, but I want to be sure I can manage this before making a long term commitment.

Leave all my current hosting account sites where they are.

Upload and import duplicate copies of two or three existing sites to the VDS.   Upload and import a few more; including Mu instalations.  Keep  uploading duplicate copies of all my sites until I've done all of them.

(Use FeedWordPress and/or Autoblogged plugin to keep content in the new VDS test location current)

Let everything exist in duplicate while I learn my way around.

As each exisiting hosting account comes up for renewal, let it expire (provided its twin is already living on the VDS of course.)

 

Here's the configuration I am planning:

Operating System:Linux

Bandwidth:1500GB

Hard Drive(s):30GB

Control Panel:cPanel Unlimited

Backup:Daily Backups, Stored for 7 day

Ram:512MB

((I'm placing this link here for future reference:  GoDaddy's cPanel Setup Guide ))

 

I plan on posting my notes here on Active Rain as I muddle along.  Suggestions or comments about your own experience in setting up a VDS are very welcome!

 

 
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7 Comments on Planning the move to a Virtual Dedicated Server

JAN
13
2010
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Wow... I am going to be watching this with great interest. Wishing you the very best with your project. :-)
6:45am • #1
631,354 Points 12 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog

I like your idea of leaving all your existing accounts / sites where are initially.  That sounds like a safe plan.
6:47am • #2
305,161 Points 17 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

I haven't a clue what a VDS is and if I need one.  Hopefully there will be lots of posts here and I can learn about it.  Yes I clicked through and read the Wikipedia link, still clueless.
6:52am • #3
848,842 Points 153 Featured Posts Localism Sponsor Outside Blog Hit Router Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

I will know everything there is to know about this, once you do it Cheryl.

Look forward to your posts on it, you are so thorough when you do tutorials.
7:47am • #4
447,089 Points 28 Featured Posts Outside Blog Hit Router Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

Missy,  My tutorials tend to be thorough because if I don't do something everyday, I tend to forget how to do it, and I go back and rely on my own tutuorials when I get stuck.  :-)
8:31am • #5
447,089 Points 28 Featured Posts Outside Blog Hit Router Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

Still sorting thru the plan in my head:

On the test duplicate sites, I'll use some of the domain names that are just idly parked right now.  The domain name itself can't exist in two different places...
9:19am • #6
142,288 Points 13 Featured Posts Outside Blog

Very intriguing and look forward to see how this pans out and helps your load time and saving pennies!
4:21pm • #7

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