Outgrowing shared hosting
How to read the resource figures in cPanel, tell a real limit from a slow plugin, size a VPS honestly, and move without downtime.
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Reading your cPanel resource usage: EP, NPROC and IOPS
“What do the numbers in the cPanel resource usage screen mean? Explain entry processes, NPROC, IOPS, CPU and memory in plain terms, which ones cause a 508 error and which just slow you down, and how to tell whether you are genuinely out of room or just running something inefficient.”
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The signs you have outgrown shared hosting
“How do I know when I need to move off shared hosting? Give the real signals against the false ones, explain that a slow site is more often a plugin or an unoptimised database than a plan limit, and say what to try first so people do not pay for a VPS they did not need.”
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Choosing between shared hosting and a VPS
“Do I actually need a VPS, or will shared hosting do?”
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Sizing a VPS when moving from shared hosting
“I am moving from shared hosting to a VPS. What size do I need? Explain how to translate your current usage into VPS specs, why a VPS with a control panel needs more RAM than the same site on shared hosting, and why buying the biggest plan is the wrong instinct.”
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Moving a cPanel site to a VPS
“How do I move my cPanel site from shared hosting onto my own VPS? Cover the full cPanel backup, restoring it onto the new server, what does not come across, testing before you switch DNS, and how to handle email during the move.”
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