Moving from shared hosting to a VPS
Move off shared hosting without breaking the site: the inventory cPanel was hiding, a rehearsed cutover, low DNS TTLs, and why mailboxes stay put.
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Move off shared hosting without breaking the site: the inventory cPanel was hiding, a rehearsed cutover, low DNS TTLs, and why mailboxes stay put.
A VPS separates you from other customers at the hypervisor. The real risk is your own setup: open services, reused keys, unpatched packages, leaked secrets.
Shared hosting or a VPS? The real split is root access and who fixes the server when it breaks. When shared hosting still wins, and the four signs to move.