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[entrepreneurial]

I have a reseller account right now, which is fine but I would like to have greater control over some things, namely root access. I am pretty good with Linux administration, but I am a little concerned that not having physical access to a VPS server could be risky. What happens if it gets hacked and needs single user mode? Or worse, a total wipe and reinstall?

I am paying less than $15 now for my reseller account. I see that PowerVPS has accounts starting at $25, but I don't need all the disk space they are offering. Half a gig would be more than enough. Are there any GOOD companies offering lower priced plans? The site I want to move to a VPS is my email server - which basically runs incoming email aliases through a custom script before finally forwarding them. It just needs CPU time and RAM, not much in terms of storage.

[David]

Entrepreneurial,

With a VPS it is actually easier to to wipe/reinstall and most providers won't have an issue with it if something is exploited, there really isn't a need for single-user-mode due to the way it works entirely.

It is much easier to deal with than with a dedicated server - and faster to reimage a VPS if something is exploited.

[rghf]

The thing with lower price VPS plans is they are out there but they are unmanaged and normally don't include a control panel

[entrepreneurial]

What does unmanaged mean?

[askthexperts]

Means that if something breaks, you need to have the skills to fix it.

[Kevin]

I suspect a lot of companies would help you fix problems even though it is un-managed, they are just not responsible to maintain it, that is your responsibility.... but you shouldn't get left hanging if you have a problem.

[Tobarja]

Xen has a feature for getting "console access" to a VPS.

Unixshell's control panel has the ability to "turn on" single-user mode, if you need to do that.

[dreamdesigners]

http://www.eurovps.com is a good company and they offer VPS with Control panel for starting about 27 dollar.

[geekboy]

Originally posted by slade
Xen has a feature for getting "console access" to a VPS.

Unixshell's control panel has the ability to "turn on" single-user mode, if you need to do that.

This has to be one of the greatest features around. Especially for those who are sys admins and aren't interested in a flashy web interface

[gilbert]

Originally posted by HP-David

It is much easier to deal with than with a dedicated server - and faster to reimage a VPS if something is exploited.

thats so key and very true

[msh]

I got a XEN account. With XEN you get "console" access. I can even see the boot up messages of my VPS.

[David]

Gilbert,

It's personally why I'm considering moving all my own servers to VPS - everything seems more manageable even though you're on a 'virtual' scale but still have complete control.

That and pricing.. VPS is where it is at!

[datruesurfer]

Also Linode gives the same console access. They are doing a Xen beta test now but UML is stable.