12-03-2009, 02:40 AM
As my life is becoming more and more occupied by...IRL stuff, I haven't really had enough time to keep my VPS secure and functioning fully, I'm thinking of just forking out the extra money and getting a managed VPS; I haven't done much research at all but DreamHost looks like a great option, but I have a few questions before I go ahead and do it.
What is managed? Are they just providing the security of a VPS without all the hassle, I don't think I could handle having a full VPS and having what I can do with it being limited by a stupid control panel they are going to give me and/or they won't fix my stuff because I have manually changed some configuration files from the default or something. Keep in mind I am only doing this because I don't have the time to manage a VPS because I appear to have an IRL now; it isn't because I'm not knowledgable in the area and I don't really want to stick with the default settings that they are going to give me like most people might do with a managed VPS.
What is managed? Are they just providing the security of a VPS without all the hassle, I don't think I could handle having a full VPS and having what I can do with it being limited by a stupid control panel they are going to give me and/or they won't fix my stuff because I have manually changed some configuration files from the default or something. Keep in mind I am only doing this because I don't have the time to manage a VPS because I appear to have an IRL now; it isn't because I'm not knowledgable in the area and I don't really want to stick with the default settings that they are going to give me like most people might do with a managed VPS.