[tomwp]

Hi,

I currently have two shared hosting packages with you - would it be possible to transfer these over to a single VPS? The reason behind this is that I have a Ruby application I really need to get up and running and I don't want all my projects spread across multiple hosting companies.

Also - I have never run a VPS system before (though I have run servers from home). How much comes pre set up or is a completely clean system? I mean I dont want a long down time switching from shared to VPS.

Thanks for your help.

Tom

[Kieran]

Are the shared hosting packages reseller accounts or ordinary? If they are reseller accounts then they will be running cpanel, so as long as you get a cpanel install on your VPS you would be able to transfer everything over in a couple of clicks. If they are shared (non-reseller) accounts they will be on HSphere so transfering might take a little longer; most likely involving transfering home directories, sql databases and mail setting separately for each domain, although there may be a way of doing this I am not aware of, thats how I had to do it moving from ensim to cpanel.

A VPS with cpanel would come pretty well setup, although there would be a fair bit of customisation to do to get it how you want, update bits and secure what you wanted secured etc. Allow a day to get things how you want before you migrate customers accross, better still allow a period of testing, perhaps using a few of your own sites to make sure everything is going to be ok before moving paying customers.

Hope this helps in some way