A VPS would have either windows or Linux as the OS...it is essentially like having a dedicated server. So you would have virtual sites/aliases with IIS or apache just as you would on a dedicated server.
The email accounts would really depend on what you install for email. My suggestion, though, would be to use Google apps for your email. Having your email on a separate and unrelated server has it's benefits...plus Google is free ;-) Generally they should be firewalled on the main OS. I don't think that is handled at the virtual OS level. Not sure about antivirus, but it wouldn't hurt, I guess...unless that would interfere or not work right on a VPS...to have one. I would ask the provider. Yes, you should be able to just install it yourself with no issues, though someone more familiar with CF licensing would be able to answer that better. A VPS, again, is just like having a dedicated box as far as being able to install things. If you don't want to go to the expense of buying a license of SQL server, might I suggest MySQL? -----Original Message----- From: Pete Ruckelshaus [mailto:pruckelsh...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2010 9:22 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Hosting Inquiry This is actually pretty timely...I need to simplify my current web hosting mess. If I had a VPS account, does that mean that I can host as many domains as I needed (I want to centralize about a half-dozen sites)? Or would I need an IP address per domain? Do VPS hosts offer tools for administering email accounts, etc., or would I have to do all of that stuff manually? Do VPS hosts take care of things like firewall and antivirus, or is that for the customer to worry about? Assuming that I had my own CF license (I do), would I need to pay any additional fees, or should I just be able to install it myself? I realize that some of these questions might differ from provider to provider. The sites that I would need to centralize are generally low-traffic sites, and I think I could get by with MS SQL Server Express, a single CPU core, and 1GB of RAM. Thanks, Pete ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:335113 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
