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How Much Technical Knowledge Do I Need to Manage My VPS?

Managing a Virtual Private Server is a highly demanding task and one needs to have in depth technical knowledge in terms of server operations, hardware, software and so forth. You will have to install software including basic systems such as PHP, Apache, and many more.

You will need to undertake round the clock performance monitoring to ensure that website is not getting deprived of bandwidth, CPU, or RAM. Software updates need to be installed from time to time. These are MySQL, Apache, and PHP, just to name a few. There will be time when you will have to provision the latest application due to incompatibility of older applications.

There is always a lurking danger of malware and you must have enough technical knowledge to ensure seamless security measures to prevent virus and malware attacks. It is very difficult to optimize server for a dedicated application such as WordPress if you are not tech savvy.

You must be well versed with using a graphical interface to interact with a server if you are going to manage the VPS server by yourself. Server management is a twenty four hour job and should only be handled by technically proficient individuals.