I am thinking about starting a forum and not sure how fast it would grow but maybe just really slow and wanted to make sure growing would be easy to do. I was wondering what others have done. Do web hosts discourage the use of hosting forum software on shared packages? Would VPS be a better way? If I went with low end VPS in general would web host be able to upgrade it to another plan they may have by adding more virtual resources like ram, cpu and hard drive without me having to move software and database? I just do not want to pay too much for a plan at first and it be overkill. I also prefer not to have to move servers too much. Also is IPB anymore secure over phpBB? Which one releases updates the most in one year? Does anyone know which one uses more resources under load? Thanks
laucad Reviewed by laucad on . VPS or shared hosting for forum? I am thinking about starting a forum and not sure how fast it would grow but maybe just really slow and wanted to make sure growing would be easy to do. I was wondering what others have done. Do web hosts discourage the use of hosting forum software on shared packages? Would VPS be a better way? If I went with low end VPS in general would web host be able to upgrade it to another plan they may have by adding more virtual resources like ram, cpu and hard drive without me having to move software Rating: 5