There are significant differences between the GreenGeeks EcoSite or Reseller platform, and our Managed VPS environment. Some of these differences are at the operating system level, and some of these differences are in regards to the management, or level of support that we are able to provide.
So, what differences are there that you need to be aware of?
| VPS | ||
|---|---|---|
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Antivirus Protection |
ImunifyAV – Monthly scans of files |
Imunify360 – Real-time-scanning of new files |
|
cPanel Backups |
Not taken automatically by GreenGeeks; can be configured on VPS with sufficient free disk space |
GreenGeeks stores 30 sets of user-level backups |
|
Disk Space |
Requires 15GB for operating system and cPanel updates, in addition to the cPanel user and a minimum of 5GB free working space. |
Disk space & inodes are used at the cPanel user level, not required for operational overhead |
|
GreenGeeks Dashboard Management |
Start/Stop/Reset VPS/Change user root Password/Link to WHM login page |
Full cPanel/WHM access without login |
|
GreenGeeks Support Provided |
Tickets |
Tickets, Live Chat or Telephone |
|
Inodes |
Limited only at the file-system level. |
Limited per cPanel user |
|
Litespeed Cache |
Not supported by default; must provide own Litespeed license or be replaced by alternative plugins such as W3 Total Cache or WP Fastest Cache. |
Supported; GreenGeeks recommends Litespeed Cache |
|
Memory Usage |
Memory used by OS & related services, in addition to the cPanel user |
Memory is dedicated to the cPanel user only, not required for operational overhead |
|
MySQL |
MariaDB 10.6 |
MariaDB 10.5 |
|
Nameservers |
Use nameservers registered within VPS |
Use GreenGeeks global nameservers |
|
Operating System |
AlmaLinux 8 |
Cloudlinux |
|
PHP |
7.2 – 8.2 |
5.2 – 8.2 |
|
Shell Access(SSH) |
Root or user level, using SSH keys |
User-level SSH access, using keys or passwords |
|
SSL Management |
Managed within cPanel/WHM |
Done in the GreenGeeks dashboard |
|
Web Server |
Apache 2.4 |
Litespeed |
If you have any questions about specific differences between the GreenGeeks platforms, please contact the GreenGeeks Support team for assistance.