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Completely newby question please. I always had shared hosting. Now I am about to get a dedicated Centos server. I now need to know whether I should get a managed one or not. 2 questions please:

  1. Whats the learning curve (approx. days/months) assuming I am a fast learner?
  2. If I managed it myself, how much of my time (approx. each day) do I need to commit in managing the server? (Assuming normal circumstances).

thank you for any help!

HopelessN00b
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Hobby99
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    I don't think we have the faintest chance of answering this question without knowing a lot more about what skillsets you **do** have. Are you an experienced Windows admin? An ubuntu admin? A sushi chef? Those three people will likely have three wildly different times coming up to speed on CentOS. – MadHatter Jan 03 '14 at 15:53
  • @MadHatter +1 for the sushi chef – replay Jan 03 '14 at 15:55
  • mauro: what can I say? I was hungry. – MadHatter Jan 03 '14 at 15:57
  • I am a web programmer (PHP, JS). I never handled a server apart from control panels. Does that help to get an approximation of how much time it would take to learn it? – Hobby99 Jan 03 '14 at 16:09
  • No sysadmin experience of any kind? Get a managed server. Learning the trade on production kit is not a good idea, unless you don't value your business at all. – MadHatter Jan 03 '14 at 16:23
  • This is really "too broad" but I marked it as a duplicate of the above question, which covers the knowledge you will need to be successful here. As you can see, it really is rather broad. – Michael Hampton Jan 03 '14 at 21:15

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If I was in your shoes, I would rent a very cheap VPS (less than $5/month) and have the provider install your intended Centos distrib on it. Use this to determine your comfort level with working with the platform before renting a dedicated server.

Also, please note that the amount of time spent managing a server will vary depending on what is running on the server.

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