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When to Upgrade from Shared Hosting to VPS

Use these capacity and control signals to decide when VPS is the right step.

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Upgrade Signals

Shared hosting is efficient, but some workloads eventually need isolated resources.

Recommended workflow

  1. Frequent CPU/memory spikes affecting response times.
  2. Need for custom server modules or root-level access.
  3. Traffic growth from campaigns causing intermittent slowdowns.
  4. Multiple high-importance apps requiring resource isolation.

Migration Path

Plan migration before user-facing performance degrades.

Recommended workflow

  1. Provision VPS matching your usage profile.
  2. Clone app and database to staging VPS environment.
  3. Run full smoke tests, then schedule DNS cutover.
  4. Follow migration runbook and rollback plan.

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