So this applies to the shared unix/win server in question. Does this number (read as 5 connections into ftp daemon) apply to single domain or the entire sharing community of that server?
>Really, just per user, not per server at all, we regularly have 15+ on a server at one time with FTP
The extra cost would be that of a VPS account or for that matter, a dedicated solution should the need arise? VPS gives more direct server control but not really much performance over normal shared accounts?
>With a reseller account, you could use the VPS that is provisioned with the account,VPS is still sharing resources of the main server, so I would not say that it is a great performance improvement, but it is by far a control improvement, as you can control almost everything like a dedicated linux server.
>A dedicated server would of course be good in the long run, but if they want to start big, I would point most everything to the dedicated server, and used the shared as the mirror.
To get better responses/performance, a dedicated server would be the way to go? In this case the entire ftp daemon would come under individual control?
>Yes. VPS ftp would also be under your control, but full resources and server would be under your control from the HD, RAM, FTP, webserver and more, with a dedicated server.
Where can I get such a script? Open-source etc?
>There are many(free) FTP servers, are you referring to a FTP server management script, or what exactly?
In any case, the script would ftp over the www section; what about mirror for the database?
>You can use mysql to take a dump of the DB in SQL format on a schedule as well.
Please excuse the detailed queries. I simply need to respond to my prospective customer and want to have all the answers on hand. TQ
>No problem at all