Common VPS Hosting Mistakes to Avoid

What Are the Most Costly VPS Hosting Mistakes?

Choosing on price alone. The cheapest VPS option typically involves oversold hardware, SATA SSD (not NVMe), shared CPU allocation, and inadequate support. Any monthly saving is easily lost in degraded performance, longer downtime incidents, and poor support quality.

Using Windows 10 for multi-user Tally access. A surprisingly common mistake. Windows 10 supports only one concurrent Remote Desktop session. Multiple Tally users attempting to connect will be blocked. Only Windows Server 2019/2022 supports the multiple concurrent sessions required for multi-user accounting software access.

Not verifying backups actually work. Configuring backup software and assuming backups complete successfully is not verification. Check backup logs weekly. Perform an actual restoration test quarterly. Most backup failures are discovered only when a restoration is needed — the worst possible time to find out.

Leaving RDP accessible to the entire internet. Default RDP configuration on port 3389, accessible from all IP addresses, is attacked by automated bots continuously. Restrict access to specific authorised IP addresses via firewall. This single step eliminates the vast majority of RDP-based attack attempts.

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