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How can I be sure I have a dedicated server?

         

dukelips

5:26 am on Jun 23, 2009 (gmt 0)

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We have recently leased a dedicated server from a webhost. Is there any way to find out the server is dedicated one or a type of VPS

Frank_Rizzo

8:36 am on Jun 23, 2009 (gmt 0)

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What O/S is it?

If Linux try the following commands as root:

Show logged in users:
who

Show users who logged in previously
last

Show home directories
ls -l /home

Show processor info
cat /proc/cpuinfo

Show memory info
cat /proc/meminfo

Show running processes
top q to quit

Show mounted volumes
mount

That should give you some clues as to what is going on with the box / if it is the same spec as you requested.

Obviously best to run those commands as root especially if you want to see the home directories.

dukelips

8:50 am on Jun 23, 2009 (gmt 0)

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Hi

We run win 2000 as os

Frank_Rizzo

9:46 am on Jun 23, 2009 (gmt 0)

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Ahh sorry. I can't help there.

bwnbwn

3:49 pm on Jun 23, 2009 (gmt 0)

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Can you remote in under administrator?

dukelips

4:15 pm on Jun 23, 2009 (gmt 0)

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yes i could login as administrator

bwnbwn

5:50 pm on Jun 23, 2009 (gmt 0)

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If you can log into the server under administrator then you are most likely on a dedicated server.

You can under the admin look at the whole server same as your computer as a server is nothing more than a bigger computer.

If you know how to work around in a computer then you should have no trouble checking out the servers confirgration to see other users etc and how it is partitioned off.

Posted at the same time you did. So will respond to it in this post.

A fairly simple way for me and I am no expert by any means is check your hard drive.

Under the administrator remote check out "my computer" and see what is available to you. If your truly dedicated you will have the whole drive available to you for use.

[edited by: bwnbwn at 6:00 pm (utc) on June 23, 2009]

dukelips

5:50 pm on Jun 23, 2009 (gmt 0)

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how does it vary from a VPS