How to tell difference between Dedicated and Shared/VPS hosting

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greedylobster

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Hello people,
Forgive me if I say anything silly. I am a noob. Is it possible to tell whether a site is hosted on a shared or dedicated server other than going to the hoster?...
I am trying to find out were my site is hosted: dedicated, vps or shared. I have access to the CP and on one of the screens it says Virtual server, but I am not sure whether this is a definite sign that the server is shared/VPS.
I'd much appreciate an expert input.
Thank you all...
 
Setup phpsysinfo (phpsysinfo.sourceforge.net) and let us see. If it says something such as venet then it is a VPS.

There are a few things that tell.
 
Setup phpsysinfo (phpsysinfo.sourceforge.net) and let us see. If it says something such as venet then it is a VPS.

There are a few things that tell.
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Not all ways. Virtuozzo for example, emulates eth0. So you won't find venet.

One clue is by checking the kernel. VPS kernels are custom built. Meaning... kernel-xen, kernel-vz, etc because they are created and managed by their respective planels.

But unfortunately, you don't have access to this feature via cPanel nor WHM, only SSH as root can help.

I seriously, doubt there is any possibility of finding it out.
 
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