I'm a freelancer working with several clients who need different features for their web apps, like blogging or sending newsletters. I'm considering hosting their backend on a VPS, but I'm unsure whether to host multiple clients' data on a single VPS with one database instance or to set up a separate VPS for each client. What are the best practices here? Also, are there any tools you've found useful for managing this setup? Thanks for your insights!
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Having one VPS per client might seem excessive unless your clients are super small or if they're getting loads of traffic. A better approach could be to invest in a single, larger VPS. Use a control panel like Enhance or cPanel; Enhance, in particular, is great for isolating client accounts with virtualization. This way, you can manage everything from one place and give your clients secure access to their databases and files without breaking the bank.
I checked out Enhance, but is it limited to just WordPress sites? I'm looking for more general database features.