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Add-on domains performance

Zyek
I know this is not the best idea but here are my alternatives (I have powerful vps and may even get a dedicated server just for this)... I know that separating them is better but performance wise (loading apache config file or pages) is there a big, big difference between these? Done at cPanel: Domain1.com with 500 add-on domains Versus Done at WHM, different users for each one: subdomain1.Domain1.com with 50 add-on domains subdomain2.Domain1.com with 50 add-on domains subdomain3.Domain1.com with 50 add-on domains subdomain4.Domain1.com with 50 add-on domains subdomain5.Domain1.com with 50 add-on domains subdomain6.Domain1.com with 50 add-on domains subdomain7.Domain1.com with 50 add-on domains subdomain8.Domain1.com with 50 add-on domains subdomain9.Domain1.com with 50 add-on domains subdomain10.Domain1.com with 50 add-on domains Each website will have very low traffic. The first one is easier to backup everything and transfer... What about if I decide to double these? Thank you very much!

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  • TerranceR
    Hello, What is your purpose for wanting to do this? You can absolutely do this without issues but I just fail to see the reason for doing this. To answer your question - their is no difference performance wise.
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  • Zyek
    I have hundreds of domains and this was the most effective way I created to easily organize and update them.
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  • cPanelMichael
    New I have hundreds of domains and this was the most effective way I created to easily organize and update them.

    Hello :) Yes, as mentioned, there's no difference in the performance of your website. The VirtualHost entries are added to the Apache configuration file in the same manner. Thank you.
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  • Zyek
    Thank you very much! I'm doing some tests with parked domains on top of subdomains, because it doesn't require usernames or passwords it may be lighter?
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  • cPanelMichael
    New Thank you very much! I'm doing some tests with parked domains on top of subdomains, because it doesn't require usernames or passwords it may be lighter?

    Parked domain names point to the contents of another domain or subdomain on your account. Thus, you can't add a parked domain name with the expectation that it will alter the performance of the server. Thank you.
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  • Zyek
    I just want Apache to quickly load the configuration files, in an inferior machine I once noticed some slowness on adding new add-on domains after I already had 180 to the same user, hence my question.
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  • cPanelMichael
    Parked domain names don't have their own VirtualHost entries, so yes if you are sure a Parked domain name meets your needs then it's a good idea to use a parked domain name over an addon domain name. You can review:
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  • Zyek
    My doubt is that when I park domains on top of an existing subdomain it will create an add-on domain (partial?), or at least it appears as so on my add-on domains list. Thank you for so much for your fast assistance.
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  • cPanelMichael
    No, parking a domain name will not create an addon domain name. Thank you.
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  • Zyek
    I had never seen something like that as well, I'll try to replicate when I finish some urgent work. If I remember correctly I created subdomain1.Domain1.com at WHM, then (still at WHM) I parked the domain on top of such user... When going to cPanel the parked domain would automatically appear as an add-on domain!
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  • cPanelMichael
    I had never seen something like that as well, I'll try to replicate when I finish some urgent work. If I remember correctly I created subdomain1.Domain1.com at WHM, then (still at WHM) I parked the domain on top of such user... When going to cPanel the parked domain would automatically appear as an add-on domain!

    Please report this issue to your web hosting provider if you are able to reproduce it. They should be able to take a closer look with root access to the system. Thank you.
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  • Zyek
    I did this as root, don't know if it's because of that... It's a test machine and I like investigating new things :)
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  • cPanelMichael
    Feel free to provide us with step-by-step instructions on how to reproduce the issue, along with the version of cPanel installed on your system, if you can reproduce it. Thank you.
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