cPanel/WHM or Plesk 8?

[LSIntegra94]

As the title suggests, which do you prefer cPanel/WHM or Plesk 8 and why?

[Steve Machol]

I've worked with both a lot when providing support and I absolutely prefer working on cPanel/WHM server over Plesk any day. It's much faster and easier to use in my opinion.

[LSIntegra94]

Hi Steve, cPanel certainly looks much cleaner and easier to navigate. I understand that it uses much more RAM than Plesk though. In your experience, approximately how much RAM does it use ?

[Steve Machol]

I have no idea about relative memory usage. WHM/cPanel works fine on my server.

[LSIntegra94]

And your server specs are?

[Steve Machol]

Processor #1 Vendor: GenuineIntel
Processor #1 Name: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
Processor #1 speed: 2793.125 MHz
Processor #1 cache size: 1024 KB

Processor #2 Vendor: GenuineIntel
Processor #2 Name: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
Processor #2 speed: 2793.125 MHz
Processor #2 cache size: 1024 KB

[LSIntegra94]

And another thanks for the reply. Can you see how much RAM cPanel is using? If so, would you mind posting that information?

[JakeS]

You could try: http://www.directadmin.com, its basically what their website says:

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[Steve Machol]

I have no idea how to determine how much RAM cPanel uses otherwise I would have posted this info.

[JakeS]

I have no idea how to determine how much RAM cPanel uses otherwise I would have posted this info.

Couldn't you check server resource usage logs?

[Steve Machol]

Which logs are those and what do I look for exactly?

[JakeS]

Which logs are those and what do I look for exactly?

Depends on what OS you have, which OS do you have (on server)?

[harmor]

You can try the Plesk and WHM demos.
WHM/cPanel
Plesk

WHM and cPanel are a lot easier to navigate.

[jasonlitka]

You're not going to like this, but I'm going to go with "neither".

Plesk is bloated and slow. I also refuse to have anything to do with WHM/Cpanel because a panel that compiles major software from source on an RPM-based distro is just plain dumb. That said, if it was between the two, I'd go with Plesk (which I do use on a couple servers).

[LSIntegra94]

Unfortunately Directadmin is not an option at the hosts that I am considering.

You could try: http://www.directadmin.com, its basically what their website says:

I use this software

Actually, I appreciate all honest responses. The fact is that I am more knowledgeable than the guy who owns the site and I'm not knowledgeable enough to get by without a control panel. The site owner will definitely require one.

You're not going to like this, but I'm going to go with "neither".

Plesk is bloated and slow. I also refuse to have anything to do with WHM/Cpanel because a panel that compiles major software from source on an RPM-based distro is just plain dumb. That said, if it was between the two, I'd go with Plesk (which I do use on a couple servers).