Originally Posted by kicks

Most hosting providers will handle the migration from VPS to their dedicated server for you. You can also have them install a single VPS license on your dedicated server when the time comes and they can migrate your stuff pretty much with a click of the mouse, well at least some VPS software you can do that, Virtuozzo can.

VPS is a slick thing for a lot of things and should do you well IF the host you get the VPS from has setup their resources well and of course are not overselling resources on the hardware nodes. If they are promising something that sounds too good to be true, odds are it is.

Good Luck