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Is there any tool finds my site is hosted in a dedicated server or virtual server?
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If you've shell access following command will give out lots of info:
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df -H
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ifconfig
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The SQL server name if its something like username_db, then you are on shared hostings. If username_ is not appended before your databases then, your hosting is dedicated.

I dont know if this is full proof or not. Can someone shed light on this?
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