by Rick Jerz.
I don't have an IT department, it is only me.
I ran my first Moodle on a Godaddy hosted server via the one-click install, probably for half a year before considering upgrading. I was really scared when I about upgrading. Somehow, I managed. Once understood, and done, future upgrades became easier. I did these upgrades without backups!
Then, I recall what a learning curve it was to move my Moodle to a GoDaddy VPS. It took me my whole winter break. But then it worked!
A few Moodle books, reading the docs, and support from some good users here on moodle.org really helped.