Difference between reset and restart on my VPS?

[Starfire]

I'm seeing 2 options to reboot my VPS on my web control panel, that's Reset and Restart hmy:
Honestly, I don't know what is the difference between reset and restart, why having 2 these options.
I used to push reset but what about restart, it's different from "reset"?

Anyone gives me explanations?

 

[Hassan]

which control panel you are using?

 

[Starfire]

Starfire

Took a screenshot about my vps using

View attachment 915

 

[netgremlin]

Usually reset takes vps back to state when you first purchased it ie reloading software and restart is the same as restarting your computer... so if you don't want to loose any software you have loaded on use restart!

 

[buzybee-kevin]

Reset would be a cold reboot like you shut the server down and then started it backup. The benefit of this would be if you made a major change to the server and needed that changed loaded when then the server reboots. Restart is a hot reboot no config files are reloaded and some operating system files stay in the servers memory for the reboot. Some times if you make a major change to the server and just reboot it that change may not take effect. Restart is much faster than reset is.

I don't believe reset is for reloading your operating system usually this is very clear and with a warning and in a different location than restart.

 

[Starfire]

Starfire

So, for next times I will press Reboot button as pic above for faster

Reset is for full reloading all files, functions and services..etc, right?

 

[buzybee-kevin]

buzybee-kevin

What you need to do is find out what type of control panel you have just to be sure. But reset should not reload your operating system and the graphic next to your reset button is a pause play image.

 

[Hassan]

Reset will reset all the settings to defult.