Server colocation is an incredible good choice for people as well as small businesses who want to gain from establishing a popular website several hits. Server colocation also offers an opportunity to benefit from several hits without paying for the bandwidth charges, which is normally associated with several hits and …
November, 2012
October, 2012
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16 October
Powerful, Reliable and Flexible – Why Aren’t All Hosting Services Like This?
Investing in a Windows server hosting service guarantees you access to the latest Microsoft technologies without the headaches of needing to buy into your own infrastructure. The guys at http://www.poundhost.com/windows-servers/ take on the challenges and stresses of managing backups, ensuring connectivity and maintaining the never ending stream of patches associated …
July, 2010
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30 July
Anticipation Builds for ARM-Powered Servers
Yesterday, the popular tech blog GigaOM posted a story about Ian Drew, executive vice president of marketing at ARM Holdings. ARM is known for its low-powered processors that have cornered the market on smartphones, tablets, and many other devices. Lately, Drew has become quite popular with the announcement that ARM …
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26 July
Server Networking Tips
Over the past year, we have covered many networking tips for servers. Here is a brief summary of the most important networking tips you should keep in mind for your dedicated server. 1. Use both a router firewall and a software firewall 2. Your name servers should be hosted on …
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16 July
Microsoft, Dell, HP, Fujitsu Team Up to Sell Cloud Servers
Microsoft has formed an alliance with Dell, HP, and Fujitsu to sell pre-configured Microsoft Azure-powered cloud servers. By pre-configured, they mean that the servers should be ready to go without any further configuration required. As such, they call them “appliances” rather than servers. These appliances will allow companies to take …
May, 2010
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13 May
What is PHP Safe Mode?
A “safe mode” in general is a term used to refer to software that has all but the most critical components disabled in order to increase stability. Often times when there is a stability or security issue, running in safe mode will allow the user to still access the system …
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4 May
Preventing Viruses with ClamAV
Many people who run Linux or Unix servers think they do not have to concern themselves with anti-virus software because those operating systems are not commonly attacked by viruses. What they fail to realize is that a Linux server, particularly the mail server running on it, can still distribute viruses, …
April, 2010
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29 April
ARM CEO Promises Server CPUs in 2011
Warren East, CEO of Arm Holdings revealed that he expects servers based on ARM multicore processors to arrive in 2011. ARM processors are best known in the mobile device market, especially smartphones, because of their low power consumption. Normally, low power consumption equates to low speed, which is fine for …
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12 April
Server redundancy
In an ideal world, you get what you want all the time. The shopping lines are always short, the traffic is always light, and there are more jobs than there are people to fill them. Unfortunately, we do not live in an ideal world, and just like a street can …
March, 2010
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25 March
Open source vs proprietary servers
Open Source typically refers to software that has code released under some type of free software license (GPL, BSD, Apache, etc.). Users and developers have access to the source code and can modify and redistribute it. Proprietary software usually means the source code is closed and/or the EULA (end user …