If you use your dedicated server for gaming or plan on joining the game server hosting business, you’re probably wondering what control panel you should use. A number of options exist, but here’s a brief overview of the most popular choices: TCAdmin– Although one of the most expensive control panels, …
Read More »Finding Linux files with "locate"
There are a few of ways to find files on a Linux server, but most of them involve actually searching through each file in the filesystem until the correct one is located. This can be time consuming and taxing on the server’s CPU load, especially if you have a lot …
Read More »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 …
Read More »How an overloaded server could hurt your Google ranking
There have always been rumours that site speed impacts Google search rank, but now Google has confirmed this myth on its blog: Like us, our users place a lot of value in speed — that’s why we’ve decided to take site speed into account in our search rankings. We use …
Read More »Common extra dedicated server features
An unmanaged dedicated server is almost like a bare-bones computer. While you get all of the essentials required to call it a server, there are many features that you will want to add. Some of them are free and/or open source, while some require purchase or even subscription services. It …
Read More »What operating system should I install on my dedicated server?
A lot of new dedicated server owners are not sure which operating system they should use. Unless you’re running an Apple server, you have two choices: Linux and Windows Server. Which one is better? Because of its low cost, flexibility, better security, and faster speed, Linux is the operating system …
Read More »Federal CIO: Government isn't fully utilizing its servers
As government agencies in the United States invest billions in new data centers and servers, federal CIO Vivek Kundra blasted them for not taking advantage of preexisting resources: One of the most troubling aspects about the data centers is that in a lot of these cases, we’re finding that server …
Read More »Chmod shortcuts for Linux
In a few previous posts, we learned how to change file and directory permissions with chmod. The standard method is to use numbers to represent various permissions. For example, typing “chmod 777 directoryname” will make the directory readable, writable, and executable for all users, local or otherwise. There are many …
Read More »Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 coming soon
Red Hat, a company that holds a large portion of the Linux server market, recently released the latest version of their OS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5. The first version of the 5.x series was released in 2007, and now RHEL 6 is said to be released soon. RHEL is …
Read More »Ubuntu providing home grown clouds
When one thinks of cloud computing in business terms, it is usually because he or she is considering a move to a cloud offering from Amazon or Google. But some organizations need to offer some cloud applications internally to their customers or employees. While those with large IT development staffs …
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