Apache Compiled As MPM Prefork Is That Recommended
Jul 31, 2009I am really not familiar with MPM prefork. Should apache use MPM prefork or is there a better alternative? If yes, what would that be and how to use that alternative?
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Strange Apache Prefork
Jun 2, 2008I've got a few machines where Apache acts really strange and curious if anyone has any suggestions. I'd love to figure this out so it can actually be deployed to a larger amount of machines and not just test instances.
- Basic Information
Apache 2.2.8 (Tried a few 2.2 versions)
PHP 5.2.6
suPHP based
Prefork Based
- Once a day at a random time Apache fails a request from remote monitoring. It comes back within a minute however is is inaccessible for that time. It sometimes gets picked up by 5 minute monitoring on the machine itself and it restarts the service obviously.
- PHP scripts fail to be killed at times resulting in memory being used. They need to be killed in order to go away.
Worker Based
- Apache can stay up forever it does not fail any requests
- PHP scripts do not get killed at a more frequent basis than in prefork. You need to `kill -9 pid` in order to get rid of the php processes.
I read about very few issues with 2.2 so I'm quite confused by this.
Apache 2 - Mpm Worker Or Prefork
May 17, 2008I'm using CPanel with Apache 2.2.x, php5 with suphp.
My server use multi processor:
Dual Quad Core E5405 with 8GB RAM.
I should use mpm worker or prefork and what's best config for? (i hosted over 200 domains)
I tried to Google about my question, someone say mpm worker is better, someone say mpm prefork is better. I dont know what's exactly. Can you advise me something?
Performance: Apache 2 Prefork Vs Apache 1.3
Jan 12, 2008I'm building a new server for a predominantly php5/mysql5 website and was wondering which version of apache to put on. I know there are some issues with PHP and Apache in MPM, but what's the performance comparison between Apache 1.3 and Apache 2 Prefork?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI Have Just Compiled Apache Using Phpsuexec
Feb 23, 2007is there anything I should do now?
everthing generally seems fines but I have a strange thing going on with an images folder that a php script puts users images in (so my users can upload files). this folder was previously 777 and now phpexec has been installed the images are not showing up. I get a "You don't have permission to access" message on the image files. I tried chmod'ing the images folder to 766 and 755 and the same thing happens. This has nothing to do with the php script as I can't even access the image files by typing in the URL in a browser.
Apache :: Identity Modules Compiled For RHEL
Apr 26, 2014I have 2.4.x version installed on RHEL and I need to install same version on Solaris 10. How can I find out what packages/modules were compiled for RHEL so that I can download same for Solaris and compile them.
View 2 Replies View RelatedApache 2 With PHP 5.2.x Recommended
Oct 14, 2007I bought a new Forum Script but I cannot install it on my GoDaddy web hosting because my script has two Requirements for installing, listed below:
1- Web server with PHP 5-support
2- Apache 2 with PHP 5.2.x-module recommended
My question is, if you know any web hosting that support those two things?
Apache :: Compiled Version Does Not Match Loaded Version
Mar 26, 2014I am running Apache on a Windows server and it is up and running.I downloaded and installed:
Apache 2.4.9 Win32 [Apache VC11 Binary] httpd-2.4.9-win32-VC11.zip
And included ModSecurity from download: modules-2.4-win32-VC11.zip..
The version of ModSecurity is mod_security-2.7.7 . It is up and running, but I get a warning:
ModSecurity: Loaded PCRE do not match with compiled!
Here's the difference in the PCRE from the logs:
PCRE compiled version="8.33 "; loaded version="8.34 2013-12-15".
The compiled version does not match the loaded version. Is this something I should be concerned about and try to find compiled versions that match?
MPM Prefork
Mar 13, 2008I recompiled apache on my server but i never checked the "mpm prefork (recommended by apache)" option. So a few days ago I ask a server admin about if i needed that or not? I told him to go ahead and recompile it in there. So today I checked apache logs and got these
ar 12 20:13:51 host kernel: httpd[6806]: segfault at 000000000000000f rip 0000002a9a56287e rsp 0000007fbffff090 error 4
Mar 12 20:13:58 host kernel: httpd[6861]: segfault at 000000000000000f rip 0000002a9a56287e rsp 0000007fbffff0a0 error 4
Mar 12 20:14:03 host kernel: httpd[6804]: segfault at 000000000000000f rip 0000002a9a56287e rsp 0000007fbffff090 error 4
Mar 12 20:14:08 host kernel: httpd[6890]: segfault at 000000000000000f rip 0000002a9a56287e rsp 0000007fbffff0a0 error 4
Mar 12 20:14:12 host kernel: httpd[6776]: segfault at 000000000000000f rip 0000002a9a56287e rsp 0000007fbffff0a0 error 4
Mar 12 20:14:14 host kernel: httpd[6923]: segfault at 000000000000000f rip 0000002a9a56287e rsp 0000007fbffff090 error 4
Mar 12 20:14:57 host kernel: httpd[6955]: segfault at 000000000000000f rip 0000002a9a56287e rsp 0000007fbffff0a0 error 4
Is this related to the MPM prefork? Do you even need to check that box (mpm) to do settings like maxclient, maxchildprocess etc etc?
I did my own googling of the problem I some said it was because of php and/or hardware (ram). But that server admin guy says it's most likely the mpm prefork. Anyone have thoughts about this?
Httpd2-prefork
Jan 4, 2007I'm using Plesk 8.1 on Server AMD Athon 3400, 1GB RAM. Something wrong on my server, but i don't now, how to fix it. Average load is normal, but by Task, for sometime are going up to over 250 and in this time can't anybody connect to server ( HTTP or FTP ).
By top command, i founded most of cpu press by user wwwrun, so run this command top -u wwwrun, here is result :
Quote:
Tasks: 148 total, 1 running, 143 sleeping, 0 stopped, 4 zombie
Cpu(s): 19.7% us, 1.7% sy, 0.0% ni, 76.0% id, 2.0% wa, 0.3% hi, 0.3% si
Mem: 1034860k total, 980204k used, 54656k free, 8252k buffers
Swap: 2104496k total, 149556k used, 1954940k free, 588824k cached
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND
4282 wwwrun 16 0 49436 10m 4008 S 7.0 1.1 0:00.32 httpd2-prefork
4227 wwwrun 16 0 50792 11m 4372 S 4.6 1.1 0:00.52 httpd2-prefork
4908 wwwrun 16 0 51520 11m 4332 S 1.7 1.2 0:00.51 httpd2-prefork
5031 wwwrun 16 0 47752 8604 3552 S 1.3 0.8 0:00.07 httpd2-prefork
3613 wwwrun 15 0 49772 11m 4048 S 0.7 1.1 0:00.87 httpd2-prefork
3752 wwwrun 16 0 49808 11m 4140 S 0.7 1.2 0:01.41 httpd2-prefork
4860 wwwrun 16 0 46720 8040 3692 S 0.7 0.8 0:00.07 httpd2-prefork
4947 wwwrun 15 0 50448 11m 4036 S 0.7 1.2 0:00.69 httpd2-prefork
4995 wwwrun 15 0 46140 7592 3724 S 0.3 0.7 0:00.08 httpd2-prefork
22006 wwwrun 16 0 51808 5668 3836 S 0.0 0.5 0:00.32 httpd2-prefork
3710 wwwrun 16 0 51780 13m 4060 S 0.0 1.3 0:01.79 httpd2-prefork
4006 wwwrun 16 0 46516 7900 3716 S 0.0 0.8 0:00.08 httpd2-prefork
4090 wwwrun 16 0 48532 10m 3980 S 0.0 1.0 0:00.23 httpd2-prefork
4150 wwwrun 16 0 48396 9.9m 3876 S 0.0 1.0 0:00.12 httpd2-prefork
4189 wwwrun 16 0 49356 10m 3892 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.23 httpd2-prefork
4194 wwwrun 16 0 54396 15m 4844 S 0.0 1.5 0:01.95 httpd2-prefork
4195 wwwrun 15 0 49528 10m 3952 S 0.0 1.1 0:00.14 httpd2-prefork
Here is ps ax result :
Quote:
PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND
1 ? S 0:01 init [3]
2 ? SN 0:00 [ksoftirqd/0]
3 ? S< 0:00 [events/0]
4 ? S< 0:00 [khelper]
5 ? S< 0:00 [kthread]
11 ? S< 0:00 [kacpid]
579 ? S< 0:02 [kblockd/0]
617 ? S 0:00 [pdflush]
618 ? S 0:00 [pdflush]
620 ? S< 0:00 [aio/0]
619 ? S 7:29 [kswapd0]
1213 ? S< 0:00 [kseriod]
1357 ? S< 0:00 [ata/0]
1469 ? S 0:03 [md1_raid1]
1470 ? S 0:00 [md0_raid1]
1479 ? S 0:05 [kjournald]
2387 ? S<s 0:00 /sbin/udevd --daemon --stop-exec-queue
2704 ? S< 0:00 [khubd]
2683 ? S 0:00 [shpchpd_event]
4239 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-daemon --system
4754 ? Ss 0:00 /sbin/dhcpcd -C -H -D -N -t 999999 -h h850561 -c /etc
4953 ? Ss 0:00 /sbin/syslog-ng
4956 ? Ss 0:00 /sbin/klogd -c 1 -x -x
4981 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/acpid
4997 ? S 0:00 /usr/lib/courier-imap/couriertcpd -address=0 -stderrl
4999 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/courierlogger imapd
5008 ? S 0:00 /usr/lib/courier-imap/couriertcpd -address=0 -stderrl
5010 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/courierlogger imapd-ssl
5017 ? S 0:00 /usr/lib/courier-imap/couriertcpd -address=0 -stderrl
5022 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/courierlogger pop3d
5027 ? S 0:00 /usr/lib/courier-imap/couriertcpd -address=0 -stderrl
5030 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/courierlogger pop3d-ssl
5202 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/xinetd
5205 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/sshd -o PidFile=/var/run/sshd.init.pid
5253 ? SLs 0:00 /usr/sbin/ntpd -p /var/lib/ntp/var/run/ntp/ntpd.pid -
5282 ? Ssl 0:01 /usr/sbin/nscd
5387 ? Ssl 0:06 /usr/sbin/named -t /var/lib/named -u named
5476 ? S 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/mysqld_safe --user=mysql --pid-file=
5512 ? Sl 172:03 /usr/sbin/mysqld --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/my
5621 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/postmaster -D /var/lib/pgsql/data
5623 ? S 0:00 postgres: writer process
5624 ? S 0:00 postgres: stats buffer process
5625 ? S 0:00 postgres: stats collector process
5674 ? Ss 0:01 /usr/sbin/spamd --username=popuser --daemonize --nous
5705 ? S 0:00 spamd child
5706 ? S 0:00 spamd child
5767 ? Ss 0:08 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5826 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/local/psa/admin/bin/httpsd
5830 ? S 0:10 /usr/local/psa/admin/bin/httpsd
5902 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/cron
5911 ? S 0:00 /sbin/mdadm -F /dev/md0 /dev/md1 -d 60 -m root@localh
5942 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/hald --daemon=yes --retain-privileges
5954 ? S 0:00 hald-addon-acpi
6003 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/powersaved -d -f /var/run/acpid.socket -v 3
6012 tty1 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/mingetty --noclear tty1
6013 ttyS0 Ss+ 0:00 /sbin/agetty -L 57600 ttyS0
6023 ? S 0:11 /usr/local/psa/admin/bin/httpsd
14172 ? Sl 0:08 /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.2/bin/java -Djava.endorsed.dirs=/u
15676 ? S 0:00 qmail-send
15677 ? S 0:00 splogger qmail
15678 ? S 0:00 qmail-lspawn ./Maildir/
15680 ? S 0:00 qmail-rspawn
15681 ? S 0:00 qmail-clean
15812 ? Ss 0:07 /opt/drweb/drwebd -ini=/etc/drweb/drweb32.ini
21535 ? Z 0:00 [drwebd] <defunct>
21536 ? Z 0:00 [drwebd] <defunct>
21537 ? Z 0:00 [drwebd] <defunct>
21538 ? Z 0:00 [drwebd] <defunct>
22006 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
2544 ? Ss 0:00 sshd: root@pts/0
2592 pts/0 Ss 0:00 -bash
3573 ? Ss 0:00 sshd: root@notty
3587 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/lib/ssh/sftp-server
3613 ? S 0:01 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
4006 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
4090 ? S 0:01 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
4195 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
4494 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
4497 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
4508 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
4696 ? S 0:01 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
4735 ? Z 0:00 [httpd2-prefork] <defunct>
4743 ? S 0:01 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
4760 ? S 0:01 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
4761 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
4775 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
4860 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
4882 ? S 0:01 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
4903 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
4904 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
4921 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
4923 ? S 0:01 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
4930 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
4947 ? S 0:01 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5024 ? S 0:01 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5025 ? S 0:01 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5035 ? S 0:01 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5104 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5137 ? S 0:02 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5143 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5146 ? S 0:02 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5148 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5159 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5172 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5182 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5190 ? S 0:01 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5195 ? S 0:02 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5196 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5197 ? S 0:02 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5246 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5254 ? S 0:01 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5255 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5262 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5324 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5331 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5333 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5336 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5337 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5378 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5394 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5432 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5438 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5503 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5508 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5570 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5574 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5575 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5593 ? S 0:00 /opt/drweb/drwebd -ini=/etc/drweb/drweb32.ini
5594 ? S 0:00 /opt/drweb/drwebd -ini=/etc/drweb/drweb32.ini
5595 ? S 0:00 /opt/drweb/drwebd -ini=/etc/drweb/drweb32.ini
5596 ? S 0:00 /opt/drweb/drwebd -ini=/etc/drweb/drweb32.ini
5600 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5605 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5606 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5611 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5612 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5613 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5614 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
5642 pts/0 R+ 0:00 ps ax
Compiled Linux Kernel With ICC
Jun 16, 2008Programs compiled with the Intel C++ compiler run 20-30% (up to 450% in some rare cases) faster than their GCC counterparts.
I have successfully compiled MySQL 5, PHP 5, eAccelerator and nginx with ICC 10.1.015. I was wondering, if anyone has compiled the linux kernel with icc? There are some linux vendors who supply icc compiled kernels, and there are some docs on intels site about compiling the kernel with icc... so it's doable.
But I want to know if anyone has done it on a VPS? What was your experience? Did the system run faster than before? Or did you face some weird situations?
Web Hosting And Compiled Code
Nov 5, 2007It is possible to make code execution on the server with applications such as FastCGI or Zend Optimizer, but the code isn't compiled for good, it's more of a bytecode that is created on the fly, correct?
I'd like to know if it's possible to compile code (PHP, Python, Ruby, etc...) so that when you request a page, the compiled code is executed the same way as compiled C++ code with cgi-bin.
I'm asking because it would be quite efficient in case of high-traffic web sites instead of running intermediary code (bytecode).
Is it possible? What do you think is the more efficient, less resource-intensive and fastest way to execute dynamic-content pages?
500 Error For Compiled Lisp Program And No Trouble For The Equivalent C App
May 9, 2009I'm trying to setup the Clozure Common Lisp implementation for CGI web programming. I've made a hello application and compiled it.
I can type ./index.cgi at the terminal and the properly formatted header and some text are displayed.
When I try to view the index page though the web browser I get an internal server error.
Quote:
Couldn't load lisp heap image from
[Sun May 10 09:31:25 2009] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Premature end of script headers: index.cgi
I'm wondering if this is a Lisp problem or a problem with the web server/permissions.
I wrote a hello world CGI app in C and ran that through the browser without any problems.
I applied the same permissions from the C app to the Lisp app and still had the same problem.
I *think* this is a Lisp problem, but just felt that I should check with some people who are more familiar with server setups than myself.
Plesk 12.x / Linux :: Upgrade To Original Compiled Version PHP / HTTPD
Feb 22, 2015I have experimented a strange behaviour on plesk linux 12.0.18 Update #33
Basically:
1. I have recompiled Apache with more file descriptors
2. Several days later watchdog did not work properly. Support requested me to remove and install wd
3. I ran the autoinstaller. All my compiled version where replaced.
Watchdog is ok now, but I have to recompile Apache.
I have been searching on forum and kb but could not find any reoccurance.
Question : Is there a way to avoid this ?
Compilation performed based on article [URL]
after having executed /usr/local/psa/admin/bin/autoinstaller --debug
[root@ns7 scripts]# rpm -qa --last | grep "Sat 21 Feb 2015"
psa-watchdog-12.0.18-cos6.build1200140707.14.x86_64 Sat 21 Feb 2015 01:12:58 PM CET
php-tidy-5.3.3-40.el6_6.x86_64 Sat 21 Feb 2015 01:10:07 PM CET
[Code]....
Any Recommended VPS?
Nov 16, 2008I am using epicvps right now. But it has been baught by vaserv days before. Where it came a lot server downtime and server problems. My storage will automaticly decrease. I send tickets to them many times, they just respond me that the nod that where i host have too much vps on it. They tell me that they will move my account to new nod. But it still happen again today!
My budget is something around $50 per month, can anyone recommend some reliable company?
NOT Recommended: Senderbase
Apr 25, 2009Twice in two years now, as a very responsible host with ZERO tolerance to spam (incoming or outgoing!), I have been hampered by the efforts of the anti-spam "reputation service" offered by [url]
We host something like 2000 websites across a cluster of servers, and while we do everything possible to prevent spam, it's inevitable there will be the occasional outbreak.
A couple of days back, sure enough, one of our hosted sites was compromised. As far as I could tell, the culprit was too simple a password. There were no signs of compromised scripts, permissions, anything. Just a spam script uploaded via FTP from a foreign IP address. We do have limits on password strength now, but may not have when this account was set up.
Anyhow, within 120 minutes or so, we had removed the spam script, blocked the offending IP, secured the site and delisted our IP from the ONE RBL it appeared on - Spamcop.
You would think that would be the end of the story, right? Wrong.
Here we are, over two days later, NO listings on any RBLs, NO further spam from ANY of our servers. What Senderbase reputation do you think that server has? Poor.
This is an IP that as far as I know has NEVER had a spam issue, other than the single outbreak two days ago.
The net result of this "Poor" listing is that we have now had outgoing email sitting in our mail queue for 50+ hours because the recipient mail systems are STILL blocking us based on our "Poor" reputation.
Furthermore, I quote directly from the Senderbase site: "Why is the reputation Poor? This host is sending spam!". That one really tipped me over the edge.
As I say, this is at least the second time two years running that this has happened to us. Single spam problem; Cleaned up quickly and efficiently; Wait on Senderbase for days.
It is hard enough dealing with spammers and problems like this, without having to fight the "good guys" too. All I can say is that I will personally NEVER use, nor recommend, the services of Senderbase or Ironport.
Recommended VPS Hosting
Jun 21, 2008I am currently with Lunarpages. Up until a few months ago I was on a regular plan (not VPS). Their service and uptime was great. But they moved me to a VPS due to the traffic which I completely understand. However, since I have been moved to their VPS servers the downtime has been horrible. And by horrible I mean horrible! So I am on the hunt for a new web hosting company.
I really do not know what I need, I believe I do need VPS hosting though. The bad news is that I know nothing about VPS hosting. Lunarpages has me on Plesk now and I could not be more lost with it.
My main dilemma is that I have a php forum that generates a good amount of traffic. I am getting about 40,000 page views per day on the forum and about 6,000 page views per day on the main website portion.
I am scared to death to move the forum. I fear I will need a tech friendly host to help me set the forum back up. Once I am back up and running I never need any help. I just want to get to that point again.
But I have questions, like what the heck is "Guaranteed RAM"? Is that important to me? Could this be part of the reason that now that LP has moved me to their VPS servers that I can no longer just simply download my large database for the forum through phpMyAdmin? It just craps out and LP told me something like VPS servers didn't have enough memory (or was it RAM?) to preform the task?
So far I am hating my VPS experience. I just want to be up and running smooth again without fearing the downtime.
I think LP's hosting for the VPS is around $45.00 per month or so/ I would like to be lower if possible, but I do not want to get a new host with the same downtime issues.
Recommended Firewall
Aug 25, 2007I'm in the process of looking at a new firewall... What we need in a firewall:
- Deep packet inspection
- BGP Routing (just for active/passive uplink failover)
- support for up to 150 Mbps+
- Gbit uplinks
- Active/Active setup for firewalls
- Budget around 3k Each firewall
Possible choices:
- Juniper Netscreen 140 SSG
- SonicWALL® PRO 4060
So far I'm really leaning towards the Juniper NetScreen 140 SSG.
My network consultant started to recommend SonicWall but from previous reviews here and else where kinda turned me off them.
Recommended File System
Aug 2, 2009I have a dedicated server running Linux CentsOS.
The default setup of my file system is:
/dev/sda1 450GB
tmpfs 2GB
/usr/tmpDSK 485 MB
My Disk size is 500GB
Recommended Colo Providers
Apr 8, 2008I have the following cpu:
Dell PowerEdge R300 1U Server
1 x QuadCore Intel Xeon X5460 3.16 GHz Processor
8GB RAM ( 4x2 GB DIMMs )
2 x 500 GB SATA II Drives
OS: CentOS 5 64bit
I would like to run this as a virtualization instance for my clients ( 3-4 max. on this box depending on their needs ). I need a provider that can get me the following:
3-4 TB of bandwidth depending on need ( 100 Mbps preferred )
Windows Server OS's / licenses to install as needed
cPanel licenses to install as needed
Which providers can meet these requirements? Which do you recommend for value, support, and network?
Recommended Proxy Hosting
Nov 28, 2008I currently have 2 proxies with over 2500+ uniques a day.
I need a dedicated server, anyone got any suggestions?
Review Of VPSit.com – Not Recommended
Sep 13, 2008This is a long review, but I think it has to be so long.
I’m using DNS Made Easy and on the left side of the main menu I saw a ad for [url]. It’s the same company that owns DNS Made Easy that owns VPSit.com
I did sign up for a Windows VPS with 25 GB of storage, 384 MB of RAM, 700 GB of DDoS protected bandwidth and Plesk 30 domains. The price was little high, but not a big problem: $38.95/mo
At first I was amazed about the speed of their VPS setup. It was instant, and I got my VPS up and running within 5 minutes from I made the payment.
The speed of the VPS was also VERY fast. When I looked at what hardware I got on my VPS I saw that they “only” used a Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.0 Ghz CPU.
But that was OK since the VPS was lightning fast.
I uploaded my websites (a live backup of my main VPS) and did not take any more action, since the VPS is only used when my main VPS is down.
Before I tell you about the main problem I have to say that VPSit.com do not offer any option for managed/unmanaged VPS plans. And since they have no option for managed plan, or no information about their VPS's are unmanaged I assumed that the VPS was managed. They also write this on their info page: ....
Need A Recommended Centos 4+ Hosting
Jan 28, 2008I want to use CentOS 4+ hosting.
The data center should be in USA,UK,Canada,Australia,france,German,and India.
Recommended Server Processor
Sep 9, 2008The the provider we're considering is offering a range of processors at different price points including:
single Xeon 5110 (dual core) with 2GB memory,
single Xeon X3220 (quad) 2GB,
dual Intel Xeon 5100 with 2GB,
dual Xenon 5310 (quads) with 4GB.
Recommended Hosting Provider
Nov 26, 2008I'm about to put my site online, firstly so that I can post links which will quickly summarize problems that I'm having, and secondly so that, of course, people will visit the site
What hosting providers can you recommend?
I'm looking for a service provider that is robust (will not go down), scalable (will handle large amounts of bandwidth), supports shttp, and will provide authenticity certificates.
Is A Virtuozzo Backup Recommended
Dec 11, 2007I've been taking regular backups (through Plesk to an FTP Repository) of a domain which I exclusively host on my VPS.
Is this enough or is it advisable to take Backup from Virtuozzo as well?
Recommended 1U Server Chassis
Feb 14, 2007Can anyone recommend a good 1U server chassis that is $100 or under?
Preferrably one already with a good/reliable power supply in it. Just something that will handle PentiumD or Athlon AM2 stuff & 2 hard drives.
Recommended Xeon Motherboard
Mar 20, 2007new xeon motherboard after having nothing but constant problems with the supermicro boards. Specifically we've had many arrive with faulty dimm's but beyond that getting Windows 2003 loaded, dealing with drivers for SCSI raid configurations is simply a bear. Supermicro's support isn't much help either with answers like "well that's the driver, it should work."
Just trying to get some feedback on what others are using. Looking for something that has both SATA and SCSI support with and without RAID 0,1,5 and 10 and has better than average Windows 2003 support.
We're not interested in any of the options from Dell, HP, etc.
VPS Advantages Over Shared & Recommended Hosts
Sep 5, 2008Is it possible to get a rough description of the benefits of a VPS host over a shared host?
1) Support. Should support with a VPS host be better than my current shared provider? They offer live chat and a ticketing system. Tickets can take hours to get a response, live chat minutes but often there are no support operaters to answer the question.
2) Uptime. Will uptime be improved upon? My current host tends to range from 97%-99% in a month. Importantly will it suffer from soft outages where parts of the account are down (such as MySQL or http)?
3) Traffic. What levels of traffic will base VPS packages handle? Will a few semi active forums (say max 20 users on 3 forums) be manageable alongside several PHP/MySQL galleries and several hundred normal PHP pages?
4) Load. Does the load usage of other customers on the same server effect your account in the same way it does in a shared environment? Can one user bog down the entire server for everyone else?
5) Management. How much control is given to a user in managed VPS environment. Can you restart OS yourself (and do things like edit the firewall blocks)? Do you have to keep the OS (Linux in my case) and things like Apache and PHP up to date yourself or is that done for you.
6) Usage Policies. Are the usage policies in place in a VPS environment (limiting the amount of CPU process and memory you can use). If yes are they higher than in a shared environment.
Is it possible to get a little more on a few of the hosts I've looked at (if possible I'd like to be below the $50 a month mark).
JaguarPC ($20 / $40)
WiredTree ($50)
LiquidHost ($60)
Is it a case of picking any of these and getting a similar support and hosting service?
WiredTree seems to offer a decent compromise of price against value. Given that my site is still pretty small at the moment, would the smallest JaguarPC package be a better fit (so I'm not spending money for specs I'm not using).
Unfortunately disk space is a fairly big factor as the site uses quite a few image and small video files (I'm using something like 2GB at the moment but this would increase fairly rapidly over time). Does that mean a shared host is better suited for my needs?
