I'm new to SSL certificates and the like. I am switching to VPS hosting soon and I would like to buy an SSL certificate to go along with an (Ubercart / Drupal) e-commerce site that I am hosting. I'm looking for a cheap but good one. Does anyone have a recommended vendor / certificate type that would work well for me?
View 7 Repliesmy company's current hosting contract expires in May and I'm in need to find another one that will hopefully suit me better and cause much less headache.
I'll try to list some basic needs I got:
10gb bandwidth
10gb space
Mass email marketing ability! This is important!
I have a member list of about 30,000 who I email twice a week! These people are opt-in recipients of these emails.
On top of that I'd like to start mining and sending out opt-in requests of about 50-100,000 a month to NEW emails that I don't have direct permission to email.
I obviously have software to manage, clean, send out in batches, and do whatever else you have to for proper email marketing.
From some research I got the idea that I would be better off with some offshore VPS/dedicated host that won't shut us down for emailing. We will do our best to keep the bounces at minimum as well as keep up-to-date blacklists/unsubscribers.
When i try to install BotNET 1.0 on my dedicated, i got this error :
root@leet [~/botnet/BotNET-1.0]# . install.sh
Compiling source code . . .
In file included from src/main.c:9:
src/../include/bot.h:43: error: array type has incomplete element type
src/../include/bot.h:57: error: array type has incomplete element type
src/../include/bot.h:89: error: array type has incomplete element type
src/main.c: In function:
src/main.c:146: error: type of formal parameter 1 is incomplete
Here is my install.sh file:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
# BotNET installation script.
# If this script causes problems, try "make all" instead.
# Usage: . install.sh
cc="/usr/bin/gcc"
echo "Compiling source code . . ."
bot=`$cc src/main.c src/launch.c src/memo.c src/seen.c src/parse.c src/help.c src/log.c src/info.c -o bin/bot -pthread || (echo 1)`
botnet=`$cc src/botserv.c -o bin/botserv || (echo 1)`
if [ "$bot" != "1" ]; then
echo "Installation complete."
echo "Executables will be found in bin/"
else
echo "Errors encountered during compilation!"
fi
My OS is centOs 5.x
Kernel : Linux 2.6.18-53.el5 #1 SMP Mon Nov 12 02:22:48 EST 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
* I have tried all other way to install (make all) and other *
does anyone know where i can get Interspire Vendor edition for free. i would prefer someone to host it for me or i can host it my self. If i have to host it my self does anyone know where i can get help for 100 webspace control pannel
View 7 Replies View Relatedim planning to collocate server with ecatel in Amsterdam.but im from india and if i send hardwares from here then it wil cost me alot.so im searching for some vendor who can quote me the price of hardware , they must be based in nether land only.
View 9 Replies View RelatedAs stated in the subject. If you want to more specific, it will need to fast to Asean countries
View 13 Replies View RelatedThe following story depicts my experience with www.rackmountsetc.com which is a California-based server vendor. This is the first review that I have done on WHT, so let me know if you like it or no. I might, some day, review the server providers that I have used. This review is unbiased and quite long, I spent a few hours working on it. I hope that you’ll enjoy reading it.
Introduction
In early 2007, I made the decision to buy a server and colocate it, instead of leasing a dedicated server. Part of the problem is the fact that I live in Canada, and although vast and very technologically savvy, there aren’t many server hardware vendors here. When there aren't many players in the market, there is no competitive pricing. My budget was low and I needed a dual-core server which would last me for a while.
The search begins
I spent days on the computer searching for a hardware vendor which satisfied both my price range and quality requirements. I was turned down from various canadian server vendors as they had quoted me thousands of dollars for a mere Intel Core 2 Duo-based server. I knew that finding a vendor based in the United States was a better choice for me. The problem, then, was to find out which company I should pick out of the hundreds available. I asked around and several of my friends recommended me Rackmounts ETC.
As soon as I visited Rackmounts ETC’s website, I was amazed by the pricing and quality of the hardware. I liked the fact that they used Supermicro motherboards and enterprise-quality Western Digital drives. Better yet, it was all affordable. Even better than all of this, for me, is the fact that they ship to Canada. After hearing this, I immediately filed in a quote. Just the curious people out there, I was looking at an Intel Core 2 Duo E6600, 4GB of RAM, and a hardware RAID1 with two 250GB SATA drives.
The next morning, I received an email with the quoted price. The price was around $1600, compared to $2500+ that the other companies wanted. (Disclaimer: Prices have dropped since April. Such a similar machine will probably now cost $1300 or less). I gave them my credit card number and hoped for the best. I promptly received a UPS tracking number and my server was going to be here in about a week (from San Diego, California to Montreal in Quebec). If I’m not mistaking, Rackmounts ETC now delivers any order second day without any additional fees.
The big Supermicro box arrives
A week later, I saw a UPS truck pull over in my street. I ran to the door like a crazy maniac to discover that the driver itself had a hard time lifting up the package. I never knew how big or heavy 1U servers were. I hauled the box to the office to open it up.
I’m a big fan of great packaging. The server was shipped in the original box from Supermicro and had foam all over. Upon opening up the server to inspect it, everything was in tip-top shape and I couldn’t help noticing that the cabling work was superb.
The hardware
This is the part of the review that we’ve been all waiting for.
The case, power supply and motherboard are all from Supermicro. The case is extremely sturdy and the whole system doesn’t feel like it was cheaply assembled. The motherboard is a PDSMI+ and the case is the SC811T-300B. Both a very good combination, but Rackmounts ETC also have many other cases if 4 or more drives are required.
A very sturdy Supermicro heatsink was mounted on top of the CPU and the whole was surrounded by a plastic air shroud to route the air more efficiently through the CPU to cool it. I love the fact that 1U servers efficiently take the cool air from the front and force the hot air to the back. The air shroud also let air through a bit at the bottom, so it was pushing enough cold air to keep the RAM modules cool too. I was surprised that there were no fans on the left side of the case to cool the north bridge and RAID card, but I'm assuming that these don't get very hot.
The hard drives are hot-swappable and are manufactured by Western Digital. It’s also good to know that they’re the Enterprise series, as they have a few optimizations in them to make those drives work better in a RAID environment. In my case, the hard drives that I ordered were the 160GB 16MB Cache WD1600YS drives.
The RAM that was used inside the server was just regular DDR2 non-ECC RAM by SuperTalent (Rackmounts ETC ships ECC RAM on Xeon servers and on any other machine when requested). Upon googling for the brand of memory, I've seen a few negative reviews by other people.
To this day, I'm still a bit mad at myself for not getting ECC. Never the less, SuperTalent has lifetime warranty and they are probably better than the hundreds of unknown brands (and re-branded brands) out there which are being sold in the bargain bins of the local Best Buy stores.
The RAID controller that came with my server was the most inexpensive controller that Rackmounts ETC had. A 3ware Series-8006 2LP 2-port SATA RAID PCI-X card. The down side about this one is that it's not compatible with SATA2, but the performance that I've gotten with this card was absolutely on-par with other RAID1 arrays that I have used in the past.
It might also be a good idea to note at this point that I did not order either an IPMI card, a DVD-ROM neither a floppy drive. These devices aren't useful for me. It seems that Rackmounts ETC is using Sony DVD-Rom drives and Supermicro Floppy drives. I would also judge these brands very high quality and I wouldn't expect having trouble with any of these if I had ordered them. Installing such devices at a later point in the server would also be easily possible. It's just a matter of removing the dummy covers, putting in the cabling for the IDE/Floppy cable, and splitting the single MOLEX cable.
But there's one more thing...
I was extremely excited by the thought of having such powerful hardware on my desk, but I've forgotten two things. One being a miscellaneous detail and the other one being slightly more important:
The first one, being not very important. With the order, Rackmounts ETC had a special to get a free Cat5e cable. They had forgotten to include it in with my server.
Secondly, after booting up my server for the first time (see next section), I realized that the server had not the right CPU in it. I had ordered a Core 2 Duo E6600 and I found a Pentium D 3GHz inside my server. The price difference between both these processors is minimal, but the performance difference is extraordinary.
I immediately called up Rackmounts ETC and spoke with Brian, the owner and a very nice guy who likes aviation and golfing, has told me that this was a rare situation and that both the new processor and cable would be shipped as soon as possible. I've assembled computers in the past and changing the processor was an easy process for me. I'm sure that he would have accepted to have the machine shipped back to him if I didn't have the knowledge to change the CPU.
A few days later, the new processor and cable showed up. I changed the processor and the server booted flawlessly. To this day, I'm thankful to Brian for being so patient with my shipping back of the Pentium D processor. I was very busy at the time and also was having issues with communicating with UPS and finding out the implications of shipping a processor across the border.
POST, POST and above
I connected an external CD-ROM drive to install CentOS on it. It was a painful halfof an hour because the five 15000RPM fans sounded like a vacuum cleaner. Luckily, I was able to adjust the speed in the BIOS to automatically speed up or down depending on the temperature of the CPU core. I first had some trouble getting CentOS5 working with the RAID controller. Luckily, I opted for the 64-bit version of CentOS4 and it worked like a charm.
To this day, this server is happily humming and working non-stop in the datacenter for already 5-6 months. I've had zero hardware issues and no crashes nor instability problems.
But that's not it...
I have spoken to Brian, the owner, and I am amazed at the range of services that they offer. He said that his team have been building everything from very low-power and efficient servers to even monsters. It's a shame that his website only lists a fraction of what they do, as I am sure that they could be getting way more business their way.
Pictures
I wouldn’t be a hardware review without any pictures! I have posted a few pictures below. I’m extremely sorry for the quality of these, as I merely took a few snapshots when I had received the server. I blurred out a few serial numbers also:
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It’s a shame that WHT doesn’t allow to post images in a post, as I had already prepared thumbnails for these.
Conclusion
I'm very happy that I found Rackmounts ETC. They provided me great service, great hardware and at amazingly low prices. I've been recommending Rackmounts ETC to my friends and I'm looking forward to buying more servers. I will never buy a server from another manufacturer as long as Rackmounts ETC exists.
The PROsLow Price
Very high quality Supermicro motherboard, power supply and case
Enterprise edition hard disk drive
Great customer service and support
The CONsThe RAM used (SuperTalent) isn’t liked by everyone. I’ll likely replace it to another brand when and if it will fail.
A few accessories were forgotten in my order. (But I was assured that it was a rare case and those were shipped very quickly)
I know absolutely nothing about these operating systems and am going to be solely relying on lxadmin or cpanel to manage my website.
However I would like some suggestions as to which OS I should choose (i.e. which is the fastest, most stable, etc.)
Here are the possible choices:
Mandriva
CentOS 4
OpenSuse 10, Slackware 10.2
Debian 3.1, Debian 4.0
Fedora Core 3, 4, 5
what is meant by VPS hardening?
Im planning to put up a gameserver with a website for a mmorpg and i dont know how powerfull processor should i choose, what control panel, what operating system, 32x or 64x bit, what bandwith...? I was thinking about choosing iWeb Quad core Xeon, 100mb uplink, Windoes server 64x with cpanel.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI've an original post with thread number 727551 which has date got old (forgive me for coming back late). So I decided to post a new thread here. But really thanks for all your helps, and I found I'm lucky to find a good place to ask my questions, as I see lots of valuabe responses when I come back.
I have some further questions about having "multiple domains" with a single hosting plan. Forgive me for not having much concept about this:
1. Does it mean that the "multiple domains" will all be sharing a single IP address (or should I say if I go to Shared Hosting plans, websites from all other people who share the same hosting machine with me will have the same IP)?
2. Would there be negative effect for my search engine rankings of each of these domains, if I have my domains sharing the same hosting (and if they really share the same IP)?
3. In case people know one of my domain name, would there be any way to check for my other domains in the same hosting, so that means they will know all my other websites?
I ask this because I'm thinking to launch different websites on a same niche.
And after looking into different hosting companies and their reviews, I found there are really different (and quite confusing) opinions around. Actually I expect I do not need much at the very beginning. I found there are lots of cheap offers, price as low as $1 per month, but I just afraid there will be problem later on. I'm thinking may be just go to those big and more famous one, say host gator, to avoid any unnecessary headaches later on.
I am about to start a website in which I will feature lots embedded video clips from sites like youtube, toudou, etc.
I am new this, so I'm wondering how I can choose a proper web host for my site, so that people can always reliably view the videos and at decent speed. I'm not looking to spend a fortune as this is my first website.
Choosing the right host is a very important decision. I've compiled a short list of do's and don't when it comes to web hosting.
1) UNLIMITED features. Rarely trust companies that offer unlimited space/bandwidth etc. as this is blatant overselling. When was the last time you saw an unlimited hard drive?! Companies that offer unlimited hosting features may not be around long and their other services tend to suffer - e.g. support.
2) Free hosting. Be wary of free hosts, particularly ones that seem to be giving far too good a deal to you - they probably are. The Webmaster-talk forums are regularly spammed with free hosting, and one that keeps cropping up is called ********.com. I urge you to ignore this as a highly reputable hosts do not spam forums!
3) Your ACTUAL needs. You might be excited by hosts that offer 5GB of storage space and 1000GB (1TB) of bandwidth for very low prices, but you should at the very least be wary of such companies. Besides the con issue, ask yourself - do you even need such large resources? For most small companies and individuals starting up, a maximum of 500MB web storage space and roughly 5GB bandwidth will be adequate. Once your site is up and running, you will be able to see whether you do need more or not and if necessary, you can upgrade. Some hosts (hostmonster.com being an example) seem to offer incredible packages for very low amounts of money. However, companies like this are often unreliable and may end up throwing you off their server if you start using these extreme amounts of resources. See tip no. 5 for solution.
4) Do your research. It's very important to do adequate resource on whichever host you choose: don't just take their word for everything. Check what the technology experts are saying on the issue (e.g. look through reputable technology magazines for reviews). BE CAREFUL WHEN SEARCHING REVIEW SITES - THEY USUALLY EARN COMMISSION FOR EACH SIGNUP SO WILL PUSH THE HIGHEST BIDDING HOST!! While it sounds infantile, type queries like "..... .com sucks" and also search through their own support forums (assuming they have them) to see how quickly issues are resolved. Try contacting their support or sales departments with questions to get a good perspective of their response times. Remember, if their sales department take a while before they have your custom, imagine how long they may take when they do have your custom!
5) When your needs outweight most plans. If you've outgrown your current plan and you are using very large resource amounts, it may be time to think about renting out a VPS (Virtual Private Server) or a Dedicated Server. I emphasize that this will not be necessary unless you are receiving a lot of visitors (traffic) and unless you are storing a very large amount of data (e.g. hundreds of photos, movies or software downloads). VPS' are now relatively cheap and combine reliability with speed and of course more space and bandwidth. A typical entry VPS may offer you 10GB storage and 100GB bandwidth. If you have extreme needs and you are already running a very busy site, you may even contemplate renting out a Dedicated server from a hosting company. Dedicated servers are computers entirely dedicated to your own web site and are very reliable (if you choose the right host) but are overkill for the vast majority of people.
I'm moving from shared to VPS. This forum is helpful, but I seem to notice everyone recommends the hosts that advertise here. That makes me wonder about conflict of interest.
Anyway, I'm looking for a company that has great customer service and will walk me through the first baby steps of having my own VPS for the first time. That and uptime. Everyone else seems to have the same features. So how to choose?
I called 3 hosts today: JaguarPC, LiquidWeb and Spry. Jaguar sounded okay. The sales kid at Liquid didn't seem to be able to answer any of my questions that weren't on his cheat sheet. And Spry had me on hold forever (with good music, though) and dropped my call a minute in.
Also, will they help me lock my VPS down like a fort so it's ueber secure? Will I have to install PHP, MySQL, phpMyAdmin, and all the other programs I didn't know I needed myself? I have no experience, so it would be good to know. I'm a graphic desiger turned web designer turned noob PHP developer -- I'm scared that I'm not geeky enough.
Anyway, does anyone have the same feeling that all hosts seem the same when you're shopping around? I know I'm going to have to give in, close my eyes and jump at some point (very soon). But this is no fun.
I am starting a small ecommerce website, initially selling 10 to 20 items but obviously hope to grow in the future. Since I don’t know much about web hosting, web design, etc., I need referrals to a webhosting company that provides easy to use professional looking templates which would allow me to design my website fast and start operation right away. Obviously, I need to get shopping cart/merchant account and all that goes with a e-commerce website (and I have no idea what all that might be but I am sure there are so many things that I will discover in the process). Anyway, I have visited many hosting companies out there and they are all so confusing to me. I wish they would allow me to see sample websites they host that used their templates but I haven’t been able to find any.
View 13 Replies View RelatedI just saw two quite nice deal in the VPS offer forum with CheapVPS and Crissic.
They both around $15/month after discount with 512RAM and 20gb(Crissic's is 70gb) harddisk and 300gb+(CheapVPS is 600gb) bandwidth.
The harddisk space is more important to me at the moment but after a search in the forum I can't find any possitive feedback on Crissic, and both nice/bad feedback on CheapVPS. Seems more people are using CheapVPS.
I am wondering if anyone can help me to choose between them in terms of the reliability and stability of their server/service?
I'm planning to move my co-located server to a cabinet soon. We are adding dedicated web & database servers to take the load off of the main box. I will get one GigE drop in this cabinet, so obviously I need a switch.
No routing is needed on my end, so my guess is that the regular GigE switch would do just fine. But I have few concerns about my setup.
All of my servers have dual GigE port. My plan is to connect one to the internet, and another to a local private lan for SMB, database, SNMP, and such. Jumbo frame is enabled on a private lan.
Is there any 16-port switch that allows me to assign 8 ports into one virtual switch (1500-byte frame) and another 8 into another virtual switch (9000-byte frame) ?
On the internet side, I expect to be pushing around 300-400mbps, a bit higher on the private lan. I need a very stable switch that won't choke or crash at this rate.
I'd also like to be able to limit throughput on each port, and probably do port/ip filtering on this switch instead of iptables on each box. (Am I asking too much for a switch?)
i was recommended by a good friend to come here for advice. i'm looking for a web hosting service that will allow multiple domains & do php for my zen cart ecommerce website. i am currently spending $200 per year for web hosting just for my ecommerce website alone. does anybody know of any good reliable and cost efficient web hosting service that will allow me to do this at the same cost or slightly higher than what i'm paying?
View 4 Replies View RelatedWe're ready to setup 3-4 42U racks for servers and are in need of choosing Ethernet switches. What do you guys use and why?
I'm looked at Cisco switches, but lost in their product forest. I'm looked at Express 500, 2960 and 3750-E models. Is there any more difference (in exception of stacking, cli and hot-swap fan/psu) that I need to consider? Prices differentiate too much.
I'm also looked at Linksys/D-Link business products and they seems to have the same features as Cisco Express series, but only 50% cheaper.
How much more would you pay a month for dedicated server with a Cisco Master Certified Managed Services Provider?
In addition, would having the entire company's support staff CCNA certified influence your decision for choosing a dedicated provider?
Would certifications influence your decision to buy a server?
We are too small needswise for even a half rack. Even a 1/4 rack would be overkill but nontheless, options in the area are limited to even *owned-enclosed* 1/4 racks from the colo facility itself.
The local facilities that would fit our needs spacewise are probably going to fit this in a full rack with space that we purchase against.
My concern is the security of *our* -- the customer equipment. Read alot of horror stories and would hate to end up one day finding out that whatever provider we choose was behind on bills, etc and we have X days to grab equipment from the facility, etc.
I am looking to colo SAN equipment, which is almost a triple digit box.
As per the last thread, I cleaned this up a little more, I welcome more comments as we make this the best it can be!
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Top Ten Things to Consider when choosing a Datacenter
Redundant Power
A minimum of N+1 power on critical systems (UPS and Generators) should be an absolute requirement for your business; however this doesn’t mean there aren’t points of failure. Not all power distribution is the same so demand a copy of your provider’s power map. 2N or greater systems is the only practical way to prevent failure. Definitions of redundant power can vary so demand to see a map that shows what it is truly redundant to. True B power should be redundant to the street.
Redundant Cooling
Redundant means more than just N+1 CRAH or CRAC units. If the facility has chilled water demand either a loop feed bi-directional system or a completely redundant pipe. This allows for maintenance on the pipe without taking the system down. Other considerations include redundant chillers, pumps, valves, controls, and electrical.
Network Carriers
At a minimum you should require a facility with multiple on site carriers. Competition drives pricing, therefore; by being in a carrier neutral facility with access to multiple providers, you increase your bottom line and decrease risk. Fiber should have diverse entrance paths to the building as well.
Location
The risk of system outage is significantly reduced by placing your servers in a datacenter that is located in a disaster free area. The threat of natural disaster such as tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, and wildfires can be easily thwarted by choosing a datacenter that does not reside in a coastal or storm centered region. Also consider the cost and availability of power when selecting your location.
Security
It is important to demand accountability from your Datacenter Operator. While two-factor authentication is good, the most secure datacenters enforce three-factor authentication: something you have, something you are, and something you know. Man traps to avoid pass-back and tailgating at all points of ingress and egress should also be high on your list of requirements.
Support
Do not risk your business to an unmanned facility. Require a minimum of 2 remote hands engineers and ensure the datacenter has certified professionals on site at all times. Don’t be fooled by datacenters who hire “button pushers.” Remember that your infrastructure lies in their hands during critical moments.
Flexibility to meet your business needs
Don’t pay for a datacenter that is everything to everyone; in other words, avoid paying for services you don’t require. And do plan for growth, as your business grows, you want a datacenter that grows with you.
Vendors and Partners of the Datacenter
Often times the datacenter operator has relationships established with vendors. Leveraging these relationships can save you time and money compared to working with solution providers.
Service
Be sure to consider any other services the datacenter may offer you with regard to office space, engineering services, consulting services, customer accessibility, remote hands, etc.
Standards
The datacenter you choose should be SAS 70 Type II compliant. If your business deals with online payment transactions ensure that the datacenter meets the physical and environmental controls necessary for Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards.
how other people with large subscribers’ database (over 500K subscribers) manage their e-mail marketing needs.
We do have a number of different everyday newsletters and occasionally send surveys to customers (once in a couple of months). I do like the functionality and features that different e-mail marketing providers offer with their packages like Constant Contact, Icontact, etc.
However, considering the number of subscribers their services cost too high in our situation. Maybe there is a standalone software product which we can license and install to our servers and manage in house instead of buying a hosted application?
Quick update: I just found [url]. Does anyone has any experience working with them?
I'm in the process of preparing to install CentOS 5 on my server, and was wondering whether most people recommend going with the 64bit version or sticking with 32bit. My server's CPU is 64-bit capable (Xeon 3060 at SoftLayer), and I have previously run CentOS 4.4 64bit on it, though I did have some struggles from time to time getting things to work (following setup guides that tend to assume 32bit more often than not).
I'll be running just a standard setup of PHP 5, MySQL 5, and Apache 2, powering several moderate-traffic sites that run on the Drupal CMS (e.g. about 7000-10000 visitors per day total, though hopefully more in the future of course). I don't plan on running a control panel other than Webmin, though I might get DirectAdmin or similar in the future to make hosting some friends/clients a bit simpler.
Will going with 64bit offer any worthwhile advantage with this setup?
From testing, I've come to the conclusion that I get extremely fast page downloads from a host in the Equinix Center in VA. I'm in Western NY. I don't know if this data center is better than most or if I just happen to be in an ideal location for their service.
I have a business that gets orders from the whole U.S., but a majority are in the East, especially the NE. Visitors come from everywhere in the U.S., but I'd like to keep the buying customers happiest.
Page download speeds are very important to me and I'd like to keep them as fast as possible for my customers. How important is the data center used by a host going to be to my decision? Also, is there a way to find webhosts from a particular data center? Manually going to webhost sites to find out if they have servers in the Equinix center has been painfully slow.
The company I work for is doing a promotional site that will probably involve a good chunk of progressive (as in, not quite the same as streaming) video -- basically my best guess is that everyone who views the site will likely download between 6 and 50 megabytes of video depending on how long they spend on the site, etc... I would imagine most people would be at the low end of that, maybe 12 megs, but it's hard to predict...
The tough spot is there will be TV and banner ads purchased for this promotion, and it's not entirely clear to us how good response will be. It could be 5,000 visitors in a day ... it could be 250,000 in a day... the response to various advertising campaigns our clients have done has just varied a lot...
So let's say we have 150,000 visitors downloading an average of 12.5 megs of video - that's about 2 terabytes of transfer in a month.
How much should we expect to pay for that kind of data transfer, and are there good providers that will scale with us? I don't think we mind sacrificing a few hundred bucks our first month only to find that traffic was low -- but if it's going to cost thousands to move 2-3 terabytes of data via a CDN, what are our other options? Does anyone scale well even if it's unpredictable? I realize we have to pay some sort of premium for that scalability or it's not really fair to the hosting provider.. but what price range should we be looking at?
We have a few websites which get 90% Asian traffic. Looking to optimise the user experience in terms of loading time..
Any specific server providers good for asian traffic? How do I find the latency time for a server provider before I go ahead with buying the server?
I would really appreciate some advice about changing from a VPS to a dedicated server and getting a good 24/7 server management service
I know I need more Ram than I’ve got now and I know I need a managed server. Beyond that I’m not sure what I need and all the info I’m reading is making me more uncertain and more worried about making the wrong decision.
I moved from shared hosting to VPS a year ago. I have now started to outgrow the VPS.
The VPS has 512 MB Ram, 10% Burstable Resources. The site has been up since the last crash for 78 days but it is maxing out the Ram during the busy parts of the day and has high load averages.
There is one site on the VPS with static HTML pages. Last month’s figures were approximately 186,000 MB of Data transfer and 4,362000 page views. Average of 30,000 visitors per day
I want to add another 4 or 5 sites small sites. Some of those will be XML feed sites. No forums, chat or reselling.
So what to choose?
1.Operating System
CentOS or Fedora Core Linux 6
2.Control Panel
cPanel 11 or Parallels Pro
3.Processor
Single Core or Dual Core
4.Ram
1GB or 2GB
5.Hard Drive
Single with backup, RAID or RAID with backup drive
Server Management Services and Monitoring 24/7
I’m using WebSite Pulse for monitoring at the moment and I’m very happy with them but they don’t do server management. I need a company to secure, protect, update and keep the server running 24/7
platinumservermanagement.com seem to offer a good service for only $29 per month. Don’t know what they are like. They only manage cPanel, don’t know if that’s a good thing or a bad thing. Would appreciate other suggestions.
Basically I’ve got to decide do I stick with current hosting service and move to a dedicated server choosing from the options I have listed or move to another hosting service offering managed VPS with more resources like wiredtree.com. Don’t know what Wired Tree is like just read about them in the forum.
I can't seem to find if there is a way to specify what hostname is used for a service on a service node. For instance, if one creates a service node named web01, and makes it a DNS service node, is web01 what will be used when creating NS records in zone files, or is there a way to change that?
The ppademo.com site is offline (and was unlicensed again last week).
We are planning on meeting SAS 70 type I compliance this year and likely type II sometime next year.
I was wondering if anyone has any recommendations on who to use for SAS 70 preparation and auditing?
I should mention that we are located in Colorado,
I was stuck in traffic today if there was such a beast as a VPS that runs the latest Mac OS (Leopard or whatever its called!!)
I want to have a windows remote desktop like connection so I see the full desktop.
I have never heard of one, but thought I would ask!