Dedicated Server Basics
Dec 21, 2008I just purchased a dedicated server. I don't know alot about them.
how I can set up an FTP account so I can transfer my files.
The server is running Cent Os with webmin installed.
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CoLocation Basics
May 20, 2008I have been co-locating servers for well over a year now, and still my overall knowledge is so much lower then I want it to be, so I'm looking for some direct help. Now before I start I will ask that you please bare with me, I understand all of the knowledge I'm looking for is out there on the net somewhere, but as I'm sure many of us would agree, direct assistance is much more valuable, and far less time consuming,
Firstly, my question is about networking. In Los Angeles I'm with a host that provides a direct connection with Mzima. I like Mzima overall, but it would be great to pull in some other providers to further improve that network. Could someone shed some light on how this is done? Also I have heard some things about private peering, can someone shed some light on this as well, and maybe let me know how I can implement it to my rack in L.A.
Kind of on the same topic with networks, what is the deference/benefits of 10/100/1000 ports on servers. Does this just simply mean more bandwidth can be bursted to the server at one time? If so what is the benefit of this for web hosting or game server hosting?
My next question is to do with routers/hubs/firewalls. I will soon have a full rack, and my provider wants be to provide a switch, why would I need my own switch, can't all the servers in the cab be shared to one switch? What type of switch would I need to look into? What about a hardware firewall for my rack, would one be sufficient for all my servers in the rack? How would I go about implementing one?
Any other tips that you guys may have found out the hard way?
A few things I found beneficial that I have done to cover my arse, is kept all the OS's I run on hand in the DC, also have a LiveCD available, as well as backup HDD's. Any other tips among these same preventative lines?
From Web Hosting Basics...
Jun 18, 2008if, i have unfortunately created this new thread in the wrong area, please kindly let me know whether i will be able to eliminate the whole thread. thanks.
new to web hosting and am looking for one.
first question: location of web server.
how important is this issue for someone intends to start e-commerce?
what are the pros and cons to have a web server located within your region?
what are the cons and maybe advantages of having a web server located physically outside your primary customer base?
Back To Basics
Feb 11, 2007I am so mixed-up now that its hard to even figure out what i need to know, so let me tell you a story.....
It started about a week ago, when i first started on the server configuration module of my CIW course. I began to get confused concerning the topic of permissions and access levels in IIS 5. Because of this confusion i started to backtrack what i actually knew (or rather, what i thought i knew) about networks. I now find myself realizing that i am not even sure about the basic
types of networks. Anyway, thank you for your patience so far, and without further a-do here comes the obligatory questions.
I thought that a peer to peer network was any network without a dedicated server, so the hosts (computers) on the network communicated with each other directly. I also thought that once you added a server to the network, all the shares that were once stored on the individual computers are now moved to the server, and that the individual hosts no longer actually communicate with each other to access files, printers, etc.
However, now I am starting to think that i am wrong about this, and that the hosts may indeed still keep some shares on themselves to be accessed by the other hosts on the network.
It is this method of ACCESS that is confusing me.
QUESTION 1
Do the hosts now have to ask the server to fetch the shares on the other hosts, or can each host still have direct access to any other host?
QUESTION 2
A book i have states "a peer-to-peer network does not regulate user access from a central point". To me, this implies that using a server on the network somehow centralizes access, BUT ACCESS TO WHAT??. Does this mean access to the server that has just been installed, or that the server is responsible for giving permission for host "A" to connect to host "B" to access the shares stored on host "B
QUESTION 3
The same book also states (regarding user-level-access and some kind of access list)...."this access list can be central to a particular server or to an entire network"
WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT MEAN???
Does it mean that this list can be either stored on the SERVER (CENTRAL) or EACH HOST("entire network").
I hope one of you guys can figure out,at least, where i am getting confused because the more i read the more i seem to tie myself up
Web Site Basics
Jan 2, 2007I am about to put a program that I have put some serious time and money into, out into the open source world. It is a web based app, written largely in PHP and HTML, with a MySQL database. But I have some questions, so here goes:
1. what should file permissions be for my files? (all files live under the Apache document root dir, i.e. /srv/www/htdocs).
2. what should owner and group be for these files? I have seen root, and I have seen nobody.
3. Two subdirectories need to be writable as well as readable. (for example, let's say the program resides in /srv/www/htodcs/myprog. I have two directories under myprog that need to be writable and readable).
4. And lastly, when my script goes to write in those dirs, I am getting an error, and it is because i am referencing $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'], when in fact, I should be referencing the subdirectory under THAT that the user has installed in. Obviously, I haveno control what sub dir they might put it under. Which raises the whole nasty issue of configuration files that might store all this good info, I have read never to put them in the document root dir, but if i don't, where do i put them, and permissions again? I need a decent example of a config file being wirtten thru a web browser!
New To Backup Management - Learning The Basics
Apr 5, 2008Up until now I have not managed a site that needed backups, but that is about to change.
I have a lot of questions, and they are newbie questions. Hope there's some patient people who have time to respond to some of them. If there are tutorials or articles you can recommend that would bring me up to speed, that would be most welcome too.
The project has 1 domain with about 100 subdomains. Each subdomain will have its own CMS and MySQL database.
All will initially exist on one shared server (HostGator reseller account), but will likely be moving to a dedicated or managed server shortly.
Ideally, I would like to have the hosting company manage the backups automatically. I saw a managed server package from webmasters.com that includes automated nightly backup. I am wondering that, if lets just say only 5 of the subdomains had an issue - would I be able to restore just those 5 - or would I have to bring all 100 subdomains back to the restore point?
I am also looking at other options, that I can implement before we move to a managed server.
Those options include:
1) Use CPanel to create a backup on a daily or weekly basis. I think, if memory serves me, that creating a backup of the domain, would include all the subdomains and databases. But - like my earlier question - I think that I would have to bring all 100 subdomains to the restore point if there was even 1 problem.
2) Use an FTP program to create a backup on a daily or weekly basis. I suppose the only investment for that would be my time, and an external hard drive. This solution would allow me to isolate certain subdomains. My question here is - in what file/folder are the MySQL databases stored (its not obvious to me.)
3) Move to a host that provides nightly backups even for their shared servers...
Dedicated Virtual Server Vs Regular Dedicated
Sep 3, 2007What is the difference between Dedicated Virtual vs Regular Dedicated Server?
Also what are the pros and cons of going with Virtual?
Dedicated Server Along With Dedicated Support
Apr 1, 2008to move from shared windows hosting to Dedicated windows hosting. This will be our first dedicated server and experience with dealing it too.
Someone suggested me Rackspace. But they were charging premium rates 440 USD for entry level windows server.
Dedicated Server Vs Virtual Dedicated Server ..
Sep 7, 2008I am currently using a shared hosting but due to increasing traffic and server load my existing host is not able to provide reliable services and I am planning to upgrade my hosting service.
While I was searching for Dedicated Servers, I learnt about Virtual Dedicated Servers but I am not very sure about their reliability? Are Virtual Dedicated Servers useful? My website current serves over 2500-3000 visitors a day resulting in 30,000 pageviews and I am expecting the traffic to grow by atleast 2 folds in the next few months as I start some PPC campaigns and Email Marketing for my website. Can a Virtual Dedicated Server cater such needs assuming my website to be more of less dynamic website written in php?
Plesk 11.x / Windows :: Don't Have Root Access To Server As It Is A Webfusion Dedicated Server
Oct 16, 2013I have Plesk 11.5 (service provider mode) on a Windows 2008 server IIS7.Most of my sites are developed in .asp and therefore i use a custom 500-100.asp error page that check s the IP of the visitor then displays either a friendly error, or if its my IP a full error of what has happened (it also emails me the error). This allows me to debug pages easily whilst developing and to keep an eye on anyone trying SQL Injection hacks on my sites (as the error and email also have session variables and IP address).I dont have root access to the server as it is a Webfusion dedicated server.I have following the Plesk documentation -
1) Switch on custom errors for the subscription
2) Look in virtual directories and navigate to error documents
3) Find the error in question (500:100) and change it to point at either a file or URL
FILE - I had the data centre add in the 500-100.asp error page in to the virtual template so that my page is available in the list of virtual files - this didn't work but that maybe because its not a static page??
URL - when i add the path it says its incorrect, if i add a fully qualified address, it accepts it but it doesn't work.give me a specific example of the URL that can be entered relative to the root as the format in the documentation isn't accepted. The last step is to restart IIS which is also an issue as i cant seem to do this from the Plesk panel..It is as if it isn't catching the 500:100 error, and only catching the general 500 error??
Difference Between A Virtual Private Server And A Dedicated Server?
Feb 11, 2009What is the difference between a virtual private server and a dedicated server?
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My streamers will be using my server aswell, On weekends we will be running 3-4 streams at a time, weekdays 1-2 at a time.
Spreading all the streams out, at anyone time we will have 300 viewers.
I need to know your advice on this before i go spending money.
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In addition, what kind of server do i need, windows / linux / traffic / burstable / standard etc..
Need A Virtual Private Server (VPS) / Dedicated Server
Jun 14, 2008I'm expected to have around 1000-1500 users at a time after my ad compaign for my site.
currently, my setup is as follows:
VPS in UK
guaranteed memory: 256 burstable : 512
disk: 20GB
traffic: 200GB per month
price : 15 dollars a month
I would like to upgrade to :
guaranteed memory: 1GB
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Upgrading Kernel On Dedicated Server (server.lu)
Apr 6, 2009Is it possible to upgrade a kernel on a dedicated server? I have a dedicated at Server.lu.
I opened a ticket with them, it was open for about a month with no reply.
How can I tell if GRUB or LILO is on the server somewhere?
How To Fully Backup A Dedicated Server To A FTP Server
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Other thing is domain name. Current domain name is registered with a different company and we don't really want to transfer it from that company. Can I get away with importing a domain name and changing MX records in the domain control panel?
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Difference Between Dedicated Server And Shared Server
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Processor AMDAthlon LE 1660
Hard disk 250 GB IDE
RAM 2 GB DDR 1/2
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Release 2, Release 1, Linux Plesk 9, Linux Plesk 8.4, Linux Plesk 8.0, cPanel, Extranet Group Work, Windows Plesk 8.1
Experts: raw distro
Debian 4.0 old-stable, Debian 5.0 Stable, Ubuntu Server 8.04, Ubuntu Server 8.10, Open Suse 11, Fedora 9, CentOS, Gentoo 2007, Gentoo 2008, Slackware 12.1, FreeBSD 6.2, FreeBSD 7.1, Windows 2003 Pro, Windows 2003 Basic
Virtualization
VMWare, Xen, Proxmox, Virtuozzo4
Remote desktop
Ubuntu Desktop 8.04
What To Do With A Dedicated Server
Feb 10, 2009I have been given a fairly high spec dedicated server and I would like suggestions what I could do with it.
Briefly the spec is: Dual Opteron, Two 360GB HDD's, 4GB Ram, on Unmetered Bandwidth located in Germany.
I don't want to host anything like warez, torrent server or any web -hosting service. ( I already have a hosting server )
Dedicated Server, VM Or VPS
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My target will be corporation, web developer / SI who want their / their clients' web site or IP application online with target users in those regions.
I prefer to deploy VM or VPS instead of dedicated servers as space/electricity in China is very expensive and higher density should be the way to go.
So I'd like to know more what the difference is between VM and VPS in terms of customer perception and actual features.
In areas of VM and VPS, which vendor do you recommend and why?
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So my question is how i can install a vps in this server and also i am wondering if it any GNU vps software for my server also.
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Dedicated Server In NYC
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Ips From A Dedicated Server
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Can i buy some ips from other company to use on my dedicated server? (as failover ip).
Can I Use XP Pro On Dedicated Server
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