Does A Delay In "sales Emails" Put You Off Buying A Server
May 29, 2008
You contact a company for a quote, however this company has not replied in days, so you contact again and it takes them a few more days to finally respond; this is a pretty common scenario.
I emailed 3 companies 3 days ago. One replied within 6 hours with a quote, and the other two still have yet to respond, guess which company I am most likely to go with?
So do you get put off by a lack of a sales team / delays? To me its like they don't want my service.
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Dec 19, 2007
What sort of specs would a server need for a small hosting company starting off? Linux, Windows, memory size, processor speed etc
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Jun 15, 2008
So I need to build or buy a server to run my site. The site will use a basic LAMP setup and we will also be allowing for file uploads and downloads. File sizes aren't expected to be too large, mostly word/PDF documents and maybe some Powerpoint presentations. At the moment we can only afford one box to run the whole site so we need to build something that can handle both file serving and basic site stuff.
I'm wondering what kinds of hardware we would need to make this happen. If I were to setup a box with a quad core CPU, 4-8GB of RAM, and a few 15K RPM drives would that be able to handle file serving and PHP/mySQL? Would multiple processors be required? What about RAID?
I guess the real question is what kind of hardware requirements are involved with setting up a file server. I'm guessing running PHP and mySQL is not really an issue but I don't want the site to slow down because of the file serving. I'm sure some of you have experience with this sort of thing so if anyone knows please let share your thoughts.
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Jun 26, 2008
I am using linux dedicated servers, but I want to move over to Windows for some stuff I run...
Anyway, I need ideally 1000-1500gb bandwidth on 10mbs connection, ram&cpu is not important as they're very simple things but requires a lot of bandwidth. Location in Europe or USA, but whatever is cheaper...
Budget is anything upto £60/$120 a month.
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Apr 22, 2008
I have been using a VPS for many years now and I am thinking of purchasing a dedicated server so that I can expand.
I intend to run:
-My website which has been running since 2002, just a vbulletin forum
-Some game servers
However my main intention is to run some Team Fortress 2 game servers on the dedi.
How many Team Fortress 2 game servers do you think I could run with these specifications?
Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz
1GB RAM
160GB Hard Disk
10,000GB Bandwidth
Also, I'm used to using to cpanel/whm, how hard do you think is it to administer a linux server without any control panels?
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Dec 7, 2008
I have some Q
1. if you were to choose to buy a dedicated server or rent
which one would you choose?
why?
2. if buying it how do you know that the parts in your computer are not second hand parts?
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Jan 9, 2007
Me and a friend want to buy a really cheap server. We're kind of tired of buying hosting of people, VPS, dedi even if the price is really cheap.
For once we'd just like a little server ourself. We are located in the UK.
We're hoping to spend max £110. So far we ain't been able to get a good deal for that much.
(tried ebay)
To make a pc - it would cost us more than that pricewise. To buy an old one and do few upgrades.. it would still cost us a bomb.
Do you know where I can purchase cheap pre-built webservers direct? I can't seem to find any websites. There mostly £200+
Also I'm hoping to run windows platform (mainly due to near null experiance with Linux), what simple software can I install to get:
FTP
Webpages//PHP
DNS
running? (other than apache which still look's complex).
My main problem is where to buy a cheap server.
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Jun 11, 2008
We have been dealing exclusively with Dell, but are looking into HP as well now. How aggresive can they be in their pricing? At what price volume will they start to be very aggresive?
Does anybody has a good HP sales contact that they can share? Looking for 50-100 of their lower end server (DL120).
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May 19, 2009
how long an average a dedicated server from CoreNetworks.net takes?
I need a solution by tonight and I thought if I ordered it early this morning (1 AM) that it would be up by midnight, but not yet.
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Feb 22, 2007
For some reason on a box I have, it takes 25 seconds from the time I hit enter for a usernames password for it to login via SSH. I am running CentOS 4.4
Is there something I can check to see why it is taking so long and/or fix this?
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May 30, 2009
I have six dedicated servers on a VPR. I use one of these as the Database server and the other five connects to that server to read the Database.
When I setup my scripts for the first time I used the external IP to connect to the DB server. Everything worked perfect for these weeks:
mysql_connect('174.xxx.xxx.xx', 'user', 'pass');
Since three days ago I finally received the internal IPs of my servers and now I use the internal IP of the DB server:
mysql_connect('10.0.0.1:3306', 'user', 'pass');
When I did this last change this my database started to collapse. Queries stuck on a bottleneck every 10 minutes. Here's an example:
40468 simon 10.0.0.7:47002 pkindigo_db Query 115 Locked update `captured` set hp_left = '79', status = 'normal', att1pp = '25', att2pp = '30', att3p
40523 simon 10.0.0.2:58080 pkindigo_db Query 115 Locked update `captured` set experience = '5120', level = '16', hp_left = '58', hp = '58', status =
... (tons of locked queries before) ...
As you may see table is locked since 115 seconds for a simple update... after some hours this ends on a "#1135 - Can't create a new thread (errno 13); if you are not out of available memory, you can consult the manual for a possible OS-dependent bug" and even some of my tables finally crashing.
I think that my Database stuck because of a DNS lookup delay. When I had this problem before using the external IPs, I added skip-name-resolve and the problem was fixed. But now with the internal IPs it seems that's not enough.
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Sep 24, 2008
I host my site on webcity and have done for 6-7months. Most of the time, I publish my web and the changes appear virtually immediately.
Some weeks ago, the lag between publishing and appearing began to take hours. I advised webcity support and the next day back to normal.
Yesterday, it started again. I emailed webcity and their reposnse was - it's your cache. I rang webcity and again was advised - it's your cache (or something your ISP is doing).
I don't believe it is cache. I can refresh the page, close the browser, reboot the computer, clear all temp files (run CC Cleaner) - no difference.
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Mar 13, 2013
I'm running Apache 2.4.4 Win32 on a Windows 2008 server. When trying to optimize a website I noticed a random reoccurring 2550ms delay in Time To First Byte. A file could have a TTFB of 200ms several times but suddenly it would get 2750ms. This could be a static file (image, html, js) or php. I've measured using ApacheBench (locally and remotely), webpagetest.org and bytecheck.com. After much trial and error I found the problem was with mod_rewrite. Disabling this and everything is fine.
I have setup a blank/new install with only basic config change (Listen, ServerRoot etc) to replicate result without anything else interfering. Following is the rewrite section I add to config.
Code:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule (^/Pictures.*) /$1 [L]
</IfModule>
After Apache has started I execute "ab http://my.example.com/Pictures/Thumbnails/tmb_400X400_FFFFFF_660.jpg" and always get the delay. If I execute again it's normal. If I wait at least 30 seconds I get the delay. Following is a section from error.log with trace8 logging.
Code:
[Tue Mar 12 23:28:56.123519 2013] [rewrite:trace3] [pid 7624:tid 888] mod_rewrite.c(468): [client 69.x.y.90:36279] 69.x.y.90 - - [my.example.com/sid#42c748][rid#26df0d0/initial] applying pattern '(^/Pictures.*)' to uri '/Pictures/Thumbnails/tmb_400X400_FFFFFF_660.jpg'
[Code] ....
As you see from line 3 to line 4 the time skips 2550ms. When the TTFB is normal then the log is identical except time doesn't change from line 3 to line 4. If I delete the rewrite section in config then TTFB is always normal, no matter what.
When I testet on the live server the time for fully loaded increase from 3800-4000ms to 8500-10500ms when mod_rewrite is enabled. And that is about 30 requests (php+css+js+images). So the impact is significant.
What can this be? I'm having a hard time believing it's a bug. Isn't mod_rewrite used a lot? I'm running Ubuntu (linux) at home, I'm going to install Apache there and see if I get the same result.
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May 9, 2009
VPS: Openvz, 512mb, 50gb hd, 10mbit shared located in Kansas.
Problem: After entering in my username / password I experience a 2-5 minute delay before the login is processed. I have tried logging in from 3 different ISP's (AT&T, Comcast, T-mobile via Blackberry), 1 webserver (ssh), and HyperVM's Java client. Each produces the same result.
Also, apps such as yum and traceroute produce the same long delays ranging from 2-5 minutes as though the vps locks up or the node has zero resources.
When I use the command center via HyperVM I receive the same long delays. Rebuilding the VPS does nothing. O/S has no affect.
Despite long discussions with the VPS staff they insist there are no problems on their end and that no one else is experiencing this problem. What gives?
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Mar 1, 2013
I am using Apache 2.2.22 on Windows Server 2003 64 Bit, using PHP 5.2.17. System Specs are 4 x 2.0 Ghz processor, 4 GB of Ram.
I'm noticing when I load my website [URL] .... there is about a 2000ms delay before the page starts to load.
How can I make Apache load faster?
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Apr 11, 2013
I am using apache proxypass to proxy to 4 different ports (java/jsp applications) with the following configurations (for each):
<VirtualHost *:80>
ProxyPreserveHost On
ProxyRequests Off
ServerName *****.org
ProxyPass / http://*****.org:8080/ retry=0
ProxyPassReverse / http://*****.org:8080/
</VirtualHost>
Everything seems work fine until an awkward delay / connection timeout occurs. The web application hangs for about 5 to 15 seconds and starts working normally after that period. It's certainly not the application's issue because everything is fine when using IP address to access it.
When I enabled the debug log in apache, I found out that every time the server seems to hang, the following error appears in the apache error log and the number of apache child processes keep on increasing (ps aux | grep apache).
[Thu Apr 11 10:20:41 2013] [debug] proxy_util.c(1818): proxy: grabbed scoreboard slot 4 in child 13208 for worker proxy:reverse
[Thu Apr 11 10:20:41 2013] [debug] proxy_util.c(1837): proxy: worker proxy:reverse already initialized
[Thu Apr 11 10:20:41 2013] [debug] proxy_util.c(1934): proxy: initialized single connection worker 4 in child 13208 for (*)
[Thu Apr 11 10:20:41 2013] [debug] proxy_util.c(1818): proxy: grabbed scoreboard slot 3 in child 13208 for worker http://*****.org:8080/
.....
Also, the access log (access.log) completely stops during that hang period.
This debug message keeps on repeating as long as Apache/web-application is not responding. The application starts to work normally after that duration and the number of apache child process decrease to the normal number.
Apache version : 2.2.16 (Debian)
OS : Debian GNU/Linux 6.0
root@server:~# apache2 -V
Server version: Apache/2.2.16 (Debian)
Server built: Nov 30 2012 08:58:36
[Code]....
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Jun 17, 2014
I've a problem with a server with Postfix. Emails (smtp) are refused by an operator because there is too many mail sent in a few moment.
With Qmail, we make this config :
1) we create file concurrencyremote
# vi /var/qmail/control/concurrencyremote
with the value 3
2) we restart Qmail and it's ok
With Postfix, we make that :
1) we modify the file /etc/postfix/main.cf
default_destination_concurrency_limit = 3
2) In /etc/postfix/transport :
wanadoo.com slow ;
wanadoo.fr slow ;
orange.fr slow ;
orange.com slow ;
laposte.net slow ;
.wanadoo.com slow ;
.wanadoo.fr slow ;
.orange.fr slow ;
.orange.com slow ;
3) After :
#postmap /etc/postfix/transport
4) In /etc/postfix/master.cf :
slow unix - - n - 5 smtp -o syslog_name=postfix-slow -o smtp_destination_concurrency_limit=3 -o slow_destination_rate_delay=1
5) In /etc/postfix/main.cf :
slow_destination_recipient_limit = 20
slow_destination_concurrency_limit = 3
And we modify :
transport_maps = hash:/var/spool/postfix/plesk/transport, hash:/etc/postfix/transport
6) At the end :
# /etc/init.d/postfix reload
But it doesn't work. Operator "Orange" refused emails.
In maillog, we have :
dsn=4.3.0, status=deferred (mail transport unavailable)
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Jul 27, 2009
which switches to buy as there are a myriad of options out there and I'm quite frankly a bit lost.
After reading through a bunch of posts here as well it looks like most people are leaning towards the Cisco Catalyst or HP ProCurve lines.
My requirements are:
- min. 24 Ports (4 SFP ports) 10/100/1000
- Layer 3 routing
- Low latency is more important than high throughput
- Switches will handle a lot of UDP multicasting, thus adequate buffers are important to minimize packet loss due to overflowing buffers
- Budget is ~$2k/switch
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Apr 21, 2009
I'm planning on hosting several websites on a server or several servers in my home using Comcast(Comcast told me unlimited bandwidth would cost me $60.00 a month). I'm currently researching what used servers to buy and what operating system would be best to use on the servers(LAMP sounds interesting). Security is a big concern. I want to be able to expand this system when necessary.
What used servers and software would be a great setup for what I want to do? I program websites using XHTML, CSS, JAVASCRIPT AND PHP.
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Aug 14, 2008
how many of you guys are considering buying into a CDN service? Do you ever find yourself (or your clients) asking for it?
If so, in what specific situations would you need a CDN? Did you already buy the service - if so, what made you choose your provider, and if you did not buy the service yet, why not?
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Dec 25, 2007
where I can get the best price for HP switches? Looking for 1x2848 and 1x2650
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Nov 16, 2007
How come there are so many vps deals with OS other than Xen in vps offers section.
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Jan 18, 2008
I am considering buying a C6509-E and I wanted to get a feel for that which I am about to do is hopefully a good move, and not a bad one. My traffic patterns are similar to what I suspect many of you experience. My traffic levels hovers around 2 - 300 mbit, but we are about to start offering more colocation services.
I also do internet facing bgp routing.
I was thinking something like this:
1 x C6509-E Chassis
1 x VS-S720-10G-3CXL 720 with 2 ports 10GbE MSFC3 PFC3C XL
1 x MEM-C6K-CPTFL1GB Compact Flash Memory 1GB
1 x WS-X6724-SFP 24-port GigE
1 x WS-C6509-E-FAN Fan tray
2 x WS-CAC-3000W
I will probably add on the forwarding card to the 6724 once my traffic levels rises more.
Additionally I would probably be getting one more identical box a little later.
Could I get any feedback on this setup, is there anything I've missed?
Also, if you have bought a similar setup before I would love to to be given an idea of what I should expect for pricing?
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Jan 28, 2008
Some time ago there was this guy apaqdigital who was quite well known among WHT memembers -- but i dont see his name when i type in the user section of the advanced search.
Anyone know if "apaqdigital" is still around or has changed his user name?
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Jan 22, 2008
Our company just outgrown our linux routers, so we're getting ready to buy a pair of 7201's. I'm one of the programmers, not the network engineer, so I'm not sure about the details. All I know is that we will buy a pair of 7201's soon.
what they go for after discounts? Resellers/vendors feel free to chime in.
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Apr 14, 2008
Doing a little research... What do you look for when signing up for shared hosting?
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May 31, 2008
I am going to buy a Shared host for the first time. I am currently considering big hosts because of my bandwidth requirements are high.
I am considering Dreamhost, BlueHost, HostiCan, and most preferably HostGator.com
I have heared a lot about hostgator and saw many persons praising it, but when i was going to buy it, i accidently saw a few sites on google giving bad remarks about the HostGator.
Also the link [url]shows a story about the Host.
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Jul 20, 2008
I recently purchased web hosting with HostMonster. I will want to build multiple sites down the road.
What is the process of getting another domain and hosting it with HostMonster? Can I just buy another domain from a site and stick it right on my leased web server?
Do I need to transfer the doamin into HostMonster?
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Aug 25, 2007
I run an online flash game website, which gets between 20000-40000 unique visitors per day. The website basically just hosts flash games which I upload myself. I have no forum, do not run any databases or have any major scripts running or anything; the site is just plain html and php includes (with images and flash [.swf] files also)
I currently have 512MB of RAM on my VPS. If I decide to upgrade to a similar plan on a Dedicated Server, but instead with either 1GB or 2GB of RAM, would that make my website faster, particularly loading time? (As some games are 5 to 10 MB in size).
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