Thinking very seriously about revolutionizing the ISP market, starting with WiMax-based service in the Texas hill country, as I'm tired of the basic monopoly outside of town and the near-monopoly in town for halfway decent access. Anyhow, I plan to get Cogent FastE for the main backbone, however I know I need something else in case some spat starts between Cogent and someone else (Level3, France Telecom, Telia). Internap is in Austin I know, but Cogent has a POP in San Antonio which is much closer to where I'm going to deploy the network. Any options in the Internap price range for maybe 20 Mbit to start? Yeah, I know that the price of the "backup" connection may be more than that of the main line, but if people want their WoWwebetc. I want to live up to that promise.
Thanks in advance. If I gotta use Internap I'll do that, but again that means setting up a link in the opposite direction to what I'm thinking right now. The ultimate answer would be something relatively inexpensive (sub-$100 per Mbit with 20 Mbit commit) relatively close to one of Cogent's San Antonio data centers. Cogen't bandwidth deals are awesome, but with one peering argument per year or so a backup seems needed.
Does anyone know of a good Tier 3 or 4 data center in San Antonio, TX, for colocation? I hear about all these data centers coming to San Antonio, but none of them seem to be for colocation.
We are in the process of starting a new project for a client and we are trying to decide which network to place it on.
We have a choice of a Level3/Time Warner mix or pure Internap. Obviously the Internap bandwidth is a bit more expensive, but since this customers website serves an international community we are thinking that Internap bandwidth would be well worth the cost.
What are the advantages of using Internap? How is the network performance? We've setup a machine on the Internap network and have begun running tests, but I would like to hear from people who have direct experience with Internap bandwidth.
Are there any out there? I need a personal server which can do VPN protocols and transfer data consistently at 20mbps on a single connection. Preferably a host with good connectivity and fewer hops to Asia where I am located.
Its a video and picture sharing website for India.
In the first 1-2 months, I will need around 250GB storage and 2TB bandwidth per month. After that, I will need much more. I have no idea how much I bandwidth may need. So I may go to a 50Mbps unmetered bandwidth; to limit my bandwidth cost.
My budget is around $400 per month. I want to have server(s) in west coast as it will be closer to India.
I have narrowed down to FDCServers and AlphaRed; as they both offer unmetered bandwidth for cheap. I will start with metered bandwidth and then go to unmetered bandwidth when my bandwidth demands exceeds.
here is what I seen when I installed kernel-2.6.20-1.2948.fc6.src.rpm
rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.20-1.2948.fc6.src.rpm 1:kernel warning: user brewbuilder does not exist - using root warning: group brewbuilder does not exist - using root warning: user brewbuilder does not exist - using root ########################################### [100%] warning: user brewbuilder does not exist - using root warning: group brewbuilder does not exist - using root
then when I ran: rpmbuild -bp --target=$(uname -m) /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/kernel-2.6.spec
I seen this error: + Arch=x86_64 + make ARCH=x86_64 nonint_oldconfig In file included from /usr/include/sys/socket.h:35, from /usr/include/netinet/in.h:24, from /usr/include/arpa/inet.h:23, from scripts/basic/fixdep.c:117: /usr/include/bits/socket.h:310:24: error: asm/socket.h: No such file or directory make[1]: *** [scripts/basic/fixdep] Error 1 make: *** [scripts_basic] Error 2 error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.93770 (%prep)
I need to have this installed to get a app installed etc... suggestions or ideas? thanks
I'd like to start an ongoing thread here listing the 'Good Hosters with Good TELEPHONE tech support'. In other words, out of the 1,000s of host companies, this may cut it down to less than a dozen.
( And for all you Hosters out there who really want your company to grow, and want to know how, - it's easy: just read here.)
Good telephone support is the #1 ultimate requirement, because:
-It's a lot faster and easier for both the user and the host company, because you can state and answer all questions and clarifications on the spot, you don't need to continually pass new emails with new questions and clarifications, back and forth for days on end, until the issue is solved. It saves tech time and user's time. And saves a lot of nerves.
- It's the best way to sort the good guys from the bad. A bad company isn't going to bother to answer the phone, - or will make you wait way too long, - because they are likely getting endless complaints. The good guys are always ready to answer the phones, with a friendly voice, - because they really WANT to please the customer.
- If a company can't be bothered to pick up the phone, we can't be bothered to even consider them. They're a joke, and so won't be listed here on this thread. (So, before adding or listing any Hosters here, please verfify that they do have Good, quick, friendly, telephone support,; ideally 24/7, but 9am to 10pm might be acceptable, if it was supplemented by some emergency contact. AND:
- Hoster ALSO needs good EMAIL support (and preferably, Chat online, extended hour availability). (I spend a lot of time overseas). It sems all emails should get a non-automated response within about an hour, - and then support should jump on fixing any problem.
I only need support a few times a year. To answer some questions, or fix a problem, or do an install. That's lesss than 1 hour total, so any company paying maybe $18/hour tech support should be able to handle this. It IS reasonable to charge a custm for extended calls, beyond say, 90minutes a year, IF you don't count the 80%? Of times an issue is the Hoster;s fault of stmg gone wrong, and don't count the 'hold' times.
ALSO IMPORTANT: - Uptime - site Speeds - Monthly plans, no contract (Only a dishonest host will try to force you into a contract, where they can then ignore you.) - Reasonable price. (? Maybe $12 to $18/month for a basic business site. We don't need massive bandwitdths, - we all know that's an overselling scam, and can't ever be delivered.) - a good upgrade plan of bigger options. Maybe even VPS. - Dedicated IP, and availbility of SSL -PHP 5, mysql, phpMyAdmin, etc - cPanel ( Some Hosts are using problematic panels, like Hsphere, which are slow to load, slow in operation, require many more clicks, have too many options, spread apart on many separate pages. Time is money, and this really slows down the ability of a small business to manage his own site in effective time. For example, one WHT user wrote somewhere: "I don't feel that HSphere's interface is nice at all, although I have worked with cPanel and DA all my life... I just found it to include un-necessary features or split features up in to different hard to find pages, such as backups - mysql backups you had to find on a completely different page than file backups, and then there were options to have it in the home directory or server-end backup, in which then you had to wait a good 10 minutes before it was ready. cPanel, just hit backup and hit download and instantly it does everything you need...".
I have used several hosters. Currently on Aplus.net and Godad, which have phone support, and mediocre service.
My LIST So Far: - Liquidweb: a very impressive company with good, 24 hour support. But to get dedicated IP, you need to go with their $25/month plan. Yikes! - NewIdeaHosting.com. A very small company. My call was returned, and the owner chatted with me for an hour on the phone! Plans have small bandwidth, but promises No overselling, and personalized attention. Extra $5 for dedi IP. He specializes in Small business sites, and small eCommerce sites. He has only 250 accounts, on 3 servers. He rents servers from the Equinox data center of Chicago. Seems exceptionaly honest. - MegaHosters. Excellent phone support and WHT reviews. But company was taken over by another company, and so may well go downhill in future. Another problem: uses Hsphere. - Steadfast. Has a good rep on WHT, and seems impressive. Tech answered the phone immediately, but they say they prefer emails. Sales phone has limited hours. Good price on $20 SSL. But, uses Hshhere. - JodoHost 24 hour phone. But, uses Hsphere. An Indian company with office in Florida, and good rep. I like the idea of outsourcing phone support, if it makes it more available and affordable. But, the accent on the phone was very hard for me to understand, so maybe this might not work..... - Hostgator. Yes, it's a big overseller, but seems to get good reviews/results anyway, and good phone support. - ? ThePrimeHost ?? Mostly good WHT reviews; some dissenters. Site says 24hour phone, but when I called on several nights, no one ever answered... - Can anyone add to this list? Please list only hosts that meet the above minimum requirements of phone support, etc. Especially useful is hosters you've tried. TO AVOID: - Avoid Arvixe. I had a horrid experience with them, here: [WHT forum]:/showthread.php?p=5097822#post5097822 - Avoid WebHostingBuzz. This company never returned my phone msessage inquiries.
I'm under the gun, and looking for a source for 40km and 80km XFPs (e.g. Finisar, Agilestar), who keeps them in stock and at a good price. I prefer to work with vendors who are subject to US law.
I bought two Dell R200 because they was extremely cheap.
My target is Open Source SAN with active/passive setup.
Now i was wondering what RAID-level I should go for.
I will use 1TB SATA-II disks.
1) RAID-1 in both servers and mirror each other with DRBD. With this setup i have like double RAID-1 so i lose lots of disk space. 4 disks -> 1TB
2) No-raid at all and i will mirror data with DRBD. 4 disks -> 2TB
Then there is change to go for RAID-5. Theres enough space to put third disk in that case
3) RAID-5 in both servers. Mirrors data with DRBD. 6 disks -> 2TB but more performance.
But in every setup i lose space more then i would like to.
Actually i dont need space more then 1TB, but i would like to get best possible redundancy and most space available i could.
Also need to remember that those servers does not support hot-plug HDs so in case there is disk-failure i need to be able to shutdown one server and iSCSI should still be up and running.
Of course theres change to make it active/active.
I was thinking that if I go for the RAID-5 I will make LVM-VG on both nodes (san-vg1 and san-vg2) and use it 50/50.
In case of fail both VG's will be used from working node.
Im going to use Debian Lenny I guess..
I was looking for OpenFiler because of the GUI, but im familiar with Debian and have always done everything from cmd.
Website source is a great hosting company! They host up to 8 domains for $107.00.. They have great customer service and they offer 24 hours online support.
if anyone replaces a commercial program with their own open source as for eg what Friendster did. For Netscaler, any open source development that are close are similar to it?
Which PHP encoder do you all suggest out of Ioncube and Source Guardian? Or possibly another if you know a good one. I checked out Zend Encoder, but its expensive as hell. Currently I'm thinking about Ioncube. I know the majority of web hosts have ioncube loader installed, but I'm not sure about source guardian.
if a program is compiled and installed (configure -> make -> make install) with a --prefix pointing to an empty subfolder, then would removing it be just a simple delete the folder and it's contents action ($rm -fr subfolder/).
Ok so lets say I was to install php from source with a complile prefix flag set to /usr/local/php
Then all the binaries and configuration files are set within the directory (php/conf , php/bin). If I want to delete the php installation then I would just remove the /usr/local/php directory, No?
I have been getting multiple emails a month for a service which I have never purchased.
The information they have harvested off the internet (since I know where they found it) and have obtained solely for use in attempting to charge me is- Invoiced To Steven Crothers 12345 Main St., Detroit, MI, 48021 United States
Which is completely obvious that it is fake.
I respond to EVERY invoice with a cancelation request, yet the tickets that get opened in the WHMCS billing panel get deleted a day later, however I have tickets in there that I have opened by use of the ticket insertion form that have stayed - none of which were ever answered.
The latest ticket information- Department:Billing And Invoicing Date:09/10/2009 10:05 Subject:The Second Time... Status:Open Urgency:Medium
It's still open without a reply.
I have put tickets into their Kayako system as well (They have two support systems, I would assume its due to poor management of their company). One of which was answered, with simply the output of `uname -a` on some server somewhere with my name as the hostname.
I than have attempted to reach anyone via livechat at [url]they constantly tell me that I am not allowed to speak to anyone until I pay my bills up to current (now remember, I have NEVER ordered anything from them, they don't even have valid information on file). Just tonight I demanded that I required to speak to a billing agent or I would be pressing harrasment charges against them for the 23 emails I have recieved in 3 months from them trying to extort money from me. They than banned me from their LiveChat software.
I have no idea what to do at this point, they are just sending me bills every month. I mark it as spam, but its frustrating to have a company trying to extort money from me on a very regular basis.
We have a large number of the 2U SC832 and SC833 cases from Supermicro that have been real workhorses over the years and some have had various motherboards in them as time went by. All of them are 5-7 years old and we would like to keep using them, but are concerned about the fans in the power supplies getting worn out and failing. Anyone have the source for good high quality fans that would work in these 400 and 550 watt single power supplies?
Anyone have an idea of what the normal life of one of these power fans is? All of them have been in good datacenters from there first use.
Since I know there are a lot of Supermicro users on this forum I figured this would be the best place to ask.
My server running and update CentOS 4.4. In the last hours lot of spam are being send form my server to the world. I'm unable to locate the source. Sendmail is define to relay localhost, and it seems that the source is local!
It seem that all the email are send from apache@mydomain.com to user@mydomain.com Sendmail is configure to accept for local delivery mail for domain mydomain.com Here is trace of spam session:
Quote:
May 3 14:39:51 active sendmail[17696]: NOQUEUE: connect from mydomain.com [127.0.0.1] May 3 14:39:51 active sendmail[17696]: AUTH: available mech=CRAM-MD5 DIGEST-MD5 PLAIN ANONYMOUS LOGIN, allowed mech=EXTERNAL GSSAPI KERBEROS_V4 DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 May 3 14:39:51 active sendmail[17696]: l43Bdpg2017696: Milter: no active filter May 3 14:39:51 active sendmail[17696]: l43Bdpg2017696: --- 220 mydomain.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.13.1/8.12.8; Thu, 3 May 2007 14:39:51 +0300 May 3 14:39:51 active sendmail[17696]: l43Bdpg2017696: <-- EHLO mydomain.com May 3 14:39:51 active sendmail[17696]: l43Bdpg2017696: --- 250-mydomain.com Hello mydomain.com [127.0.0.1], pleased to meet you May 3 14:39:51 active sendmail[17696]: l43Bdpg2017696: --- 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES May 3 14:39:51 active sendmail[17696]: l43Bdpg2017696: --- 250-PIPELINING May 3 14:39:51 active sendmail[17696]: l43Bdpg2017696: --- 250-8BITMIME May 3 14:39:51 active sendmail[17696]: l43Bdpg2017696: --- 250-SIZE May 3 14:39:51 active sendmail[17696]: l43Bdpg2017696: --- 250-DSN May 3 14:39:51 active sendmail[17696]: l43Bdpg2017696: --- 250-ETRN May 3 14:39:51 active sendmail[17696]: l43Bdpg2017696: --- 250-AUTH DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 May 3 14:39:51 active sendmail[17696]: l43Bdpg2017696: --- 250-DELIVERBY May 3 14:39:51 active sendmail[17696]: l43Bdpg2017696: --- 250 HELP May 3 14:39:51 active sendmail[17696]: l43Bdpg2017696: <-- MAIL From:<apache@mydomain.com> SIZE=133 AUTH=apache@mydomain.com May 3 14:39:51 active sendmail[17696]: ruleset=trust_auth, arg1=apache@mydomain.com, relay=mydomain.com [127.0.0.1], reject=550 5.7.1 <apache@mydomain.com>... not authenticated May 3 14:39:51 active sendmail[17696]: l43Bdpg2017696: --- 250 2.1.0 <apache@mydomain.com>... Sender ok May 3 14:39:51 active sendmail[17696]: l43Bdpg2017696: <-- RCPT To:<reports@mydomain.com> May 3 14:39:51 active sendmail[17696]: l43Bdpg2017696: --- 250 2.1.5 <reports@mydomain.com>... Recipient ok May 3 14:39:51 active sendmail[17696]: l43Bdpg2017696: <-- DATA May 3 14:39:51 active sendmail[17696]: l43Bdpg2017696: --- 354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself May 3 14:39:51 active sendmail[17696]: l43Bdpg2017696: from=<apache@mydomain.com>, size=410, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<200705031139.l43BdpDW017695@mydomain.com>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=mydomain.com [127.0.0.1] May 3 14:39:51 active sendmail[17696]: l43Bdpg2017696: --- 250 2.0.0 l43Bdpg2017696 Message accepted for delivery May 3 14:39:51 active sendmail[17696]: l43Bdpg3017696: <-- QUIT May 3 14:39:51 active sendmail[17696]: l43Bdpg3017696: --- 221 2.0.0 mydomain.com closing connection
It seems the spam message BCC contain a lot of victims address, that not from mydomain.
Is some one connect form outside and spoof 127.0.0.1 ?
If it local process, ho do I locate it?
I scan /tmp and my web server root for suspicious file and didn't find nothing!
how many players you would estimate the following server could handle running Counter-Strike Source dedicated Server?
Dell PowerEdge 1550 1U Rackmount Server 1Ghz P3 Processor - 1GB RAM 2X36Gb U160 SCSI Hard Drives in RAID1 for redundancy Windows 2000 server Network connectivity is 100mbit in a London DC.
Of course its not possible to give a 100% accurate figure however i would like a rough estimate prior to me purchasing this machine.
