I'm questioning whether a host is really wind powered as they claim. They are a reseller and have a GoDaddy SSL seal at the bottom. I know that doesn't mean that they're reselling GoDaddy hosting - but isn't it a little curious?
How can I find out if this reseller is really wind powered?
I've been with this guys for over 4 months, but for my surprise when I got home today from work just noticed that my server is being "unpluged" for hours.
I did get an e-mail about the outage and was aware about the datacenter move. I am with live chat now waiting for some response and will update soon.
I hope my server did get stolen or lost during the move... and hopefully i will be compesate for this huge downtime.
Here is what I am trying to do, to set up a WordPress powered site to be run across two servers for load balancing. The two servers are dedicated and I have the load balancing software installed and set up. I need to set up the site so that both of them are accessed, but to also have the same content. The main concern is for the same content.
WordPress uses a MySQL database to place all of the content there, so the main thing I would need is to set up the databases so they are synched on both servers, so that the same content is showing up on both of the servers, and so I don't have to manually upload data to the database every few hours, that would suck. I have already found a script to connect to a remote mysql server, it is called HyperDB, but I was wondering if there are any better ways.
Is it possible to get the .htaccess file to apply to only one folder? As in if we stick it in the public_html/ folder, how can we prevent those rules from being applied to all the folders in public_html/ folder?
I am currently in the process of migrating a few hundred domains from one server to another using Plesk's Migration & Transfer Manager. The servers have the following name servers allocated:
Server 1: ns9.example.com & ns2.example.com Server 2: ns1.example.com & ns2.example.com
In the DNS Zone Template in Tools & Settings on Server 2, can I just click Apply DNS Template Changes and change all migrated domains NS records to ns1/ns2? Will this affect custom DNS entries as a lot of the domains have DNS changes that need to remain. I'm just hoping that this might be a quicker way than going into each domains DNS zone and manually changing ns9 to ns1.
I just really don't want all the domains DNS zones to reset to the standard template on Server 2 ...
Running Plesk 11.0.9 Windows 2008 R2 ...We host several sites. One customer in particular has a locked default hosting package (for custom scripting needs under their website setttings) and we have applied an add-on of 10GB of bandwidth. The system does not show that it has increased their allowance still showing 19.9 of 10 Available (when it should be 19.9 of 20 available)
Also, we have not been getting overage notices for this customer....when normally we do. Maybe it's related to some automated task that's not running?
I have some instructions written in the .htaccess of root directory for my website. So how to force those rules to apply to all sub directories even if those sub directories have .htaccess that overwrite the rules of the mother .htaccess on the root directory ? For example the root .htaccess deny access to all *.log files, so how to force that rule even if in some subdirectories there is some .htaccess files that allow access of *.log files.
The 2 cpu's are xeon 1.8 with 512 L2 cache and 400 fsb
I am thinking of trying to give the server a little more power with faster processors, using the same board.
The board can take any xeon 603 pin cpu as long as it is 400 fsb.
So here is what I have found, that my server can take as far as cpu options, I am asking for more opinions on which choices of the following processors would be better for a busy server.
dual 2.8 xeon processors with 512 L2 cache
dual 2.0 xeon processors with 512 L2 cache and 1 gb L3 cache
dual 2.0 xeon processors with 512 L2 cache and 2 gb L3 cache
Please let me know your opinions, I have some ideas, but I am looking for feedback.
And please only talk about the xeons above, and not amd etc.
I have a strange issue on a Plesk 12 VPS. Sometimes the sites result in a "502 Bad Gateway (nginx)". This happens 1 or 2 times a day on different times.
In the httpd log I see a record "can't apply process slot" and in nginx log I see "connect() failed (111: Connection refused) while connecting to upstream" but restarting apache and/or nginx will not always result in a working site.
When I restart iptables everything is working fine again.
I am about to outgrow my current server and want to upgrade to a set-up with one web server (my current one) and a new separate database server. I am very happy with my current host (Liquidweb) and want to stay with them. So I need to decide which option from them will best suit my needs.
Questions:
1 - I have a standard LAMP website, but with a fairly large db and plans to add others. My understanding is that the biggest factor in db performance will be the amount of RAM I have installed. They offer a Q6600 Quad Core that will take 8GB of RAM. The only other servers they have which take more than 4GB cost at least $180/month more. I donât think the extra CPU will make much difference, and I am hoping that 8GB will be enough RAM for a good while (my current box has 2GB, but that isnât really enough anymore). So I think that my choice is obvious, but I recognize that I am really only guessing and would appreciate any advice about whether or not this would, in fact, be the best server for me.
2- I can order the server with a 32 or 64 bit OS for the same price. I donât have any idea regarding which would be better. I donât know which system my current server is running or whether both boxes need to have the same OS. Also, I am currently running MySQL4 but will probably upgrade the new server to 5. I have read elsewhere that there is a 64 bit version of MySQL that is needed to make maximum use of installed RAM, but I really donât understand all the issues involved here. Is there something I need to know before I set this server up to make sure that I get maximum performance from it? I will, of course, also be running PHP on it.
As you see, my understanding of server requirements is very limited.
I saw an alphared banner the other day here on WHT, and checked out their prices, and WOW (Yes, I know the old adage...I don't need to hear it...)
I did some searching and read all about the drama that happened around them several years ago. I'm not interested in that. I want to know how they are now. Has the level of service gone up or is it still in the crapper?
I can only state my own experiences with Bluehost. As a longtime web designer I have been sending my clients to Bluehost for years. In fact I started a web service at that will do free setup and install of Wordpress if you open a account with Bluehost. I like to keep all my clients in one place. I have had no problems with Bluehost over the past five years. If a client's website starts to get many hits and more traffic than a standard shared hosting account can handle I then move them over to a real VPS. But if your just starting out Bluehost and a service like mine is a good choice.
I am a little upset because I host my forum and other sites on my friend's server who has dedicated server, but now he is closing his hosting business
My forum opens very fast with his servers but now I have to go to somewhere else, I just contacted Namecheap and asked if I can host my little-busy forum there or not on their shared hosting package.
They will reply me but I want to know your advices too about Namecheap. Is it good choice to host a VBulletin forum on shared hosting from Namecheap?
Or I should buy their Business Hosting Package?
I don't want to buy VPS or Dedicated Server because I don't have much knowledge of hosting and I have heard that VPS and Dedicated servers are very difficult to manage for person like me
I've decided to go with theplanet as a server provider. What OS do you guys recommend if the primary purpose of the server was to distribute media and large exe files?
I'm in the market for a dedicated server once more, and since Theplanet was going down hill the last time I was there (9 months ago), I don't imagine they've gotten much better (After the merger with Ev1).
So I need to find a new datacenter, however my problem is... I'm unsure what I want to go for - currently I have $1200 that I can dedicate to a server, so a 6 or 12 month plan would be ideal or possibly even co-location. As for the actual SERVER - I need a place that offers Linux/BSD, cPanel, at least 2gB of memory, and half way decent processors. Any help would be appreciated - the only datacenters I have been with over the past 5 years are Ev1/Rackshack, and Theplanet/Servermatrix.
I'm moving to another server in the next day. I've got a choice for an operating system (as I did last time). I thought I'd ask for opinions, thoughts, and experiences with the choices.
FreeBSD Fedora Core 7 CentOS
A little info about the sites. I host 2 Gallery sites, a fairly popular Drupal based site, a relatively static PHP site, and soon and osCommerce powered site. I use PHP and MySQL a good bit. The server is managed by Plesk 8.3 right now. Which takes me to my other question.
What other control panels are available that offer good feature sets and low overhead (resource wise)? I'm impressed with the look of Plesk, but the workings leave something to be desired. My server comes with Plesk unless I tell them otherwise. They don't offer an alternate control panel solution.
As far as technical knowledge goes, I work with Linux (SLES/SLED) on a fairly regular basis. So I'm not a complete rookie. But I definitely don't consider myself an expert.