Monitoring Software Of Choice
Jun 27, 2007I've been using Nagios for so long that I have become disconnected from some of the other packages. What are y'all using these days?
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CPU Choice
Feb 23, 2007I have a dual processor xeon 1.8 server
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.
DB Server Choice
Nov 2, 2008I 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.
Best Choice For A New Datacenter
Jun 19, 2008if I could get some recomendations on which datacenter you'd suggest I contact for new servers?
totally fed up with the non-support at thePlanet, and I'm now investigating ded servers at another spot.
AlphaRed Still A Bad Choice
Jun 9, 2007I 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?
Bluehost A Good Choice
Nov 6, 2009I 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.
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Mar 31, 2009I 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
Good OS Choice For Plesk
Apr 6, 2009I'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?
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Jan 3, 2009if anyone can tell me if they think I have made the right choice going with BurstNET?
I was with them a while ago through a reseller however there was a lot of downtime.
(Now) I recently read that their uptime is a lot better, is this true?
Best Choice For Dedicated Server?
Jul 4, 2008I'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.
OS Choice, Control Panel
Feb 6, 2008I'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.
Cpanel And Linux OS Choice
Apr 28, 2008For one of my server, I have to use cpanel, my host offers these possibilities:
CentOS Linux
Fedora Core Linux
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
RedHat Enterprise Linux
In term of compatibility and evolution, what is the best choice OS/Cpanel?
Apollo VPS: Making A Choice
Dec 19, 2008My brother is moving from shared to VPS.
Apollo has a managed VPS for $40 (with 20% off for a yearly purchase).
25GB:750GB:512MB
Any problems with this package?
Any problems specifically with Apollo VPS?
Dedicated Server Choice
May 29, 2007going to make an order, but don't know which one?
On this server will be File Hosting Site (File.am), which work on php/mysql, so it's not just direct downloads/upload, there is server load/
version 1.
- AMD Athlon XP 2000+
- 512MB DDR Memory
- 120GB EIDE Hard Drive
- 1500GB Traffic per month
- 100Mbit Connection
Monthly Price: $*** USD
Setup Fee: Free of Charge!
version 2.
# Cel 1.8 Ghz (while supplies last)
# 512 GB Ram
# 80 GB
# 6 ips
# 1500 GB monthly bandwidth 10Mbps switch port, $0/setup
price is the same
both are self -managed and located in usa.
unfortunately don't know, which one?
Is A Reseller Host A Good Choice
Oct 13, 2009I noticed a trend - I don't know if it's very new, but it can't be very old either - that quite a few people are looking for hosting and specifically ask that the host is not a reseller. Obviously they have somehow decided that a reseller is not a good choice for them.
A host that rents servers from a datacenter and then sells shared hosting and/or reseller hosting accounts or whatever other types of packages, is in fact reselling what it has bought from its provider. Despite that, it is generally regarded as a full-fledged host. Sure, they do take care that the servers are managed properly, that they are secure, they provide customer support, so they add to the original product that they have bought, but in essence they are resellers.
The first one is that the reliability, the uptime and server performance depend almost entirely on the upstream provider (the host behind the reseller). Considering that the reseller did a good job in finding a great upstream host, these things should be fine, but, unfortunately, in their search to get the best deal out there, many hosting resellers (if not most of them) end up being hosted for just a few bucks a month on highly overcrowded servers with stability and performance problems, frequent downtime etc. which will in turn translate into poor service for the end user.
The other major concern is the knowledgeability of the reseller. The very ease of becoming a reseller and the fact that almost anyone, or, as a WebHostingTalk user said it once, "anybody and his dog", can be a reseller, makes it very hard for some to trust a hosting reseller.
I would never say a reseller is a bad choice, but some things are not to be expected from a reseller. For example most resellers are a one man show and thus 24/7 365 days a year support can not be achieved without outsourcing some of it. This however is not a very cost effective solution for low volumes and this is why most resellers provide all the support themselves, which will obviously not be 24/7.
Also a reseller has only so much freedom on the server. A reseller cannot do some things and has to ask his own host to do them for him. That means it will take longer for those things to get solved.
On the plus side, a reseller often gets to know his customers and their needs and the client-reseller relationship often gets quite close. A friendly tone is worth for some people more than a 99.99% uptime statistic. If you're one of those people a reseller could very well be the right choice.
I am running some blogs on JustHost, a WordPress Web Hosting recommended by WordPress. You can visit my JustHost Review for reference.
Is A Core2Quad Q6600 A Good Choice For A CPU
Dec 3, 2008Is a Core2Quad Q6600 cpu a good choice in a dedicated server compared to a Xenon or Dual Xenons?
I'm sepcifically looking at this page...[url]
Is this a good deal?
The 1TB SATA can be swapped for a 300GB SCSI at no extra cost.
Intended for a vbulletin forum so lots of database queries, I assume the 8GB ram would be good for that.
Choice Of Hosting For Travel Company
Aug 30, 2008I run a Travel and Tourism Agency and plan to host my website online so that my potential customers will be able to book tickets, reserve hotel rooms, rent cars etc. My website will be built using PHP with MySQL at the backend. I plan on targeting mainly customers within the UK at first but will expand soon.
I expect to be getting around 10,000 visitors a month to start with and will expand rapidly. What Webhost should I be looking at? What are the things that I need to look out for specifically? Should I go for Shared or VPS?
Is IBM X3250 A Right Choice As A Database Server
Mar 12, 2008I have an IBM System x3250 Intel Xeon 3040 Dual Core 1.87GHz/1066MHz FSB, 2x1MB L2 cache
2x512MB 667MHz PC2-5300 ECC DDR2 SDRAMs/8GB Max (4 DIMM)
250GB Simple Swap SATA HDD
This is mainly going to run MySQL database for my e-newsletter application. I do an email blast of about 100,000 email at a time about 3 times a week. Every clicks and every opens of newsletter will be recorded in the database. Is this server a right choice?
How To Make A Choice Between A Collocation Provider
Nov 25, 2007how to make a choice between a collocation provider?
witch criteria?
how can you check records about a provider?
what too look for when you pick up a colo provider?
what options ad features you should look for when choosing a collocation?
Good Choice Aside From Hostgator Or ASO For Pro-bono Clients
Jan 30, 2009I have a pro-bono client...a gardening group, say 200 or so not-too-tech savvy folks who need hosting. A very small (16M) simple-minded site with 2-3 PHP scripts for form responses and a Gmail userid for receiving public questions and answering them. Okay?
They need a site where, if I get run over by a semi, they can take over for awhile if needed, until they find someone else.
ASO is only for ubergeeks, as I've seen in their forum (especially), their wiki, and somewhat in their tech support. Even *I* am no ubergeek, much less, my clients. Hostgator for their smallest plan, at the $4.95 price requires 3-years up front, else $8.95 per year: a bit much for my not-for-profit group. (And Lifehacker says, Hostgator is just a reseller for The Planet...)
Is Cloud Sites Is A Good Choice For Average Web Site?
Jun 19, 2009I am very interest about RackSpace Cloud site technology
http://www.mosso.com/cloud.jsp
Does any one over here using RackSpace Cloud Site
I have couple of sites hosted on a one virtual dedicated server, I get total about 100K+ hits per month. About 70GB bandwidth usage per month. Is cloud site technology is a good choice for me?
How Do I Apply A MAC Address (of My Choice, Not Random) To A VE (Virtuozzo Powered)
Jul 13, 2009How do I apply a MAC Address (of my choice, not random) to a VE (Virtuozzo powered)
I tried this:
[root@node root]# vzctl set VEID# --mac "actual mac address here" --save
Invalid usage. Option --ifname not specified
In order to license software for use for my client's company, the vendor needs the MAC Addresses setup for their vps' virtual enet interfaces.
What's A Better Choice DUAL XEON 2.8GHZ 533FSB W/HT Or Pentium D 925 3.0 Dual Core?
Apr 26, 2009What's a better choice DUAL XEON 2.8GHZ 533FSB w/HT or Pentium D 925 3.0 Dual Core?
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Jan 18, 2008way to monitor my servers cpu load, but more importantly is there a way to monitor which php scripts are using the most resources? i have searched around and haven't found much information. i use fedora, apache, mysql just so you know.
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Jun 24, 2007external monitoring services for http, ftp, mail, uptime, ping, etc; preferably with some reporting options.
I have been using uppanel.com but am looking for a service with more regular checks and no limitations.
VPS Monitoring
Sep 22, 2007to monitor our VPS's customers, not our up time but our VPS customer sites resource usage.
Maybe a mixture between TOP/PS and WHM|Server Status|Apache Status
Summarized by domain in a period of time.
Our VPS is going blackzone many times/day and I need to find in real time the actual offending site or application.
I need something that tell me in plain english:
- Site XXX is taking all your VPS resources
- Application XXX is just bombing your VPS
- Close port XXX because your're under hacking
Bandwidth Monitoring
Jun 19, 2007Plz show me some software which monitor bandwidth for each website used.
OS : Windows 2003 ENterprise
Monitoring Tools?
Jul 9, 2008Any website monitoring tools available that can tell you when a site is unavailable and/ or other tests/checks?
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Oct 22, 2009a product that I can install on my windows or mac machine to monitor my Centos webserver for CPU usage, Memory usage, Uptime and etc.
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Mar 29, 2009Does anyone know any good system for monitoring if a server is online?
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Jul 24, 2009I just stop httpd service for server maintainance , and disable its monitoring from whm services, but after some time it again start even i disable httpd monitoring and service.
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