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Mirroring Servers

Adam — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:40:04 +0000

Mirroring is like having 2 or more copies of a website. This applies immediately to the “copy” or the mirror when one of the “mirrors” changes. There are a lot of companies that offer Dedicated, Co-location, and Managed Services. You can both make an exact copy of a whole system or make a mirror to exact parts using the Mirroring Server method. The real time copying would provide additional options and capabilities to make backups from distance. It is a chain of machines in most cases which have the same information on them. All this requires somekind of kluster software that sends ping around and check if everything is up. This not very common in Web Hosting today, but for dedicated server users it would really be quite good to look these kind of things up. The possibility of extra problem is quite minimal, according to the WebRec blog. WebRec provides consumers with cheap web hosting aka Billigt webbhotell in Sweden.

Clouds To Take Over Traditional Web Hosting

Adam — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:46:37 +0000

Cloud computing is definitely killing the traditional web hosting since it is a concept of building web hosting infrastructures. Clusters and load-balancing aren’t something new; however the newer websites and applications require more resources. Any kind of cluster utilizes virtualization and is therefore important for a web hosting provider. One of the things that restrict people from moving to the clouds is the pricing per usage. As compared to low cost VPS, Shared Hosting and Dedicated hosting companies, Cloud computing based web hosting service uses its own application standards.

Web Hosting Provider with Phone Support

Adam — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:29:36 +0000

Voice to voice communication in the present day is losing its popularity due to the ease of sending a text message or an email. Phone support provides instant communication between the support technician and client. It is much easier to express problem over the phone. Phone support is more personal and therefore it helps you get an efficient solution. Web hosting with phone support is more costly than your standard support options. With support tickets you look at the text to get the information you need.

APS Hosting

Adam — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:11:30 +0000

APS is a hosting solution which provides some unique features to the domain owner. Active Server Pages (APS) allows the creation and design of an interactive website. Interactive websites include search bars, forums, calendars, blogs, newsletters, hit counters, email, polls and surveys. APS scripting will allow your website to be displayed equally, unlike HTML scripting. The APS server decodes and converts the .aps info into the.html info prior to receiving by the browser. This is one of the primary reasons why it is called APS hosting. Your hosting company must have APS servers available in order to use .aps scripts.

Web-cp

Adam — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:02:35 +0000

The leading control panel for server administration is clearly cPanel. This software has its own shortcomings which may perhaps warrant users to seek alternatives. It is a closed product that limits extendability and is expensive for smaller companies. Web-cp is an open-source solution that is a derivative of Web: //cp. It makes use of a four layer module system that supports domain, server, and email management. It is becoming benchmark functionality in a lot of premium control panels. Web-cp is written in the PHP just like the original project. It does not put additional stress on the server. It happens to be a great option for the server that lacks power but needs to run add-on software components.

VHCS

Adam — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:38:37 +0000

VHCS is a free open-source control panel, which is one of the best alternatives to cPanel. This panel contains an impressive feature list to support extensive reseller capabilities and domain management. The software is written in a collection of compiled and interpreted languages, which is the most unique aspect of this control panel. The graphical user interface is written in PHP for web page support and Perl to enable streamlined system management. Its back-end navigation is written in C. in addition, there are all the features of cPanel and therefore VHCS seems to be a worthy alternative to cPanel.

Permission Types for Website Security

Adam — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:09:24 +0000

It is important to know that lots of your directories and files are required to have the right kind of permissions, if you have a website on a Linux or UNIX server. The procedure of giving permissions, in the world of Unix-like platforms, is referred to as the ‘change mode’ or the CHMOD. Read, Write and Execute are the three types of permissions in the UNIX environment. These permissions apply to three types of users such as the User, Group and Other. On a UNIX server files are usually set to 644 by default. On the other hand, the directories are usually set to 755.

Xoops CMS

Adam — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:57:43 +0000

Xoops is a content management system which is free and open-source. Its feature-rich interface and ease of use make it suitable for webmasters. . Xoops is used by professionals to generate corporate business websites. All you need is an Apache web server to enjoy the features with Xoops. It provides a cumulative control over all the elements of the website and it can be enhanced with a lot of add-ons or modules. There is a user-friendly module administration system which would allow the users to modify all the aspects of a website effortlessly.

Is anonymous WHOIS worth it?

Adam — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:48:07 +0000

Numerous registrars offer private registration of your domain. This means they substitute their contact information in place of yours. You still maintain ownership but they serve as a proxy for your domain. After all, a lot of registrars charge for this service. The publication of their home address is one concern that many domain owners have. A private phone number would be available to anybody who looked up their domain in the WHOIS database. You can then change the address to the PO Box number and could rent a separate email address or voicemail number. But in such a way, you would maintain all the authentic information on the WHOIS database.

True green web hosting – DC powered servers

Adam — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:42:54 +0000

In the global fight against current climate changes the hosting industry has come up with the new DC power technology. With direct DC power, the system reliability will increase and also decrease monthly power expenses by 30%. Environmental thinking is applied directly to data centre systems. Cargo centres of servers which run the full day, demand loads of power supplies and therefore green web hosting can be applied. Therefore, it wouldn’t be a surprise when all the servers would be running on DC power in future.