by Reeshma Mathews | Jul 16, 2016 | Server Administration
DNS is the basis of most internet applications – emails, messengers, web site browsing, etc. But we often tend to miss out the presence of this extensively used service. As a result, server administrators overlook the vulnerabilities in dns service and...
by Reeshma Mathews | Mar 9, 2016 | Server Management
Backups are your insurance against server failures. A well designed backup helps you quickly get back online even if the whole server is lost. For modern websites running WordPress, Magento, etc., the entire information is stored in databases. So, a sound backup...
by Reeshma Mathews | Feb 2, 2016 | Server Management, Technical Support
In 2010, Virgin Blue Airlines reported a $20 million dip in profit due to an outage in its online reservation system. Hardware failure was identified as the reason for the outage, but it caused severe damage to Virgin Blue’s reputation, customer loyalty and...
by Reeshma Mathews | Jan 29, 2016 | Server Administration
I like instant coffee. Why? Because its “instant”! No waiting around. Fast feels good, especially when it comes to using services such as telephone services, web hosting, etc. For instance, in VPS hosting, customers now expect their accounts to be...
by Reeshma Mathews | Jan 25, 2016 | Server Administration
“Noisy neighbors” are customers who use up more than their fair share of resources in a virtualized server. Such over-use of resources (aka resource hogging) affects server performance, especially if a VPS provider runs high-density servers. Though server...
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