by admin | Feb 28, 2009 | Server Administration
For over a decade, several organizations used the Network Information Services (NIS) to render the central management of identity and policy for users and machines in the Linux and Unix environment. However, NIS had some serious infirmities that caused its failure to...
by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Feb 25, 2009 | cPanel, Server Administration
Quality assured service is the pillar of web hosting business. Your service becomes popular when you ensure quality. Low price is another way to advance sales. But, if your service does not meet the required standards of quality, then the customer never uses it in...
by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Feb 23, 2009 | cPanel, Server Administration
Customer support is an inevitable element in the Webhosting Industry. In fact, it ts one aspect that cannot be removed from any product or service that we come across in life. At times, I feel even prayer is one form of customer support. The three main channels for...
by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Feb 18, 2009 | Apache, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Server Administration
A Web Host has to actively monitor all the services running on each of its Internet Servers. Customers assume that the services advertised by the host are available 24/7, and hence Internet servers monitoring takes a high priority in the Web Hosting business world. A...
by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Feb 11, 2009 | Server Administration
Windows is a self tuning operating system. It’s kernel is already optimized to work in a variety of scenarios. There are only limited operations that can be performed to optimize the system. The benefits associated with such a system include: Server...
by Hamish Oscar Lawrence | Jan 27, 2009 | Server Administration
The “ini files” were used in the older days instead of Registry. INI files are simple text files with a basic structure. It was really difficult to manage with these files in the older versions of Windows. The configuration information regarding the...