by Reeshma Mathews | Dec 16, 2015 | ovirt
In our recent post ‘How to configure VM backups in oVirt’, we saw how we configured a VM backup system for a cloud service provider. We further went ahead and expanded the backup system with oVirt engine backups. oVirt engine manages the centralized...
by Visakh S | Dec 15, 2015 | ovirt, Server Administration
Today, most online applications are hosted in cloud systems. Unlike traditional dedicated servers, cloud systems offer users the ability to quickly scale up or down CPU, memory, disk space or bandwidth on the go. Users love the ability to pay for just enough resources...
by Reeshma Mathews | Dec 15, 2015 | ovirt
People often assume that backups are not important in a cloud setup due to its automatic fail-over feature. Automatic fail-overs migrate Virtual machines in a cloud from one hypervisor to another, when any one hypervisor goes down. But this fail-over feature does not...
by Visakh S | Dec 15, 2015 | ovirt
Cloud users love the ability to simply go to a portal, define their application requirements, and instantly get a server ready for their new application. The idea that you can get a fully configured server instantly, with uptime and availability guarantees, has been...
by Reeshma Mathews | Dec 12, 2015 | Server Administration
“This code works fine on my computer, but not on the live server!”, programmers often complain to IT system administrators. This happens when the environments in these servers do not match. As a result, projects often get delayed. To avoid compatibility...
by Visakh S | Dec 10, 2015 | ovirt
“Its all saved in the cloud”. Nowadays, you hear this all around. From selfie pics to corporate big data, all data is now being increasingly stored in cloud systems. Given a choice, people tend to choose cloud based systems for their business, rather than...
by Reeshma Mathews | Dec 3, 2015 | cPanel, MySQL
You see a pop-up notification asking you to update your browser. What do you do? Update the software, ignore the alert or postpone it to a future date? If you tend to overlook such notifications, its time to reconsider. Updates help to ensure that your software is...
by Reeshma Mathews | Dec 1, 2015 | OnApp, Server Administration, Technical Support
Christmas is nearing! Most business sites expect a sudden surge in their sales during this time. A surge in the website traffic, calls for additional server resources. Many business owners who use cloud systems, request an upgrade of their server resources to meet...
by Reeshma Mathews | Nov 28, 2015 | OnApp, Server Administration, Technical Support
What if, your server suffered an unexpected hard disk failure and the entire data on your server suddenly vanished? You frantically look for ways to recover the lost data, only to find that there are no backups available. A single disk failure instance has turned out...
by Visakh S | Nov 25, 2015 | OnApp, Server Administration
Stability is a popular reason why people choose cloud servers for their business. It is widely perceived that cloud systems can automatically recover from failures, and keep the data safe. While that is true to a large extent, cloud systems are as susceptible to...
