by Visakh S | Mar 16, 2016 | Server Administration
MySQL is by far the most popular database used for web applications. It is a very easy database to use, but it doesn’t have the best uptime record. Many database issues such as corrupted tables, resource limits, or replication errors often lead to website...
by Visakh S | Mar 14, 2016 | HAProxy, Server Administration
In any web server infrastructure, database servers are often the slowest. This is because databases fetch data from good ol’ hard disks instead of the super fast server memory. High speed storage such as RAID and SSDs have been able to reduce the latency, but if a...
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 Visakh S | Mar 3, 2016 | Apache, Nginx, Server Management
On March 1, 2016, a new SSL vulnerability called DROWN (Decrypting RSA with Obsolete and Weakened Encryption) was disclosed by security researchers. This vulnerability (aka CVE-2016-0800) allows attackers to decrypt even strong TLSv1.2 connections, if the server...
by Visakh S | Feb 16, 2016 | Magento, Server Management
Magento is arguably the most popular eCommerce application, but its Achilles heel is performance. Sooner or later every webmaster finds their site to be slow, and look for Magento speed optimization methods. The natural tendency for most webmasters is to upgrade...
by Visakh S | Feb 15, 2016 | Server Management, WordPress, WordPress Hosting, WordPressHA
Every webmaster in this world wants their sites to load fast, and never go down. But, many get dissuaded by seeing the high costs for enterprise grade high availability solutions or cloud hosting costs. Well, what if you don’t have to spend a fortune to achieve...
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...
by Visakh S | Jan 23, 2016 | Nginx, Server Management
On 24th Sep, 2015, ARIN (IP registry for North America) announced that there were no more free IPv4 addresses. It meant that the already scarce IPv4 addresses became even more difficult to obtain. This prompted many web hosts and website developers to look at...
