Archive for 'Servers'
DWHS to add old server bargain basement.
As older servers stock up more and more, fast servers that work perfectly but are not new become available. In early December DWHS will add a new section for bargain servers managed or unmanaged. This will list each older server and the exact specs. The servers will be posted in the dedicated server page here: [...]
Full StoryDWHS calls out cheap bulk hosts
This is a very interesting article with the president of DWHS (Domain Web Hosting Service) calling the reasons to stay away from cheap bulk hosts like Godaddy, Hostgator, and Dreamhost. Worth the read, especially if you have a business website! DWHS claims to the best or I should say the most advanced web hosting service [...]
Full StoryRoutine Maintenance
Hello, We will be doing Routine Maintenance on Monday 05-02-2011 at 11pm Pacific Time. There should be no or little downtime during the updates and server check ups. If you have any questions please let us know. This is just a check up process to make sure all servers are running correctly, the upgrade of [...]
Full StoryWestern Digital to snap up Hitachi GST for $4.3 billion
Western Digital said on Monday that it was buying Hitachi Global Storage Technologies for the equivalent of $4.3 billion. The move includes a combination of $3.5 billion in cash as well as shares worth about $750 million. The deal will see the WD name remain but see Hitachi GST’s CEO Steve Milligan join WD as [...]
Full StoryWordPress load control – Is wordpress using too much load?
As we all know WordPress can use too much load. Basically any php script can depending on how it is ran. After years of running our own blogs and helping people run theirs we have found some solid ways to help WordPress run smoothly. First to check what load your Word press is using you [...]
Full StoryHow to create a powerful password
Say goodbye to those wimpy, eight-letter passwords. The 12-character era of online security is upon us, according to a report published this week by the Georgia Institute of Technology. The researchers used clusters of graphics cards to crack eight-character passwords in less than two hours. But when the researchers applied that same processing power to [...]
Full StoryEmail port 25 26 587
Email port 25 – This is the standard outgoing email port. 99% of the time it will be fine and set in your email program by default. Email port 26 – This is simply a alternative to port 25 and works the same. It exists because some ISP’s do not allow outgoing email which we [...]
Full StoryFFmpeg FFmpeg-PHP Mplayer Mencoder flv2tool LAME MP3 Encoder
This process requires root access and full dedicated server. cd /usr/local/src/ DOWNLOAD MODULES wget www3.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/essential-20061022.tar.bz2 wget rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/9225/flvtool2_1.0.5_rc6.tgz wget easynews.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/lame/lame-3.97.tar.gz wget superb-west.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/ffmpeg-php/ffmpeg-php-0.5.1.tbz2 wget downloads.xiph.org/releases/ogg/libogg-1.1.3.tar.gz wget downloads.xiph.org/releases/vorbis/libvorbis-1.1.2.tar.gz EXTRACT MODULES tar zxvf lame-3.97.tar.gz tar zxvf libogg-1.1.3.tar.gz tar zxvf libvorbis-1.1.2.tar.gz tar zxvf flvtool2_1.0.5_rc6.tgz tar jxvf essential-20061022.tar.bz2 tar jxvf ffmpeg-php-0.5.1.tbz2 mkdir /usr/local/lib/codecs/ yum install gcc gmake make libcpp libgcc libstdc++ [...]
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