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5 Tips for any Linux administrator

1) Disable users account quickly. Every administrator at one point or another needs to quickly remove a users access on their Linux servers. We can do the below usermod -l Johnny The above will deny Johnny access to login to your Linux system via sshd, etc. What this does is it adds ! in front [...]

PHP opcode caching

Install APC Caching One of the most common occurences today of webserver load is the ever-so-needed PHP. PHP is usually a must have – often not a way around it. It’s just too popular and mainstream in todays Internet. How would we reduce load caused by PHP? Well, what we CAN do is install some [...]

Setting up a HTTP load balancer

HAProxy is a TCP load balancing application. It can be used to loadbalance TCP connections (i.e., email(smtp etc)) – not just webservers. Very conveniently, however, HAProxy does in fact have it’s own mode for HTTP specific applications. In this guide, we will setup HAProxy infront of 2 fictional Apache webservers with the HAProxy server running [...]

Latisys’s Chicago Facility Receives First Type II Audit

Web hosting solutions provider Latisys today announced its Chicago-area Tier III Data Center has successfully completed its first SAS 70 Type II audit. In addition to completing the Chicago facility audit, Latisys’ other colocation facilities (Denver, Irvine) were also audited and again confirmed to be SAS 70 Type II compliant. The Denver facility has been [...]

VPS.net and 10TB

About VPS.net and 10TB UK2 has been a major player in the web hosting industry since 1998. UK-2 Group is accredited by ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) to provide .com, .biz, .info, .net, .org, .jobs, .name and .pro gTLD’s. Some new features released by UK2 include a new UK based call [...]

FastDeploy Install Guide

In this tutorial, we’ll cover how to install the automated operating system loader, FastDeploy. To begin, you need a LAMP install. Once this is done, you need to install PEAR, which can be done by running the following command: lynx -source http://pear.php.net/go-pear | php After this is installed, install the necessary modules: pear install HTML_QuickForm [...]

Post reviews

Hello everyone, We are going to get back into the swing of things now and try to get this site updated as often as possible. We are inviting everyone to post reviews in the /company/ section of HostingRealm. Click the Reviews link in the header or search the company name you want to review. We [...]

DedicatedNOW

About Dedicated Now DedicatedNOW, Inc. is a privately owned, multi-million dollar corporation located in Clifton, New Jersey and founded in 1997. Since then, the company has grown by leaps and bounds providing managed and unmanaged dedicated web hosting services to thousands of satisfied customers. DedicatedNOW has been delivering cutting-edge hosting solutions to meet the requirements [...]

Server Complete, LLC

About Server Complete, LLC Server Complete, LLC was founded in January 2008 with the ultimate goal of becoming a well known and trusted brand in the industry. Originally all services were based out of the Infomart in Dallas, TX but overtime expanded to cover three US based facilities with further expansion planned in the future. [...]

LiquidWeb Announces Parallels Plesk Panel

Herndon, Virginia – May 11, 2009 – Web hosting and data center services firm, LiquidWeb, will offer automation and virtualization provider, Parallels’ Plesk Panel 9.0 on 100% of its dedicated and virtualized servers. Clinton Hansen, Manager of Windows Products, LiquidWeb remarked, ”The value and performance of Parallels Plesk Panel is unmatched in the market. By [...]