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SSD-backed VPS hosts
We are happy to announce the immediate availability of SSD-backed VPS hosts. These servers run the VPS images on a RAID array of SSDs. The SSDs increase the disk IO throughput and decrease disk IO latency (particularly on ‘random access’ activities, like database inserts/queries). You can order a new VPS (just select the SSD option…
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Emailed backup of a database via cron – Attaching files via command line
Sometimes people want an easy offsite backup option for important databases or files, and having a cron to automate that can be helpful. One of our customers had such a case so i wrote a shell script which emailed him a copy of his database every day. Since i thought it was a handy thing…
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London-based Bakop server added; Brisbane coming…
We are happy to announce there is now a London-based Bakop server available. This is in addition to the Bakop server in Dallas. Plus we have one planned for Brisbane (hopefully coming on line next week…). You now have the choice of location for your backups. Great for people when choosing their disaster recover location.…
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WordPress mass update script 3.4
This script will search /var/www (changeable in a variable) for any wordpress installs and make sure its upgraded to the latest version. It will run a backup to /root/wp_upgrade/ of all files and database before doing anything with the site in case of major catastrophe (make sure you have spare disk space if your sites…
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Restarting Apache on deploy
Often we have customers who have larger websites they deploy, or even multiple websites they deploy , and they need the apache cache cleaned or even the application restarted. Often the reason people want this is so developers do not need to login with SSH, do not need root access, and things are just a…
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RimuHosting taking over HostingDirect’s VPS operations
RimuHosting is taking over the operation of HostingDirects VPS hosting services. From Monday June 11 RimuHosting will be hosting the VPSs. The servers will remain at the HostingDirect data center (where RimuHosting has had a presence since 2009). RimuHosting will be taking over the billing and customer service for those users. Other HostingDirect customers (shared…
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Saving some typing and time with SSH configs
If you are like me, then you may find yourself connecting via SSH to multiple machines a lot during the day. There is an easy way to make short cuts to save you remembering ip addresses, user names, or other things. This tutorial is for people using Linux primarily, people using Windows should be able…
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Installer updates, Glassfish, Confluence and more…!
One of the services we provide includes maintaining a set of installer scripts for automating common tasks and setups our customers like to use. Those help you by taking the pain and time out of getting setup and serving the content you want to publish. From our tracking system some of the most significant changes…