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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…

  • 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…

  • May 2012 RimuHosting newsletter

    RimuHosting server specials and news Intel released their new dual processor Sandy Bridge platform, ‘the fastest server CPU you can get in a reasonably priced server’.  And of course we are now making those available to our customers.  Pricing from $369.00/m. Intel have been busy.  They also released (and we are now offering) their new…

  • Call for ‘startups start here’ stories

    For the last 9 years we have been helping start ups launch and run their services.  It is great to have a job where we get to help customers onto their path to Internet fame and glory. We are now looking to tell the stories of some of these start ups.  If you have bootstrapped…

  • New drive options: bigger, faster Intel SSDs!

    Intel recently released their new generation of 330 series SSD drives.  These take over from the well regarded X25-M SSD drives.  But add more capacity.  Better performance.  And lower cost per GB! Our new Sandybridge dedicated servers come with SATA3 which helps maximize the 330 series drive performance.  Data sheets show that over SATA 3…

  • Mysql Master/Master Replication & File sync for quick easy scaling or load balance

    A lot of our customers often need a quick easy way to scale up without moving to a new host or changing IP, or even just want an overseas copy of their site, so this is a brief tutorial on how to duplicate your server, and have the database and files replicate between the 2…

  • Intel Dual Sandybridge servers avilable

    We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of powerful new dual processor servers running Intel Sandybridge E5-2620 or E5-2630 CPUs. These impressive machines are built on the popular Supermicro platforms using the X9DR-f motherboard This new platform will enhance any large scale dedicated or virtualized deployments with access to 24 hyperthreaded cores and support…

  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin

    We are delighted to offer the latest release of Ubuntu Server, codenamed Precise Pangolin. That is available as an reinstall option or for order on all our VPS and dedicated server ordering pages.

  • Wordcamp New Zealand – Scaling Servers

     On the 22nd of April, I (Liz) was lucky enough to be able to speak on scaling WordPress and servers at the New Zealand WordCamp. The people there were great, and i ended up meeting and talking to many fascinating people about all sorts of code, servers, set ups among other things. I was a…

  • Run your own kernel with PV-Grub

    We have just added PV-Grub capability to our VPS offerings. PV-Grub lets you run a custom kernel on your server.  Rimuhosting is all about flexibility and PV-Grub is one feature that will give our customers a lot of different options.  Custom modules, latest kernel, old kernel, kernel development, lots of good stuff. We continue to…