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Using swap within a VPS
In a virtual environment, disk io can be about the most expensive operation there is. And swap (virtual memory) depends on that heavily. By default we configure a small swap partition for each VPS server so conditions where memory is exhausted can be detected more consistently,
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Easy application hosting using StandingCloud and RimuHosting
Imagine being able to configure a server, pre-setup and ready to run your favorite webapp, with a push of a button. Need a bug tracking system? Just hit a button, and wait a minute, then log into your own Bugzilla app. No sysadmin skills required. No wondering about best practices or security upgrades. StandingCloud are…
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VPS-on-dedicated server hosting v2.0
Today RimuHosting introduce our version 2.0 of our VPS-on-dedicated server hosting. With this upgrade you get: Instant dedicated server setups. Great discounts on selected dedicated servers (starting at $120/m). The power of dedicated servers with the convenience of cloud virtualization. Dedicated server hosting billed by the minute or hour or day or month. VPS-on-dedicated-server hosting…
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Could not perform immediate configuration on already unpacked ‘util-linux’.Please see man 5 apt.conf under APT::Immediate-Configure for details
Today we had a customer who had somehow broken his apt package manager doing an upgrade from the looks. I googled and found the same error in many places, most resorting to reinstalling or purging the package to clear it, or reinstall. The error looked like this
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Hurricane Irene approaching New York
As you may be aware there is a hurricane approaching New York. We have posted an operations notice https://rimuhosting.com/maintenance.jsp?server_maint_oid=597636491 Now may be a good time for customers (especially NY-based ones) to take a moment to check their backup and recovery procedures. And ensure you are well prepared for any resulting incidents. Things to consider: Always know…
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RimuHosting turns on redundant PSU and redundant power feed options
We are happy to announce that we now able to offer dedicated servers with redundant power supplies as well as servers on redundant (A+B) power feeds. The redundant power supply means that your server gets two power connections. Each drawing about 50% of the servers power. If one PSU fails then the other takes over.
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Wildcard DNS queries added to our DNS API
We are updating our DNS API (Zonomi and RimuHosting) to support a name/host argument of **.example.com (where example.com is your DNS zone). This will find any DNS records ending with example.com. This could be used, for example, in providing your own UI from end to our name servers. Or for setting up slave DNS servers.…
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10 August Dallas outage report
We posted a report on the Dallas power outage on 10 August CST. We are happy to update that report or contribute details here if you had any comments or requests. [Updated the notice at Sun 14@1008 UTC to include the data center outage report]
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PCI compliance – a basic HOWTO
A lot of people are wanting to be PCI compliant these days, and this is generally a good thing. PCI compliance is not just a server spec, but a list of procedures, policies, controls over access to data. Therefore the server side is only one part of the process. It can be expensive and time…
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Centos 6 released for VPS usage @ Rimuhosting
We now have Centos 6 available for our new and existing customers to install if needed. There appear to be no major differences other than newer versions of software, and no problems installing it or gotchas. You can read the release here http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS6.0 If you already have an older VPS and want to reinstall ,