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Burstable and Guaranteed memory on VPS

admin — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:38:45 +0000

One of major benefit of getting a VPS is that you can have Guaranteed memory aswell as Burstable memory at your disposal. Guaranteed Memory can be defined as the usable memory which is allotted to your VPS. Such memory is available for you at all time. Also you can have Burstable memory which is set for your webhost for your VPS.
Its a maximum limit for the memory which can be made available for your VPS. Thus for some reason if the allotted guaranteed memory gets exhausted, you can use the memory up to the limit of allotted burstable memory and your VPS would run smoothly. For eg if your webhost have allotted 256mb of guarantee memory and 1024 of burstable memory then you can use remaining 768MB of memory if your guaranteed memory is completely used up. This is a major advantage of getting a VPS hosting account which will ensure your server would run smoothly even if few applications are consuming more RAM. Such burstable RAM can be used when they are in need of any extra memory..
Its always better to have a good guaranteed memory for your server so that your VPS would work properly. This burstable memory is not easily available as it can only be obtained if there is lapse of guaranteed memory for your VPS. You should always look with your webhost for what guaranteed and burstable memory is allotted to your VPS and should check if its sufficient for your applications and scripts.

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Restarting Apache VPS

admin — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:27:59 +0000

For some reason if you want to restart Apache server for your VPS hosting account, then you can do so easily using few commands or through WHM. You can restart your Apache server without affecting other process by using graceful restart command.You will have to use : service httpd graceful. [ using graceful restart command, none of running apache processes would be affected or killed ]Whereas if you want to kill all existing http processes and restart your apache server then you can use following command :-
service httpd stop
service httpd startssl

If you don’t want to use any of above commands for restarting Apache then you can just restart Apache through your WHM control panel. You just have to login to WHM and select the services you want to restart under “ restart services “ section from your WHM.

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VPS Hosting affordable hosting option.

admin — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:30:48 +0000

VPS hosting accounts are created on a highly configured server implementing virtualization technology. All VPS hosting accounts are isolated from one another and can operate as independent servers. VPS hosting is cheaper and much reliable option for a dedicated server, if you cant afford to buy dedicated server. you will have root access for your Linux VPS whereas you will have Administrative RDP access if you opt for Windows VPS. Most webhosting service provider will offer you cpanel as control panel for your linux VPS and Plesk control panel for Windows VPS. Cpanel and Plesk are most popular and widely used webhosting control panels. Both control panels are very userfriendly and will help you to manage your VPS effectively.

Most webhost may charge you extra for control panels so just confirm the prices of control panels before you place order. As you have root access to your server you can install all required softwares and applications on your server. you can treat VPS as cheaper option for dedicated server if you cant afford to buy a dedicated server still your main purpose of having dedicated like hosting environment would be fulfill. You should try to get a host who offer you managed hosting services so that you can concentrate more on your business and don’t have to worry about managing it. If you are not much into technical side and don’t have much knowledge of managing hosting account then getting a managed hosting services would be a better option for you. Your should look for the master node configuration where your VPS would be setup also check for the number of VPS’s your webhosting service provider would be creating, as more the number of VPS’s created on master node more would be the load created on the node which may affect performance of master node. Usually webmaster go with a VPS hosting account if you want to install custom scripts or applications for their websites which is not possible on shared or reseller hosting accounts. VPS is a better, reliable and cheap opt for website hosting.

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Root/Administrative access for VPS Hosting

admin — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:42:56 +0000

As your website grow and you start getting huge traffic eating up your allotted server resources which may result in performance of your website then its time to upgrade your hosting plan to next higher level, if your site is hosted on shared hosting then you its always better to get a VPS hosting for your website, VPS is more advance form of hosting package where you get dedicated server like environment, you will have dedicated CPU, RAM, Harddrive, root access to your server and many other server resources so you can consider VPS as a economical option for dedicated server if you cant afford to pay for a fully managed dedicated server. VPS stands for Virtual Private Server as the name suggest it’s a virtual server where you would be have root/Administrative access for your server so that you can install required softwares/applications on your server which may not be possible on shared hosting plans also you have greater security for your server/hosting account as these servers are monitored round the clock for their security, all webhost try to give you maximum uptime as they are given more importance and have excellent harware for master server where your VPS account would be created. All VPS hosting accounts are isolated from one other so your account would be completely safe though you share same master server. VPS can be considered as cheaper option for dedicated server and you can enjoy all benefits which you would get form a dedicated server. If you opt for Linux VPS your webhost will offer you root access to your server and if you opt for getting windows VPS you will have Administrative RDP access to your server so that you can manage your server easily…..
Most webhosting service provider will offer you managed VPS hosting accounts so it always better to check if the servers are managed or unmanaged. Check how many VPS hosting account would be created on master node and ensure that master node would not be overloaded by many VPS’s. check what CPU,RAM, harddrive space you would be getting for your VPS. Most important what is the make of master node where your VPS would be created. You should also check what kind of service & support you would be getting from your webhosting service provider. Is it Live or ticket based. All the above factors should be considered before you place order for getting VPS.

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VPS Control panel.

admin — Fri, 02 May 2008 01:31:41 +0000

Control panels are integral part of any hosting environment. There are number of control panels available in market for managing their website hosting account. you can have windows as well as linux based control panel for managing you account. cPanel is most popular with Linux where as you can have Plesk for windows. Almost all website hosting service provider provides you control panel with their hosting plans.
Some include them for free while few host charge them separately. Usually all shared and reseller hosting plans do come with free control where as for higher hosting plans such as VPS or Dedicated servers You will have to pay extra for geting control panel.
As you manage your website hosting account in shared/reseller hosting environment similarly you can do so in VPS/Dedicated environment. You have ability to create multiple clients, email accounts, FTP and all other features which you use to do in shared environment.
A control panel is better solution for a webmaster who is new to VPS hosting environment nad have little or no idea of managing server. Without control panel it can be difficult to manage your VPS as you need to know all complex commands for managing your server which can be troublesome for newbie or even a expert webmaster. Using control panel you can easily administer your server through it’s graphical interface and can install all required applications and softwares for your hosting account. If you have good knowledge of managing server then you might not need a control panel but it;s always preferred to have one with your VPS/Dedicated account.
Control panel ease your life and will allow you to do more productive work then administrating your server.

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Virtuozzo for VPS

admin — Thu, 01 May 2008 22:57:04 +0000

VPS stands for Virtual Private Servers which can be considered as virtual servers which are hosted on a single hardware node giving you feel as if you have a your own dedicated server. As name suggest it’s a virtual environment but gives you full access to your server as if you are handling standalone dedicated server. There are many such VPS’s on a single hardware node independent of eachother. You have total security for your VPS account which is hosted with other VPS acount on same server.
All VPS’s are totally independent of others so performance of your VPS will never get affected by other accounts. All VPS’s setup on a particular node shares same hardware,load, traffic and even the software licenses. Using Virtuozzo you can implementation such visualization platform on node so as to create VPS’s. Virtuozzo is the software produced by SWSoft to enable web hosts to host VPS servers in physical nodes. You can use it with both Linux as well as windows hosting platform.

Virtuozzo can create number of isolated VPS’s on a single node which will not interfere with other VPS’s on same node. You also have option of openVZ which is an open source alternative to Virtuozzo for Linux; It comes with most features which Virtuozzo have but it does not have Virtuozzo powerpanel which is used by most webmasters and is a helpful
addon for managing VPS. However there are some other panels [ such as HyperVM ] which can be used with OpenVZ using which webmasters can easily manage their basic needs of their VPS but Virtuozzo seems to be the best and more productive as compare to other panels.

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Domain reselling business

admin — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:07:14 +0000

Progress in Internet technology nad networks had made possible for getting business through internet . You can have a website using which you can sell products, your services to whole world and start earning good revenue. Internet has become a source of income for many webmaster and they earn much more as compare to offline business through their website.
If you are looking for getting into some homebased business using internet then you have several options, one of them is ” Reselling Domains “In this type of business you try to register domain names which can be resell to anybody for extra revenue. You should try to snatch short and meaningful domains which would get high value in future. You can consider domains as your asset. Once you have registered handful of domains you can resell them at much higher value through posting them at few domain reselling forums, domain reselling sites or through auction.
You can resell domains by putting them in auction and specifying time limit. You can mentioned starting bid for your domains so that anyone can bid for it within specified timelimit. make sure you keep starting bid for higher rate then you have purchase that perticular domain so that you can earn some revenue by selling it. Another option for selling domains is by creating a website and advertising all domains which you mean to resell on this website. All website visitor can go through list of domains which you want to sell and can accordingly take their decision. Last option [ having a fully functional website ] is not preferred for selling domains as you will have to attract webmaster at your site so that they can go through your domain list which can be a difficult task as compare to put all your domains at other popular domain reselling auction sites. Thus by reselling domains you can earn good revenue

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Installing SSL using WHM.

admin — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:00:16 +0000

Web Host Manager is master control panel usign which you can manage all your Web hosting accounts and can install specific applications for your accounts such as installing SSL certificates, creating hosting accounts, assigning diskspace, bandwidth etc….
WHM allows you to install SSL cert for domains under your account. Once you received/generated SSL certificate from provider you can install it using WebHost Manager.
Most basically you will have to get certificate and key files to install that certificate. The SSL certificate is noting but a text file; it is encrypted data which can be understand by your web server when installed as a digital certificate.
It is always recommended that you make a back-up of your certificate and keep it at safe place, this will help you to get it back in case of server crashes. once you signup/paid for SSL certificate you will get your certificate at your registered email. You need to copy the certificate from your email and paste it onto some text editing application such as notepad, editpad etc…and save it as yourdomain.txt at more secure location.

How to install an SSL certificate :
*) Start with clicking Install SSL certificate and setup Domain link in SSL/TLS menu.
*) Enter all required information in respective filed such as Domain name, User name and IP address for that certificate.
*) Click on “FETCH” button to paste the key and existing .crt files if they are currently on your server else just copy-paste .key and .crt files at specified fields.
*) If you generate this certificate usign WHM then you certificate files will be available for you.
*) You need to replace your existing .crt file with your certificate file ie the file you saved as yourdomain.txt which you got in your email from Certificate provider.
*) click on “Done”
That’s all your SSL is installed for your required domain.

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What is VPS Hosting.

admin — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 15:49:05 +0000

Hosting industry if growing at rapid past then ever.
We used to be happy with our shared hosting plan few years ago but now it seems that even a highly configured server is insufficient for our hosting need. Few highly traffic site/forums are facing problems even on excellent dedicated server with load balancing technique implemented on it.
now-a-days shared hosting is left only for normal low traffic sites. If you want some good hosting experience you can opt for VPS technology which is ideal solution between Shared and dedicated server hosting environment.

What is VPS ?
VPS stands for ‘Virtual Private Server’ As the name suggest these are virtual servers which are created on highly configured Node using virtualization technology. You can create number of different Virtual Environment on a single node.
Every VPS Node logically shares all of it’s resources such as Memory (RAM), Bandwidth, processor, Diskspace. VPS hosting can be considered as an low cost option for getting dedicated server environment.

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