My blog made the front page of a major social media site this morning and the provider promptly locked my entire account for "abuse". It took 6 hours for my blog to come back online. Was that a typical response?
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posted by QuantumMeruit
on Apr 15, 2013 -
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Alternatives for cheap bare-metal dedicated servers (not VPS): Sub $25 a month! What is happening in France?
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posted by thewalrus
on Mar 22, 2011 -
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We're sending out about 55,000 postcards to members of our organization. Those postcards direct them to visit a brand-new website for information on a new program. Assuming that all 55,000 members have at least some interest in the new program (which they likely do, or they wouldn't pay for the membership in the first place) what kind of website traffic should we be prepared to handle during that first week? What specific hosting package (vendor and package name) would you suggest we buy to best absorb the traffic for this project.
posted by anastasiav
on Nov 11, 2010 -
18 answers
I need a dedicated Microsoft Windows Server 2003 hosted in Brazil. I know nothing about Brazil, and I'm in the United States.
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posted by popechunk
on Sep 13, 2010 -
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Help me find a green hosting provider. I am a fan of what Slicehost offers, particularly their great priced virtualized servers, but I am looking for a certified carbon neutral provider. Any ideas?
posted by avex
on Feb 4, 2010 -
7 answers
Researching options for all things website: hosting, domain name registration and DNS.
Can you help me narrow it down?
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posted by titanium_geek
on Oct 1, 2009 -
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How can I create an RSS feed from a wordpress site that doesn't add new posts, only updates the SAME post every day? Please direct me to online tools I can utilize based on specifics below.
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posted by Merlin144
on Aug 16, 2009 -
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Any recommendations for billing and management software that allows me to resell hosting on a virtual dedicated server?
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posted by schindyguy
on Mar 24, 2009 -
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HostingFilter: (no not the geeky kind...) I just got a job as a host in a franchised restaurant. I know food and wine, but I don't know 'people'
or restaurants. As a customer, what would you like to see more (or less!) of when you're being greeted and seated? Any helpful tips from service veterans?
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posted by sunshinesky
on Nov 8, 2008 -
11 answers
Is there a hosting service that will provide me a directory to put some simple https (SSL) content without a lot of $$$ and effort?
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posted by tinkertown
on Jun 5, 2008 -
3 answers
How do you calculate the burden a bit of code is likely to put on the server? Extra points for free and easily understood.
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posted by Tuwa
on Aug 24, 2007 -
14 answers
I need to buy a server for around $800 ($1000 as an absolute maximum). It will be hosting a website with a (PostGres) database that will start at around 4GB and grow slowly (so would like at least 2GB of RAM). It
must be able run Linux, preferably Ubuntu or Debian.
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posted by phrontist
on May 10, 2007 -
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A dedicated Fedora Plesk server has been set up for me at a hosting company, and as a site admin I'm not sure what to do next. Is there a good guide or tutorial anywhere that will get me up to speed on preparing a dedicated server for a website that uses PHP and mysql? Will I have to install Apache? Are those programs normally installed by default with run-of-the-mill dedicated hosting? This company's documentation is scarce and I think I'm in over my head.
posted by rolypolyman
on Sep 22, 2006 -
4 answers
Recommend a server hosting company that's reliable and responsive. I want to be able to upgrade my plan in a hurry. Also, a cheap mirroring service.
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posted by Imperfect
on Dec 21, 2005 -
19 answers
I need help to find out why my mother's website is down because I know nothing about networks, servers, or apparently anything else.
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posted by Ugh
on Mar 8, 2005 -
8 answers
My current
host is closing down, and since I bought my domain through them it will be transferred into my name before they finally close at the end of the year. However, my domain expires on December 12, and they are so far unresponsive to my emails and have not transferred the domain (it has been two weeks since my initial request). I am worried that if I'm not able to renew it, it will be snapped up by a domain-sitter and I will lose it. In case it isn't transferred in time, is there a way I can beat the domain-sitters to it and reserve my domain? What are the more affordable options for doing this? Will I be guaranteed to get it?
posted by teem
on Nov 18, 2004 -
6 answers
Colocation: What are the best colocation facilities in the Michigan area (or elsewhere if it's very good)? What do I need to know about server administration, what books do I need to read, and is it worth the hassle? [More inside]
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posted by banished
on Nov 2, 2004 -
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A family member of mine wants to set up a simple site for his home business - schedules of classes, some photographs, contact information, links, etc., and I have suggested that he use Typepad, which I use for a number of projects. However I think he'd prefer a non-weblog format, which leads me to my question: are there combined hosting/construction tools out there, like some of these weblog services, that have a good and very easy-to-use back-end, lots of design/format choices, but are more focused around a more heirarchically structured, top-down site structure?
posted by luriete
on Aug 25, 2004 -
6 answers
I've been asked to redesign a medium-sized corp (60 employees) web site. The current host is dreadful and I want to switch it to Dreamhost, who I use for all my small clients without problem. How will moving their web site/domain to a different host affect their email? [MI]
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posted by dobbs
on Jan 13, 2004 -
7 answers
Three'fer:
(1) Is there a significant difference between running Linux on Opterons vs. Xeons? Is one clearly better? For MySQL? For Apache/PHP?
(2) Ever hosted with
Cogentco? Is there anyone else with prices like that? (100Mbps at $1000/month)
(3) What's your favorite server vendor for typical 2-way 1U systems? (Looking at Dell, IBM,
Penguin; where does Google buy them again?)
posted by sylloge
on Dec 21, 2003 -
3 answers
