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01-22-2020, 03:15 AM
Thread: System backups -- What works for you? in Dedicated Server
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[FEATURED] And that they don't an embarrassing 5 days to...
And that they don't an embarrassing 5 days to restore. Cough jaguarpc and all the other "enterprise" backup hosts using r1soft or similar unvetted software..
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01-13-2020, 12:32 PM
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Plus the cost of a cross-connect, still a great...
Plus the cost of a cross-connect, still a great choice for a lot of scenarios, backup DIA if your offices have a p2p circuit to your data center rack - can be in use upto 5% of the time for free...
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12-21-2019, 09:39 AM
Thread: How to make forum popular? in Web Hosting Lounge
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Firstly, dont use software where the UX/UI is...
Firstly, dont use software where the UX/UI is rooted in the 90s, with social links of Skype, MSN, ICQ...
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12-10-2019, 03:58 PM
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Does seem strange to me that they can't...
Does seem strange to me that they can't demonstrate 10gig capability but refer to "many clients", would it take more than 15 minutes to setup a iperf node at some partner NOC (and vice versa, you ...
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12-03-2019, 02:55 PM
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[FEATURED] Comical. They are literally the laughing stock of...
Comical. They are literally the laughing stock of the software world. Still making i-just-started-programming-yesterday XSS every other month.
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12-03-2019, 02:12 PM
Thread: Woocommerce VPS recommendataion in VPS Hosting
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So true, its comical to watch people scrambling...
So true, its comical to watch people scrambling over black friday offers and doing their silly benchmarks for less than a starbucks and then 3 months down the line wondering why the base line...
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12-03-2019, 02:07 PM
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Yes, if its out in the sticks then make sure...
Yes, if its out in the sticks then make sure their backhauling to London is on a protected circuit so a fiber cut doesnt completely kill you.
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12-03-2019, 01:11 PM
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250gbit DDOS protection? I'd verify that claim....
250gbit DDOS protection? I'd verify that claim. Make sure the provider has good connectivity to main UK eyeballs - BT, Sky, Virgin, TalkTalk, EE, Voda, I presume these still operate on Linx (but...
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12-03-2019, 08:38 AM
Thread: Are there any true cloud providers in Vietnam? in Cloud Hosting
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I dont think you can call any country with...
I dont think you can call any country with religious police a proper functioning democracy. Once you leave the trio of KL, Penang, Langkawi then Malaysia is pretty grim, free and fair are not the...
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12-02-2019, 02:46 PM
Thread: Looking for a Windows VPS in London, UK in VPS Hosting
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Paperspace is great for windows VDI, although...
Paperspace is great for windows VDI, although they have only AMS in Europe, the latency to London should be <15ms if that's tolerable.
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12-02-2019, 02:07 PM
Thread: Are there any true cloud providers in Vietnam? in Cloud Hosting
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Is AWS/GCP/Azure Singapore not tolerable latency...
Is AWS/GCP/Azure Singapore not tolerable latency wise? u-buy.vn seems to use AWS Singapore. I VPN to Singapore when in Hanoi and I think the latency is around 30ms from memory. I dont think you'll...
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11-27-2019, 07:43 AM
Thread: Why Did You Choose Cloudflare Over the Others? in Web Hosting
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What are you using Workers for exactly? Your...
What are you using Workers for exactly? Your choices are limited for edge compute.
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11-23-2019, 12:58 PM
Thread: Aftermath of cPanel price increase? in Web Hosting
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Yikes thats insane, no "True-up" on renewal? A...
Yikes thats insane, no "True-up" on renewal? A big case of NIH on licensing just like their atrocious security and software development practices - hand rolling JSON escaping, template languages that...
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11-19-2019, 05:34 PM
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[FEATURED] How long did 4tb restore take? A month? In...
How long did 4tb restore take? A month?
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11-17-2019, 05:02 PM
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Not a bad idea. A lot of ****** software has...
Not a bad idea. A lot of ****** software has tables with strong persistence guarantees for logging which also aren't capped, for example Magento 1.x has log_visitor, log_url and so on, these can...
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11-17-2019, 03:03 PM
Thread: Need advice about SSL in Web Hosting
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Agreed. The only person that will vouch for an...
Agreed.
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11-17-2019, 02:00 PM
Thread: Any tips on migrating wordpress servers? in Web Hosting
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Probably to pay someone, fiverr/upwork if you...
Probably to pay someone, fiverr/upwork if you have to and want to keep under $100, you are at very real risk of losing any SERP if you bork this (presuming it has value), it has real value then go...
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11-17-2019, 09:45 AM
Thread: Need advice about SSL in Web Hosting
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Troy Hunt disagrees[1]. It was a while ago when...
Troy Hunt disagrees[1]. It was a while ago when he made the call, so today I doubt there is any current browser visually highlighting the EV cert. My clients dropped their EVs and the silly priced...
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11-17-2019, 09:43 AM
Thread: Need advice about SSL in Web Hosting
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Not necessarily. One could use Cloudflare Argo...
Not necessarily. One could use Cloudflare Argo Tunnel, or alternatively any self-cert/expired/LE/expired-LE cert will suffice since origin cert verification is disabled by default.
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11-15-2019, 05:11 AM
Thread: WHMCS Hosted in Hosting Software and Control Panels
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I was mainly tackling the point that you don't...
I was mainly tackling the point that you don't need to bastardize the code or upload to plugins directory or some other mutation to customize, hosted SaaS is not a blocker to customization on both...
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11-14-2019, 11:31 AM
Thread: WHMCS Hosted in Hosting Software and Control Panels
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No a SaaS technically shouldn't, that's the...
No a SaaS technically shouldn't, that's the caveman style of integration, it's simply not necessary. You can run your own validators, resource provisioners, hooks, whatever without running in their...
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11-14-2019, 10:51 AM
Thread: WHMCS Hosted in Hosting Software and Control Panels
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Shopify does have plugins, a whole ecosystem of...
Shopify does have plugins, a whole ecosystem of them, just as bigcommerce does. I'm not sure where you get the idea that ecommerce doesnt require a high level of customization - I consider whmcs a...
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11-13-2019, 11:00 AM
Thread: Generic Databases Manager in Programming Discussion
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No experience with PHPStorm. But you'll have a...
No experience with PHPStorm. But you'll have a common set of settings, patterns, and keyboard shortcuts as both are based on the IntelliJ platform. By Fischer Price in some ways (but granted not all)...
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11-13-2019, 10:47 AM
Thread: WHMCS Hosted in Hosting Software and Control Panels
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I foresee a gradual turn on the head of WHMCS...
I foresee a gradual turn on the head of WHMCS licensing model in-line with most other software (outside of the PHP world). Hosted SaaS is the primary offering, where self-hosted "call our sales"......
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11-13-2019, 09:45 AM
Thread: Generic Databases Manager in Programming Discussion
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You'll struggle to get better than DataGrip....
You'll struggle to get better than DataGrip. Spend the time to master it and never look back.
Navicat has always been meh, pretty and point and click to go, the fisher price of database managers...
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