May 31st 2023 The meaning of "unmetered" network Zoner would like to know what it means when a provider says "10GBe unmetered", or whatever the bandwidth limit might be. What does it mean to the provider, and what does it mean to the customer? He suggests that it could mean that the provider will place usage limits somewhere in the fine print of their terms and conditions opr acceptable use policy, or it could mean that the provider will provide "as is" networki ...Continue Reading

May 24th 2023 WordPress: Standard theme or custom theme? WordPress themes tend to fall into 1 of 3 categories - Those shipped with WordPress, mass produced themes which might be free or low cost and generally found on template sites, and custom-made themes which might cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars. Which load faster? One of our members has been trying out a lot of WordPress themes, both paid and free, and has noticed that they seem to slow down the overall website speed. After c ...Continue Reading

May 17th 2023 General hosting questions Robiro, a WHTer since 2010, has been out of the hosting game for a number of years and is now looking at reseller hosting (probably) to host some sites. His 4 main points that he'd like some feedback on go like this: Firstly, he has a few sites which target German speaking audiences whilst most of the others target US markets. He wonders if geotargetting is still a thing and, since he hopes to only need a single reseller account, would he be OK hosting ...Continue Reading

May 10th 2023 Your OpenStack / CEPH experience? Alex's company is re-designing their cloud solution, and would like to utilize OpenStack + CEPH (Storage) / KVM (VM) / OVS (Networking). He's wondering if anyone has experience with these stacks, and any suggestions on how to find / engage relevant communities to help them navigate tricky technical issues? They are aiming to develop extended cloud solutions (beyond VM), targetting Cloud Phone, VM, Secure Container, DBaaS etc., hence the desire ...Continue Reading

May 3rd 2023 One dedicated server or an additional VPS? SolX1 has around 10 standalone websites split between two managed VPS servers, each with 8 cores and 8GB memory (following some good advice on WHT back at the start of 2021). There are no issues with his current setup with everything working well, but the servers are close to their limits. He's now trying to decide between getting a dedicated server to replace the VPSs or adding another VPS and moving some of the sites to that to spread ...Continue Reading

April 26th 2023 SolusVM v2 - Upgrade time? This busy thread seeks opinions on SolusVM v2 and asks whether it's time to upgrade yet. Whilst it might not be fully ready it seems that it's being actively worked on with 1 or 2 features still in the pipeline. And with the end of CentOS what are the recommendations for operating systems? Are there any preferences for Debian or AlmaLinux? It doesn't take long for the thread to include suggestions that alternatives might be better or worse than Solu ...Continue Reading

April 19th 2023 SmartServerManagement closure - Alternatives? SmartServerManagement, a subsidiary of PC Smart, have recently emailed their customers to announce their closure. The email is backed up by a short announcement on SSM's website. They've been around since 2010, and present on WHT with a great reputation (many members will be able to mention their staff by name), but it seems that PC Smart have decided they'd prefer to focus their attention on other elements of their business and c ...Continue Reading

April 12th 2023 To change or not to change hosts TomBoss is having trouble deciding what to do to increase the speed of his main website. After some optimization (Cache, CDN, etc) it gets A/B marks on GTmetrix most of the time, but sometimes D-F marks just minutes later. Moreover, loading speed tends to be more than 3 seconds, sometimes more than 10 seconds, even if GTmetrix gives it 100% in performance and an A. The speed of the same exact page can differ by a lot just minutes later. His si ...Continue Reading

April 5th 2023 Allowing friends, family and clan mates to create email accounts Don is wondering if there's a way to have his domain set up for creating email accounts only. He wants to create a private service, like Gmail, Outlook, etc., where friends, family and clan mates can visit his site and have an option to "register for email". The system will then create an email account on his domain. He's been researching and watching various videos on how he might achieve this, but is yet ...Continue Reading

March 29th 2023 Running two systems off one server using virtualization vraezsvfews is planning on leaving cpanel for good but wants to have his sites live whilst also trying out a couple of control panels like Webmin or Virtualmin and some others on live sites. The idea is that he can instead try several control panels for different sites on the same server by setting up VPSs using a virtualization software such as Virtualizor. Virtualizor also have their own control panel, Webuzo, which he ...Continue Reading