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Reseller account with white label dedicated IP? | Lowest possible cost for domain name registrations | News from around the hosting industry

November 8th 2023 EDT

[1] November 8th 2023 Reseller account with white label dedicated IP? GatorDoc realizes that it's common practice for web hosts to offer a dedicated IP that reveals the main web host as the owner? He was with a host ages ago who sanitized their IP whois and server domains with a generic business and domain name (white-label). He'd like to know if this still happens. Back in the day reseller plans often came with a dedicated IP address, often needed back then for SSL certificates, and the ...Continue Reading

PDU/ATS questions and answers | IPv6 Only? | News from around the hosting industry

November 1st 2023 EDT

[1] November 1st 2023 PDU/ATS questions and answers Jsavor is researching colocation providers in North America, and is figuring out how to configure his initial setup. He's thinking to start off with 20A/120V power and later upgrade to some other circuit options. He's also trying to figure out how to handle a single power source and wonders if an ATS system is of benefit so that he could get two PDUs. He would also like to know if many people use a UPS in their systems? He suspects that ...Continue Reading

Taking a small hosting business to the next level | FrontPage. Yes, FrontPage | News from around the hosting industry

October 25th 2023 EDT

[1] October 25th 2023 Taking a small hosting business to the next level Chilli has been hosting websites for the past 20 years or so and has 70 clients, most of whom have been with him since the beginning. He always trys to provide a good solid service, no dramas, daily offsite backups, including files, databases and email. Essentially everything is as rock solid as it he can achieve. In the past he'd have been content to carry on in the same way but now needs to increase income and is l ...Continue Reading

How to reduce initial server response time | Who is the best hosting provider? | News from around the hosting industry

October 18th 2023 EDT

[1] October 18th 2023 How to reduce initial server response time Jim has been running a WP blog website for few a years and notices that the site's pagespeed is slowing down. He feels thate the main issue is "Reduce initial server response time". He's using a dedicated server with a fairly elderly Xeon E3-1230v3 CPU, 16Gb RAM and a couple of Samsung 850 EVO SSDs in RAID1. It's also worth noting that his operating system is CentOS 7, so he'll need to do something about that befo ...Continue Reading

Where to host your WHMCS? | Setting up a VPS for personal hosting | News from around the hosting industry

October 11th 2023 EDT

[1] October 11th 2023 Where to host your WHMCS? James is wondering where people host their WHMCS installs. Is a shared hosting account sufficient, or would cloud be more reliable? If you're just starting out, the temptation might be to host your WHMCS on the same server (or reseller account) as your customers, but how practical and secure is that, and at what point should you be considering moving your billing system onto its own environment? If you were to isolate your install on a VPS ...Continue Reading

WebPros announce cPanel and WHMCS price increases | What should you post on your social media pages? | News from around the hosting industry

October 4th 2023 EDT

[1] October 4th 2023 WebPros announce cPanel and WHMCS price increases We've almost come to expect the annual price increase notifications from WebPros, announcing an increase in licence fees for cPanel and WHMCS so, when both announcments were made at the end of September for the increases coming at the start of 2024, it was of little suprise to many. Of course 2 busy threads soon emerged here on WHT, with the usual discussions about alternative options, who will be passing on the costs ...Continue Reading

Data center execs discuss alternative power solutions as demand soars | Linux Hosting v Windows Hosting | News from around the hosting industry

September 27th 2023 EDT

[1] September 27th 2023 Data center execs discuss alternative power solutions as demand soars At the Datacloud USA event a couple of weeks ago in Austin, Texas, data center executives tackled the topic of power constraints in data center design and operations. One big takeaway from the panel is that hydrogen and nuclear-powered data centers are a possibility for the future. The demand for power in the US market is expected to skyrocket, with consumption projected to reach 35 gigawatts by 20 ...Continue Reading

Succession Planning | Recommendations for fast DNS blacklists | IPv6 only VPS/dedicated servers? | News from around the hosting industry

September 20th 2023 EDT

[1] September 20th 2023 Succession Planning Here's a new topic about something that perhaps many of us don't think enough about, particularly the younger generation (without wishing to sound ageist). Whitecap, a WHTer of some twenty years, has been hosting for over twenty years. His customer base has dwindled down to a handful: about 10. In the past he's had succession agreements with others who could step in and absorb his customers upon his demise, but he no longer has these agreements ...Continue Reading

Best hosting for e-commerce websites? | Email Hosting Options | News from around the hosting industry

September 13th 2023 EDT

[1] September 13th 2023 Best hosting for e-commerce websites? One of our new members is currently on the lookout for a dependable and high-speed web hosting provider for his online store, and would love some recommendations and/or details of positive experiences with this type of hosting. He's feeling a bit overwhelmed by the sheer number of options available. Of course, some more details about the site he's planning to host are needed, with the usual questions posted about preferred loc ...Continue Reading

Help with 175+ webhosting accounts | Can ARIN 4.10 assigned IP space be included in the valuation of a company for sale? | News from around the hosting industry

September 6th 2023 EDT

September 6th 2023 Help with 175+ webhosting accounts Redteg has a dedicated server that he's using to host 175+ accounts, with the majority of them running WordPress. All fairly standard stuff. Lately (in the last 2 months) he's been dealing with large load spikes which are causing all of the sites to go down. He employs a server management company but they're currently unable to find the cause and a solution. This has resulted in him wondering if using a cloud setup would be a better optio ...Continue Reading
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