Oct 4, 2011 by Paul White
If you need a datacenter to colocate your hardware, or if you need a really fast cloud, then I can't say enough good things about FastPCNetworks. I have colocated my server with them for about 1 1/2 years. The truth is you don't really know who you are hosting with until something goes wrong. Its not how they treat you when everything is up and running. Its about how they treat you when things go down. I have been with plenty of hosting companies. Before I brought my server to FastPCNetworks, I had been on Shared Hosting, VPS, dedicated, and cloud with some of the largest hosting companies in the world. Eventually after dealing with terrible technical support, and some of the cheapest hardware, I decided that it was about time I build and colocate my own server. At least that way when it goes down, I can fix it myself, instead of waiting for a ticket to make it to tech support days later.
Apr 13, 2011 by Paul White
After being colocated at Internap's Houston Datacenter with FastPCNet for 6 months I feel I have enough experience to give an honest review of the two companies, and their customer support. So if you have a server and are trying to find a
good great The Best datacenter to colocate it, Call John with Fast PC Networks. He will get you taken care of.
1 Comments
7375 Visitors
7375 Views
Nov 6, 2010 by Paul White
At the end of September 2010, my old Data Center had some lease issues, resulting in the data connection being pulled from the data center. So I moved my 1U rack server to Internap. Many are wondering why I choose Internap, hopefully this blog will provide some answers.
2 Comments
6836 Visitors
6836 Views
Oct 4, 2010 by Paul White
As some of you might have noticed my website and blog were down for a few days between Sep 28, 2010 - Sep 30, 2010. Both my website and my client's are hosted on my colocated server, that WAS colocated at Acronoc's Houston Datacenter. To make a long story short my server is now colocated with Internap. Click for the longer version of this story.
1 Comments
4601 Visitors
4601 Views
May 23, 2010 by Paul White
A few months ago I noticed that one of my clients websites seemed to be getting spikes of traffic. However with spikes in traffic most clients would report an increase in sales or business. When looking at the stats server, the requests were for pages and files that were not even on the server, and were for technologies ( PHP ) that I do not run on m box. If you see requests for files like /prx2.php, /phpmyadmin/config/config.inc.php, /roundcubemail/readme, or /webmail/readme. You might want to read this article.
Feb 19, 2010 by Paul White
Most webmasters and server admins are relatively clueless as to what makes email really run. Recently I was forced to migrate all my websites to new IPs. I knew I was going to take a hit for this but I didn't realize how much. This whole experience have given me a new perspective on how to get into yahoo's inbox with your bulk emails and newsletters.
9 Comments
10458 Visitors
10458 Views
Dec 5, 2009 by Paul White
Today I went through getting one of my new clients setup on the Feedback Loop with the major ISPs. Most of the them came back saying I was approved to their feedback loop system, but one of them said I was not approved because I was found on an blacklist. This is not something you want to see. Allow me to explain.
Nov 15, 2009 by Paul White
If you are thinking about getting a dedicated server with Godaddy because of their cheap prices, I understand. But how far will their server really take you? After dealing with performance issues with godaddy with another client, I build my own server and colocated it. Then I did some benchmarks comparing the two. Huge difference. Click read to see the bench marks.
5 Comments
8112 Visitors
8112 Views
Oct 26, 2009 by Paul White
For years I setup my clients with shared hosting account with either HostMySite ( Hosting.com ) or Godaddy. I stayed clear of colocating for several reasons, cost, and what if it breaks. Well I finally got the confidence to colocate my own rack server, and I will say its one of the best decisions I have ever made.
1 Comments
6522 Visitors
6522 Views
Oct 24, 2009 by Paul White
Today was proud day for me. I colocated my first rack server in a datacenter. The guys at the datacenter were very helpful. If anyone is needing to colocate a server in Houston I highly recommend Acronoc.
WhiteSites Blog