What is Bandwidth?
What is bandwidth at all? Why does it matter when signing up for a web hosting account?
What is a Data Center?
As the name implies, a data center is usually maintained by an organization for the purpose of handling the data necessary for its operations.
How a Web Server Works
It's a good idea to know a little bit about the product or service you are searching for before you begin your quest.
Hardware Balancing Lightens Server Load
Load balancing is especially important for networks where it is difficult to predict the number of requests that will be issued to a server ..
Dual CPUs and Multithreading Help Server Deployments
Many end-users note that dual CPU systems trump single computer processors that can only handle one instruction from one application at any given point in time ..
Using Compression to Enhance Hosting Environments
Compression software uses complex mathematical equations to scan a file for repeating patterns in the data. It replaces the data with smaller codes that take up less room.
Introduction to Blade Servers
Distributed server architectures based upon "blades" are rapidly emerging in the data centers of corporations and Internet service providers.
Search Engine Optimization an Important Traffic Tool
Search engine optimization is the careful placement, wording, and analysis of keywords within a Web site, and even the restructuring of a site itself, in order to improve search engine ranking results.
Introduction to Bandwidth
When choosing a host, the amount of bandwidth you choose to purchase can be crucial to the success of your site. Find out how to calculate your requirements and tips on protecting and saving bandwidth.
Inside the Network Operations Center
NOCs are considered major junctions on the information highway, physically routing major amounts of Internet traffic for telecom and broadband providers.
About Server Colocation?
Server co-location is an excellent option for only the most experienced webmaster. The co-location option allows webmasters ...
Podcast: Partner PROFIT Program
The netZentry Partner PROFIT Program allows you to offer DDoS protection for your customers at the domain-level while generating additional service revenue
Server Monitoring
Monitoring is a very important part of the web hosting business. We are not talking about monitoring log files or so. What we are talking about is monitoring services and uptime and what to do with the information.
Blackhole or Fail? - Setting up Your Mail Server
It is unwise to use catch-all email accounts, and spam sent to nonexistent addresses should be discarded. Spam can easily clog up your SMTP server and consume resources like bandwidth and disk space in mailboxes.
Moving a Site Between Servers With Almost No Downtime
Our quick and easy guide will help you to move your site between servers as quick as possible. This guide has been written for CPanel servers but in general the steps described should work similar on other platforms.
Disaster Recovery Planning
You made sure that the important data is being backed up or that you are using redundant systems to keep everything up and running without risking the loss of data. But how are you protecting your actual business that you are running from your home?
IPtables Firewall Basic Introduction
IPtables is used to set up, maintain, and inspect the tables of IP packet filter rules in the Linux kernel. This quick tutorial will teach you the basics about building a firewall by using IPtables.
Upgrade To APACHE 2.0 Web Server
This quick tutorial will show you how to upgrade your existing Apache installation to the latest version (2.2.0 as the time of writing this tutorial).
Server Build Standards
For a web hosting business the servers are pretty much the foundation of the business from a technical standpoint. If the servers go down the impact for the business can be severe.
Server Hardware Strategy
At one point you will have to decide what kind of server hardware you would like to go with and what specifications to offer your clients. You want 2 CPU's, at least 1 GB of memory and off you go, right? Well, hold on.
The Importance of An SLA
Service Level Agreements are an absolute must for Web hosts that are serious about success. SLAs lay the groundwork for the company-customer relationship, and allow Web hosts to measure their own performance.
How to Evaluate SLA Compliance
Resellers that have purchased Web hosting services under the protection of a Service Level Agreement will obviously want to know if the provisions of the SLA are being met. Here's how to make sure you find out.
Server Colocation: Do It Yourself Web Hosting
If you want to retain full control of your web hosting hardware but don't have a data center in which to locate it, server colocation is an ideal solution. Server colocation providers supply data center space, connectivity and security.
