Web host DreamHost has announced the company’s cloud offering called DreamCompute is now available to the general public. DreamCompute is based on OpenStack, Project Astara, and Ceph. DreamCompute pricing starts at $4.50 per month or $0.0075 per hour. The starting price includes 512 MB of RAM and 1 vCPU. The next tier in the DreamCompute […]
Microsoft’s Azure signs Toyota as customer
Toyota has announced that the automaker will launch Toyota Connected, Inc. Toyota Connected will focus on data management and data services development. Toyota Connected will utilize Microsoft’s Azure cloud technology. Microsoft will also own 5% of Toyota Connected. Toyota Connected will use Microsoft’s Azure cloud technology to store and process the data from Toyota’s different […]
Web hosts that don’t list prices on their site
Question: Why do some web hosts don’t show the prices for their web hosting service on their website? Answer: If a web host you are interested in getting service from does not display the pricing on their site. There can be a few different explanations. The first is the web host is targeting medium to […]
How to use scp to transfer files to your server
If you need to transfer files from one Linux server to another and are working from the command line. You can use the following scp command to achieve your task. If the remote server is using the standard SSH port than you can remove the -P 245 part. If the remote server is using a […]
How to extract a .tar.gz archive file
Use the following command to extract a .tar.gz archive file. The following command will extract the .tar.gz archive file in the directory that you are working in. tar -zxf whatever.tar.gz If you want the .tar.gz archive to extract the contents to a specific location then replace /home/saveme with the exact location. tar -zxf whatever.tar.gz /home/saveme
How to create a .tar.gz file from the command line
If you are using the terminal or console to manage your server (most Linux distributions) and want to create a .tar.gz archive. Use the following command to create the archive of the file or folder. Replace /home/whatever with the full location to the directory or folder that you want to archive. Change the custom-name-for-archive.tar.gz to […]
Web hosts that accept Bitcoin as payment
Question: Are there any web hosts that accept Bitcoin as a form of payment? Answer: Yes, there are a lot of different web hosts that accept Bitcoin as a form of payment. Depending on what kind of web hosting (shared, VPS, or dedicated) they do exist. If the web hosting provider that you are interested […]
Identifying major Internet traffic disruptions
There are a few websites online that you can use to find out how the overall health of the Internet at anytime is. These websites monitor and record how the flow of traffic going in and out of different regions and countries are faring. 1. Internet Traffic Report (internettrafficreport.com) – shows you different parts of […]
VPS providers ranked by Twitter followers
The following is a list of randomly selected VPS providers that are ranked by the number of Twitter followers. Figures were gathered on March 31, 2016. 1. HostGator = 67.7k 2. Media Temple = 48.9k 3. OVH.com = 46.8k 4. DreamHost = 30.1k 5. LiquidWeb = 25.8k 6. WiredTre = 9,136 7. KnownHost = 8,637 […]
Google transitions domain registration to Domains.Google
Google has made a transition to its domain registration service. The new homepage for Google Domains is now at Domains.Google under the .google gTLD. The domain registration service offered by Google used to be accessible via domains.google.com and google.com/domains. Anyone that tries to access domains.google.com or google.com/domains are now sent to domains.google instead. After a […]