Category: Hosting

Three Rules For Guaranteed Web Hosting Success

So much has changed since the days when all you could get was “web hosting”. It probably cost you around $10 bucks. Now there are platforms for just about everything. Tailored services have a purpose. I wouldn’t want to go back to the days of $10 hosting. But tailored service can be a huge disappointment. How do you choose from the beginning a set of services, that guarantee your best chances of success online? Let me explain some of the clutter, so you can easily cut through it. Ultra Specific, Ultra Cool & 3 x as expensive We as a society...
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Update for Windows Control Panel – Firewall, FTP and Resellers

We are excited to mention a few new features that have been added to Mocha Panel, for Windows Hosting, Reseller and Windows VPS Hosting. We listened, customers said they wanted more control to setup and manage domains, their customers and servers how they want. So we changed a few things, here’s the list we hope you enjoy. You can demo the Mocha Panel here or the Reseller features here. No Default FTP Ability for Windows VPS customers to change whether FTP accounts will be created by default when setting up new domains. They can change this option in the service groups tool of the VPS manager...
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Why backups & replication are important and you should care

Conversations about backups don’t come up often. Planning for backups is normally discussed at the beginning of a project, and during disaster – not too much in between. [Tweet “There are two types of people, those who have lost their files, and those who will. #wetakebackups”] Something my Visual Basic teacher in college said, reminding me to save a project to floppy – as a backup. A few days after not taking his advice I lost my homework. Why Backups Matter Loss may come in many different forms, here’s some of the likely reasons you can & will lose data: Deleted files Corrupted files Corrupted Operating...
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How to setup, secure and scale MongoDB on Windows Server

Downloading an installer, and running a through the setup are the most common steps for a basic installation. Even for database systems. But for learning something new, that might end up in production, it’s important to consider how to setup, secure and scale the platform – in this case MongoDB. Last week we published a guide on installing Node.js on Windows and using iisnode to facilitate connections through IIS. Making the same assumption, that as an organization you’re committed to Microsoft Server products this article is for you. For this example I’ll use our Windows VPS server platform. I suggest...
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