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Kashmir – Truly an integral part of India’s rich heritage
May 22, 2011
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Updated on: 19 Oct 2023
I have just returned from a holiday in Kashmir and the entire experience was worth the effort. The valley is beautiful and most of the local people are extremely friendly and courteous. Contrary to what most people would expect that this is a volatile and strife-torn region, I found the people willing to leave the […]
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CSF/LFD firewall installation guide for Plesk
Apr 25, 2011
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Updated on: 19 Oct 2023
Config Server Firewall (csf) and Login Failure Daemon (lfd) is a robust firewall solution having Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI), Login/Intrusion Detection and Security application for Linux servers. Although it is more compatible with CPanel we have been able to use the same for the Plesk hosting control panel also and it is running fine. Please […]
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How to backup/restore Xen Virtual Machines using Xen Center
Mar 24, 2011
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Updated on: 13 Nov 2023
When you export a VM, a complete copy of the VM (including disk images) is stored as a single file on your local machine, with a .xva file extension. The VM export/import feature can be used in a number of different ways: As a convenient backup facility for your VMs. An exported VM file can […]
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Vmware Zimbra – The open source messaging alternative to Google Apps and MS Exchange
Feb 18, 2011
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Updated on: 19 Oct 2023
Zimbra Collaboration Server is a fully-featured open source messaging and collaboration application that supports email messaging, group calendars, blackberry sync and other features using an advanced Ajax web interface that enables tool tips, drag-and-drop items, advanced searching capabilities and right-click menus in the UI. The software consists of both client and server components. Two versions […]
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Howto shrink MSSQL DB and transaction logs without Admin privileges
Feb 11, 2011
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Updated on: 20 Oct 2023
If you do not have Administrator privilege on the MS SQL Database server (common for shared hosting environments), you may often face a problem with shrinking the database or the transaction log, specially if the disk space is limited for you. You can easily shrink your database and log files using the simple scripts given […]
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Checklist of recommended best practices for your office email server
Feb 02, 2011
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Updated on: 08 Nov 2023
Having a latest hardware with leased internet connectivity and a feature rich email client are not the only requirements you need to setup your office email server. Unless you can send mails to your clients, partners and associates across the globe, your mail server is of no practical use. It is the trustworthiness of your […]
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The new Plesk 10 hosting control panel – Our first impressions
Jan 26, 2011
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Updated on: 13 Nov 2023
As a loyal customer of Parallels for the past 7 years who has been using the Industry standard hosting control panel, Plesk for our web hosting automation needs, we are excited with the latest release of their control panel – Panel 10. In the past few weeks we have been evaluating Parallel’s new release of […]
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India’s first, API driven Server Management Portal is now online!
Jan 19, 2011
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Updated on: 20 Oct 2023
Diadem Technologies launches India’s first, datacenter API driven, server management web portal After months of development, stumbling blocks and functionality improvements, our server management portal is finally online for our Dedicated and VPS hosting clients. This application will allow our clients to monitor, manage and request support through a simple web based interface which has […]
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Howto automate hot backups of SQL Server 2005 databases
Jan 17, 2011
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Updated on: 14 Aug 2023
There is often a need for a hot backup of a live SQL server database as a standby. To accomplish this a stored procedure can be created in the master database and called periodically using SQL server Jobs with proper arguments. The script provided below is for MSSQL server 2005 database but the same can […]
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Tips to optimise MySQL server performance
Jan 11, 2011
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Updated on: 20 Oct 2023
Here are a couple of tweaks which can improve your mysql server performance significantly. We implemented this on our hosted servers and the php/mysql queries for dynamic DB driven applications improved by over 50%. The following are the relevant commands which can be inserted in the mysql conf file, which is normally located at /etc/my.cnf. […]