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Howto shrink MSSQL DB and transaction logs without Admin privileges
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 […]category:
Checklist of recommended best practices for your office email server
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 […]category:
The new Plesk 10 hosting control panel – Our first impressions
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 […]category:
India’s first, API driven Server Management Portal is now online!
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 […]category:
Howto automate hot backups of SQL Server 2005 databases
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 […]category:
Tips to optimise MySQL server performance
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. […]category:
2010 – The Year in Review
Updated on: 20 Oct 2023
As 2010 finally comes to a close, here is a good time for all of us to take a stock of our hits and misses and plan ahead for the next year. I am pretty sure all of us have had some unique experiences to share and from an organisation perspective, I am summing up […]category:
The Planet merger with Softlayer – A positive impact for the web hosting industry?
Updated on: 08 Nov 2023
Bigger, Better, Badder. This is the punchline of the new Softlayer which has completed the merger ThePlanet with itself after months of planning and action. Anyone who is an active web hosting provider in India or abroad must have heard news of ThePlanet merging with Softlayer which in our industry is equivalent to two 800 […]category:
Shared Versus Dedicated Web Hosting
Updated on: 20 Oct 2023
Your Web hosting company can be your site’s best friend or worst enemy – depending on the level of service and responsiveness. A successful Web site depends on a good Web host, but it’s just as important to select the right kind of hosting account. Are you willing to share space on a server with […]category:
Email and server security features on Diadem servers
Updated on: 08 Nov 2023
Diagram of Various Tiers of security in datacenter network and at server level At Diadem Technologies we take extreme precaution and safeguard of our mailing services to ensure continuous and reliable availability of our mailing services to our clients. We have all our servers located in the world’s leading datacenter which has a very secure […]