When working with servers, there comes a time when you will always have to make the tricky decisions: Do I need to use what’s known to be the “right” wheel or rather go with a more advanced option. The advanced option is compiling from source. That means more control, but also more time invested. Lots [...]
In the Internet infrastructure world, technical dependability has always and will always be king. The importance of reliability is akin to the very existence of a provider in the first place. Nothing can trigger the equivalent of a run-on-the-bank like an extended outage or frequent pattern of downtime. We know that is important, but to [...]
As a system Administrator at SingleHop, one common type of scenario that we run into almost every day is when a client will call or send us a ticket saying “Help! My server is slow and we’re not sure why!” Depending on the server OS, there are a lot of different ways to approach troubleshooting [...]
Welcome to Part II of the Lost in the Cloud blog series. In today’s entry, we will go over the Public Cloud or shared cloud, in more detail. As a quick refresher, let’s look at the general description of the Public Cloud first: Public Cloud Refers to what could also be called a shared cloud. [...]
Whether you’ve noticed it in the news or felt the results first hand, a lot has been changing in Google’s search engine results. They’ve been cracking the whip hard and many of their algorithm updates may influence your site’s rankings if you’re not careful. Therefore, here at SingleHop we’ve put together a short little summary [...]
At SingleHop, we are always looking to the future of the web hosting industry; which almost certainly brings you face to face with the term “cloud computing”. Being new to the industry can be quite the challenge, so learning the proper meaning behind such terms and technologies is top priority. I’m lucky enough to work [...]
When you need to build a website, or expand on a current website, there are many things to consider when buying. Choosing the right hosting provider is the most prevalent, but there are also many other things to keep in mind. Like choosing the proper data center with the hosting provider, for example. Data center [...]
The past year here at SingleHop has been one to remember. We have seen a rapid growth in business, a move to a bigger office, we’ve brought in over 20 new employees, and we opened our third data center in Phoenix just a few months ago. We couldn’t be more excited about the future of [...]
One of my most often talked about topics is the wonderful world of backups! Last week I spoke at HostingCon on this very issue, so I wanted to make sure I took the time to let those who were not in attendance know everything that was discussed. I spoke a lot about great information you [...]
HostingCon begins today in Boston and SingleHop will be in attendance for all the week’s festivities. As one of the bigger web hosting conferences in the United States, we are excited to get to the expo and check out all that is going on. At this year’s conference be sure to come check us out [...]