infrastructure
The art of Server Uptime Monitoring
Monday, May 5th, 2008(Or; Good morning server. And how are we feeling today?)
In a SaaS environment uptime is everything. Rule is simple. No reliability, no credibility, no business.
So, how do we know that all the different servers with all the different roles are happy and functional? How can we see when more server power, RAM or disk space […]
50-Plus Tips and Resources to Improve Your Site’s Speed
Monday, April 28th, 2008Found this really good post about improving website performance
http://www.insidecrm.com/features/webmaster-turbo-kit-042108/
Read, Learn, Execute!
More about them Blades
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008Yesterday we installed the new blade centres and the new storage systems. I felt like a boy carrying around new toys. With this worm and fuzzy “Christmas eve just after opening the presents” feeling. When we arrived in the new hosting facility, looking down on the power outlet under the rack, my happiness slowly transformed […]
From servers to blades
Saturday, March 1st, 2008Since we started with our speaking web services about 9 years ago we have grown quite a bit. Growing from a lonely Sun Ultra 5 back in 2000 to about 50 high capacity servers of various kinds today. That’s a whole lot of servers…
Managing that number of servers is not the easiest task, and wow how […]