The art of Server Uptime Monitoring

(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, [...]

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This post was written by niclasbergstrom on May 5, 2008 Comments (0)

50-Plus Tips and Resources to Improve Your Site’s Speed

Found this really good post about improving website performance
http://www.insidecrm.com/features/webmaster-turbo-kit-042108/
Read, Learn, Execute!

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This post was written by niclasbergstrom on April 28, 2008 Comments (0)

More about them Blades

Yesterday 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, [...]

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This post was written by admin on March 11, 2008 Comments (0)

From servers to blades

Since 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 [...]

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This post was written by niclasbergstrom on March 1, 2008 Comments (2)