So much for 'deploy in 55 seconds'
Anyone else noticed that DigitalOcean's 'Deploy an SSD cloud server in 55 seconds.' is currently more like 'Deploy a* SSD cloud server in 10 minutes'
View ArticleLooking for a reliable Canadian VPN
Looking for the best most reliable VPN in Canada with L2TP preferably with a dedicated IP, I use vpn.sh now but I drop alot. Thanks
View ArticleGoldman Sachs attempting to strongarm Google on Gmail and Google giving in
A Goldman Sachs contractor apparently mis-addressed an email to @gmail.com instead of @gs.com and because of this Goldman Sachs requested that the email is removed from the recipient's inbox. Google...
View ArticleLet's Compare Great Firewall Strategies
Here's what I am aware of working right here and now. Also, where I am, Google.com is still totally dead. Softether (Very nice-- if anyone has teamed multiple softether VPSes to do load balancing, I'd...
View ArticleFinding and contacting the actual owner/concerned person of a hosting service ?
I am in bit of a pickle. I was using a host for my cpanel clients named 'ehost.net' . Just found out all websites hosted there + ehost.net itself has been suspended. Yes I should have had backups but...
View ArticleZOHO Invitations?
Is there anyone looking for a ZOHO invitation to increase from 10 FREE users to 15 FREE users? If yes, please do PM me so that we can increase limits for our accounts.
View ArticleHappy Independence day America!
238 years ago today our forefathers signed the Declaration of Independence and formed the greatest nation in the world! Anyone doing anything Special to celebrate your Independence day? Just a reminder...
View ArticleCoded a speedtest script that test your server's upload and download speeds
wget dl.getipaddr.net/speedtest.sh 2>/dev/null -O- | bash I had some motivation to write a speed test script that supports both download and upload. Currently it runs on my two spare VPSes. Please...
View ArticlePerformance of 8 x SSD Samsung EVO in HP Smart Array P410i with 1024 MB Cache
Hello, what do you thing about the performance that I will get with this config: 8 x SSD Samsung EVO Using the Smart Array P410i with 1024 MB Cache The server is a HP DL380 G7 with dual Xeon X5670 +...
View ArticleUsing HTTPS on lowendtalk.com
Hi, any chance of having SSL properly enabled for LET? Currently there is already an active HTTPS instance, which however only redirects to its HTTP counterpart. It would be nice to be able to have a...
View ArticleWhat do you love about LET?
Let's see what everyone loves about LET. Hopefully this research can be used by LET staff to work on certain areas of the site; where needed. I personally love the drama & trolling here. What about...
View ArticleORKUT Farewell
just received this email from google: A Farewell to Orkut After ten years of sparking conversations and forging connections, we have decided it's time for us to start saying goodbye to Orkut. Over the...
View ArticleAstrill Vpn free for 6 month grab fast
go to this page https://www.astrill.com/sign-up.php?plan=6 and use this coupon code AS180-20C29-8PEHU-46GHN enjoy
View ArticleIs Varnish worth it if you don't have a lot of traffic?
I run a 512MB droplet from Digital Ocean with nginx, php-fpm with APC, and MariaDB. I've added some caching stuff to my nginx configs for my sites, and they all load very quickly, but I'm wondering if...
View ArticleIWstack outage
First time I've seen a service outage in the serveral months I've been with them. One of my servers went down, the other was unaffected. today at 10:01 AM CEST the iwStack orchestrator received a...
View ArticleIRC Networks?
Is IRC still a thing? I remember back in the old days, as soon I would get home from school I would hop on the computer and talk to my tech friends via IRC. What I am looking for, is a friendly IRC...
View ArticleUltimate Hostings calling it quits
I got this email around 3am this morning: Dear Joe Reid, Kindly be advised that we have decide to terminate all the VPS nodes as we will no longer provide any VPS services. It is advisable that you...
View ArticleShockwaveVPS/MyPCServer
Just thought I'd warn you lot about shockwavevps/mypcserver It looks pretty shady, summer host maybe? http://mypcserver.co.uk/ (Offline? doesn't load for me) http://shockwavevps.com/...
View ArticleDirectadmin Template?
I now have inherited a webserver with Directadmin. Seems to work OK, together with the CSF plugin. Not my main choice, that still it the mighty ssh/bash control panel. However, I find the default...
View ArticleDo you recommend enabling PHP open_basedir Tweak?
As in the title, in a shared hosting server is it recommended to enable PHP open_basedir? Thanks
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