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Green Data Center – Still a Vision

paul — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:01:38 +0000

Green Data Centers this term keeps on popping around whenever you looks for anything related to Data Center. We all are optimistic about green data centers and green colocation facilities which will not only make hosting business more user friendly but also harm to our environment will also be reduced. But according to some surveys the concept of Green Data Centers will only be applied after few years. Although there are few Data Centers which are practicing to be green data center but to apply this concept in every data center will take some time. Main reason behind the delay is the fact that the Data Center management tools. These Data center tools are still undeveloped and they can’t be used to monitor data, energy consumption or any other factors in Data Center. Organization in the business of data center is concentrating more on other necessary techniques like virtualization or rationalization then making their data center more green. Out of the total businesses in data centers only 5% are interested in adapting greener solutions.

The issue of Green Data center and focusing on energy saving ways was there in the list for some time, but in reality most of the data center admins feel that they have to concentrate on other major issues, like quality of the services they are providing now. Out of all the data centers in the world nearly 20% are approaching the space limit and they need to build a new facility. So they are either concentrating on building a new data center or virtualizing their work. Those who are left want to improve their business qualities first. According to a survey y experts most of the people associated with the data center business only want to talk about green data center, but when it comes to apply the idea most of them are not interested. Like the issue of saving energy starts with monitoring of the whole process, only 45% people said that they are thinking about the process and rest of all say they don’t even care about the idea of green hosting.

Colocation and KVM

paul — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:56:48 +0000

A piece of hardware that allows you to control to many computers from a single access point like monitor, mouse or keyboard is called KVM, it can be video, keyboard or mouse. Whole process is controlled by a switch (KVM over Switch) on a hardware. This switch allows to you switch between the multiple computers. There are two forms of KVM, most famous one is KVM over IP it is also known as remote KVM is majorly used in Colocation facilities and Data Centers. The other KVM is the one which can only be used in a radius of 1550 feet. Om order to catch the mouse, video or keyboard signals there is a microcontroller in KVM. The signals received are than compressed into packets and then using Ethernet they are send to a remote location. In this remote location they are decomposed and again are converted into a keyboard, mouse or graphic image command. When your servers are at a colocation facility you can use remote KVM. You can access your servers with the use of KVM over IP from your location and without any need of coming down to the Data Center. Tasks which normally would have required you can also be performed using the KVM over IP. Normal browsers like Mozilla, Internet Explorer, are also provided by some colocation providers with operating systems like Linux, Mac, and Windows. Another major benefit of KVM over IP is that it helps you to upgrade or install new operating systems or other software on your servers sitting at your home. Troubleshoot is also allowed on the server that lost its connection.

Benefits of Software As a Service

paul — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:02:00 +0000

Software as a Service is quite famous and increasing users exponentially. There are quite reasons why Software as s Service is loved by everyone, few of them are as follows:

Easy to approach – it allows you to run n-number of programs on a set of data. This set of data is housed on the web service database. Once the data is set up the data, you are free to any kind of programs to manage it. Often these programs are written in different languages. Software which are used to access the data can be software as a service provided to you by your SaaS provider or they can be normal software installed at your end.

Reasonably priced - you are charged for the service on the basis of your usage time not like other services where you are charged for the service in the first place. The database which used to be exclusive for the large businesses is you can be afforded by anyone.

No Safeguarding – In SaaS you will always get the latest version of the software you are using. Service provider professional providers take care of all the software management and you can save a lot of time and money which is other wise lost in updating, installing or managing the software. While working for SaaS the data is maintained up to date and is directly provided from the source.

Reaping the Benefits of Cloud Computing

paul — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 04:07:57 +0000

There are many advantages associated with Cloud Computing, but not everyone can be benefited from those advantages. Only few specific businesses are there which can be benefited from Cloud Computing. Below are some of those business which reap maximum profit from Cloud Computing -

Business travelers – Your office changes regularly, you keeps on shifting from one locality to another, one city to another. In such conditions it become hard to keep track of all your important applications and documents. With Cloud Computing you don’t have to worry about which application is installed on your Computer. Also Cloud computing gives you complete freedom of not remembering where you keep the documents. All your applications and documents are safe on Cloud and they will be there wherever you will go and you can access them from anywhere you will get an Internet Connection. Compatibility and reliability are not issues on Cloud Computing.

Users Aware of Cost – We all know cloud computing can save you a lot of money on both software and hardware. You don’t have to invest heavily in fast CPU’s with lots of memory and large hard disks, because everything is stored on Internet and also ran from there. You can save a lot of money by buying a computer with less features. Like wise you can save a lot of on software. For an example instead of spending money on Microsoft Office buy Zoho Office or Google Docs instead and that is for zero. If you are on low budget this will work for you perfectly.

Associates – If you are working on group projects or with many peoples, then cloud computing will work best for you. Cloud Computing makes associate business fun done with a lots of ease. There is great advantage of Cloud Computing that it you can share and edit in real time between multiple users. You don’t have to worry for sharing your documents and applications each and every time you update your work. It will be accessible for all the users in your group, thus a lot of time will be saved.

Increase Needs – suppose your needs keeps on increasing every now and then, you need more hard disk to store new folders. Without Cloud only option left for you is buying a new hard disk that will cost you a lot. Instead you can choose Cloud computing a much cheaper option and with lots of other features. One more advantage it will let you run your favorite program which needs another new software update. Again without cloud computing you will have to buy the whole software which can burn a hole in your pocket.

Important port numbers in cPanel

paul — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 02:56:20 +0000

The following are commonly used port numbers in cpanel, to login to your cpanel. you’ll have to use those ports in the form of http://www.domain.com:2082/

Port 2082 -> Cpanel default port
Port 2083 -> Cpanel over SSL
Port2086 -> Cpanel Webhost Manager (default)
Port 2087 -> Cpanel Webhost Manager (with https)
Port 2095 -> Cpanel Webmail
Port 2096 -> Cpanel secure webmail over SSL

if you are using a firewall make sure you should unblock those ports in TCP. You can also add the following Ports;

Port 80 > Apache HTTP web server
Port 21 > FTP
Port 22 > SSH (you will get lot of ssh attacks if you leave it open. change the port to something else)
Port 25 > SMTP (outgoing email)
Port 110 > POP3 (incoming email)
Port 53 > DNS server (if you run DNS server)

Cloud Hosting Services

paul — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:47:25 +0000

When choosing a web host for your business, you should find a provider offering specific software for your necessary.

Cloud Hosting is a best option, those who want a total control over their servers, a best Data Center Services with different internet connections. It is important to make the right decision while choosing cloud service to get entirely satisfied with reliability and constancy of this type of hosting.

Cloud hosting is usually meet for people requiring much more powerful systems in oder to execute more difficult tasks. Many businesses recommending cloud hosting services to keep their business live almost.

There are some cases when shared hosting plans are not advantageous for your developing businesses any more. It is the period to think about colocation hosting, as it the perfect solution for the business.

Cloud Hosting Companies :-

While choosing for Dedicated Server Cloud with the host firm, you are definite to pay for the physical space that your server takes up. The Cloud hosting needs a high capital price then renting a from a web hosting firm. To avoid big expenses you are to be assured that you are choosing the perfect web hosting provider that is able to provide only only top-notch and advanced services. Flexibility, power and high security are considered to be the leading pros of cloud hosting packages.

So if you want to link up your server to the internet by using cloud services, then you will be capable to create up own successful server based on the requirements.

So choose a Cloud provider who can assist your requirement and give you 24×7 support.

Why Cloud Hosting is Famous ..?

paul — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:55:48 +0000

Many speaks that the increasing analysis about cloud hosting is what may seem to be making it famous. I believe the fact, people are discussion it is because it is becoming much and more famous with big companies.. There are many clear advantages that the cloud fetches for business. Lets have an look :

Cost Reduce – Cloud hosting helps cut down operational expenses to a great extent. Cloud Customers need to pay only for what they use on the monthly basis. And the price for set up the equipments is also affordable.

Automated System – Cloud Hosting offers Automation, it is one of the great advantages of it . You don’t require to set up a team to manage maintenance, upgrading and backups. So we can say that Automation saves time in most of the thing and it is a good benefit for cloud users.

No Difficulty – Businesses are careful of technologies that are difficult. Cloud hosting in comparison to the other services, is simple to install. An organization don’t need to get extra hardware or software. The application too is not difficult as it is done remotely.

Mobility – Cloud hosting give benefit to businesses to become mobile. Cloud users can access their data from anywhere through Cloud Hosting Data Center Services.

There are so many advantages with Cloud Service. With this, there is an Security for your information stored in Cloud. This is the biggest concern of Cloud.

I believe that Cloud has so many technologies, this is reason why cloud is famous one.