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Blogging Like Gangbusters

Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:13:34 +0000
According to my quick calculations, the Site5 weblog has been cranking web hosting entertainment to eleven for 444 days as of this post, and we owe a debt of gratitude to the die-hard audience tuning in to read what we have to say about… well… whatever comes to mind, I guess.
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Virtual Private Server Web Hosting Ratings List

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 03:07:04 -0500
Virtual Private Server Web Hosting Ratings List

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Joomla: Cannot instantiate non-existent class: jconfig

Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:45:01 +0000
If you using Joomla 1.5.x and you get this error:
Fatal error: Cannot instantiate non-existent class: jconfig in /home/xxxxx/public_html/includes/framework.php on line 48
This means, you using OLD configuration.php (1.0.xx). Joomla 1.5.x configuration file has difference format.
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Are We Running Out of Storage Space? IDC is Concerned, but Maxell Says Never Fear

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 14:15:00 -0400

I learned about the IDC storage paradox on Zoli Erdos' blog. Zoli mentions this Associated Press article, which cites IDC's estimate that "the world had 185 exabytes of storage available last year and will have 601 exabytes in 2010. But the amount of stuff generated is expected to jump from 161 exabytes last year to 988 exabytes in 2010".

Even more alarmingly, Dan Farber over at ZDNet reports that according to IBM, "the world's information base will be doubling in size every 11 hours" by 2010. Does this mean that on Jan 1, 2011, our 988 exabytes of data will double to 1,976 exabytes by 11am, and 3,952 exabytes by 10pm?

Fortunately, we don't need permanent storage for all the data we generate. For instance, spam accounted for just 8% of all emails in 2001 (said CNet); its volume rose to 36% by 2002 and 66% by 2004 (MSNBC), and is expected to exceed 90% by the end of this year (IT News). That's a huge amount of data that isn't being saved.

Still, Rich D'Ambrise from Maxell says he expects significant growth in data archiving requirements: in 2007, we will back up 75% more data than we did in 2006. But unlike IDC analyst John Gantz, he's not concerned that we'll run out of space. The storage industry is not standing still. Maxell, for instance, is beta testing 300 GB holographic disks that are no bigger than a DVD, but offer 63x more capacity. 800 GB second generation disks should be on the market by next year, and a 1.6 TB version is planned for 2010. And let's not forget stacked volumetric optical discs (SVOD); each 92-micrometer layer stores up to 9.4 GB. Available storage capacity will absolutely keep up with demand; no question about that!

The real issue is, will we store our zettabytes of data on- or offline? Rich is betting on removable media; he'd rather have mission critical data in his own possession than depend on any service provider. Zoli, on the other hand, says online is more efficient. By sharing/linking to files, we won't each need space for our own copies of the same content. Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz says offline storage is greener ("when data's at rest, it consumes no electricity") - and easier to transport on a large scale. (As the New Yorker points out, if you made tiny chariots with DVD wheels and hitched them to snails, you'd get faster data transfer speeds than DSL.)

So, what's this got to do with web hosting? For one, you should probably monitor your oversold disk space closely. At the moment, I'm sure hardly any of GoDaddy's $7 hosting customers are using their entire 100 GB quota. But if you consider Rich's 75% growth projection, the number of customers that same 100 GB is allocated to may have to come down.

PS - Here's a GigaOM post on a 10 more fun storage facts.

The Planet Offers May Promotions

Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000
Dedicated hosting provider The Planet announced on Monday it is offering six new promotions for May, which last through May 31, or while promotional supplies last. The promotions include the company's first-ever discount on firewalls, enabling customers to receive 26 percent off its two popular Check Point solutions.

Currently, hostican hosting had upgraded their hosting plan to over 2000GB storage space for their most basic shared hosting plan. 10 months ago, hostican hosting is only offering 200GB storage space, and its now grown to over 2000GB storage. That is 10 times the storage space. This doesn’t effect the hosting services quality, and indeed you can view the previous month hostican uptime and hostican speed test report to find out more about hostican server performance.

How to Find and Avoid Overselling Hosting Companies

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:25:16 GMT
If you are reading this you probably need help on choosing a good provider of a hosting service.


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