Archive for the 'Hardware' Category

Secure Website and Operating System Backups

A timely discovery in a cPanel Users forum has encouraged Web Hosting Platform Providers to tighten up security. cPanel Addresses User Concerns of Transfer and Backup Restore System Security From www.thewhir.com – Yesterday cPanel Addresses User Concerns of Transfer and Backup Restore System Security. cPanel has addressed customer concerns around its security model used by the [...]

How Much Traffic Can Your Website Handle?

Depending on how you are hosting your website, including what platform or application you are using well define your visitor capacity that you can handle. This is not often something webmaster will have to think about until they hit that peak of traffic one day with a popular blog post or product line. Here’s some [...]

What is SSAE-16: 2 Report Types & Critics

Logo of the United States Government Accountability Office. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Hosting Company Auditing and Certification — Part 2 of 3 Along with Superb Internet’s staff certification for ITIL (covered in Part 1 of this series) and our ISO 9001:2008 certification and registration (Part 3), we are also SSAE-16 Audited. “Oh, fiddlesticks, that’s a government-infiltration [...]

What is ITIL – 5 Goals & 6 Reasons

English: An ITIL Foundation Certificate pin used to attatch on a shirt. The diamond is the ITIL logo, there are three levels: Green: Foundation certificate Blue: Practitioner’s certificate Red: Manager’s certificate (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Hosting Company Auditing and Certification — Part 1 of 3 At Superb, we have a staff that is certified in ITIL. [...]

How an IP Address Works

Often hear the Acronym IP address thrown around? SEO people seem to use it (Search Engine Optimization) as though it’s a numeric stealth ID number to track you down. Well, it’s kinda like that. Here’s a few very recent, and very good takeaways on what an IP address is, and more importantly, how it affects you, or [...]

cPanel vs. Plesk: The Value of Flipping a Coin 199 Times

  cPanel Control Panel and Parallels Plesk Panel are the two most popular control panels for the management of a network or website. Each platform of course has its own layout and set of features, so each has different appeal. How to choose, then? This article is an assessment of how cPanel compares to Plesk [...]

When to Use Shared Web Hosting vs. Acoustic Web Hosting

  Shared hosting is a service you will see offered by virtually every hosting provider. Sharing is not always a bad idea – in fact, it’s more widely used than any other type of hosting. Part of the reason shared hosting is so popular is that it’s highly affordable. In this article, I’ll explore shared [...]

Managed Hosting – Why or Why Not?

  When is managed hosting the right option? When you have needs that go beyond what you’d get from a typical hosting account but don’t yet have funds to bring in IT employees to maintain servers. Managed hosting allows you to have your own dedicated server but not have to consider its upkeep each day. [...]