Used Servers

New Home Server
RAM is good as well although you see it full most of the time since it gets used for cache, Apache has most of it followed by Python which is the work horse behind Torrent-Flux which is used a lot on the server. ...

VMware is pricey, esp. Compared to Xen on SLES
I used list pricing to be consistent, so volume discounts are not applied here, and I took a swag at the Windows OS and the server hardware costs (both of which I was very conservative on). I also assume that the customer wants 24×7 ...

PHP Worst Practices
As with many embedded languages, php places its code between markers so that the web server knows which part of the file is in HTML and which part is server-side code. When php code is used, the opening tag should say ...

Is Malware affecting Global Warming?
Just think that currently with the energy used by just over 100 servers in a poorly designed data-centre you could drive a BMW 750 series approximately 40000000 Km, the equivalent of 100 times around the earth or 5 times to the moon ...

Modded Battlefield Server Crackdown
From the official site: With the help of our community and partners we have located and shut down a number of modified servers which were being used for sending inflated scores to the stats leaderboards. During [...]

Modded Battlefield Ranked Servers Closed
With the help of our community and partners we have located and shut down a number of modified servers which were being used for sending inflated scores to the stats leaderboards. During this crackdown process we have also wiped over ...

Modified Battlefield 2 Ranked Servers Crackdown Announced
Electronic Arts today announced they have located and shut down several Battlefield 2 ranked servers which were being used for sending inflated scores to the stats leaderboards. During the process they have also wiped over 1000 players ...

Hosting companies must stop forwarding email - or else.
If Comcast blocks an email server, then NO ONE else on that server can send email to Comcast. It’s important to note that ALL hosting companies get their email servers blocked by other hosting companies from time to time. ...

Synchronising NTP Servers to the GPS System
Each GPS satellite has a highly accurate atomic clock timing reference, which can be used by NTP servers to synchronise computer networks. Each satellite continually broadcasts accurate time and positioning information. ...

Installing a Radio Referenced NTP Server
NTP can be used to synchronise network time clients to an accurate time reference, or NTP server. A stratum 1 NTP server synchronises to a precise external timing reference such as...