Hi once again. In the coming days we will be making a major version upgrade in the software we use to maintain backups. Our current system in running R1Soft’s CDP 2.0. After the upgrade we will running CDP 3.0. Version 3.0 has a number of improvements to the backend and underlying technology to make it [...]
One of the things that we have been excited about recently at Hosting Nation is a new Linux based operating system called CloudLinux. ?CloudLinux has been designed to meet the specific needs and demands of web hosting. ? In shared hosting, the most common reason for downtime is a single account slowing down other accounts on the [...]
Kevin Hazard recently blogged on the Softlayer Blog an article titled SoftLayer Market Positioning: Bang v. Buck. Softlayer is the main datacenter we use to host our customers. We have always felt that despite a higher price tag we were getting great service and product. In his post Kevin explains why Softlayer took the “More [...]
In Part One of “can I have that for less?” we explored some of the concepts behind the vendor-client relationship of web development services and how expectations can clash with reality when things aren’t spelled out in advance. In this part, we’re going to discuss some of the canned and affordable options available for non-existent [...]
I’m very excited about the launch of our reseller and dedicated hosting plans, it marks a key step in our expansion and growth plans. Normally, I might try and write a few thousand words extolling the virtues of our hosting plans. This time, they’re just so darn good that the thousand words I get from [...]
Last week we completed a project for Leo Sawicki, Author and Life Management Consultant. Leo has worked both as a children’s author, publishing books such as Anytime and Anywhere Stories; and working in business and community development with aboriginal communities and institutions across Canada. The scope of the project was to create a web site [...]
We’re proud to announce the launch of our first in a series of video tutorials on installing the FREE applications and software that come with your shared hosting account using Fantastico. There are over 10 tutorials in series one including: Advanced Poll Account Lab Plus 4Images Gallery Crafty Syntax Live Help b2Evolution Coppermine Photo Galley [...]
Hosting Nation is more than just hosting for humans, we’re all animal lovers too. Serious animal lovers. So much so that our servers (Dorian and Roma) are named after one of Randy’s alpacas and his dog respectively (Randy is our system administrator). That’s why we chose the BC SPCA as a cause that we could [...]
It’s been a hectic December for us at Hosting Nation. Hectic might not adequately describe what’s occurred since September – chaotic, fevered, frantic and turbulent come closer to describing the general atmosphere around here lately. A lot has happened for us. New office, new logo, new website with new features. A lot of lessons learned [...]
Dear Nation, As a result of an automated mail system update in the early hours of Tuesday, November 25th, Hosting Nation Clients would have been unable to send or receive email. The specific reason for this was that after the update, the mail system defaulted to a simple default configuration leaving out custom settings. As [...]