March 16th, 2012
**This is the first notification about the upcoming planned maintenance, we will be sending more reminders in the upcoming days.
We will be performing Core Operating System and Virtuozzo updates for all Windows Virtuozzo customers at all US and UK facilities.
US Windows hardware nodes are scheduled for: Saturday, March 24th, 2012 from 1AM to 7AM US Eastern time.
UK Windows hardware nodes are scheduled for: Saturday, March 24th, 2012 from 1AM to 7AM GMT.
Although the maintenance should complete for all nodes in the first day, we are also reserving Sunday, March 25th, 2012 from 1AM to 7AM US Eastern time, in case we need to perform any other final tasks or update the remaining nodes.
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Tags: core operating system, OS, Virtuozzo, Windows
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March 15th, 2012
Wouldn’t you know that our visitor from Oslo thinks most fondly of American food?!
“Everywhere you go here, you have lots of options,” remarks Solar VPS IT engineer Bogdan. “Like when you go out to eat, you can customize everything. Same with grocery stores: you go to a grocery store in Norway and you have far less options.”
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March 1st, 2012
“Xen is the platform of choice for heavy duty, production-grade virtualized deployments, while OpenVZ is optimum for lightweight uses,” explains Solar VPS founder and COO Ross Brouse. “While I would choose Xen nine times out of 10, I know that OpenVZ is a great platform for applications such as DNS and VPN, as well as SEO optimization, static websites and project-based work.”
With Xen, he says, you run your own instance of the Linux kernel; you have virtualized memory, IO and scheduler; and it’s generally uninterrupted performance.
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February 14th, 2012
Attention Plesk users: Parallels has been informed of a SQL injection security vulnerability in some older versions of Plesk. This vulnerability is considered critical in nature and customers are advised take action quickly.
A patch has been released to resolve this vulnerability. Based on the version and operating system of Plesk you use, please follow the instructions below.
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February 10th, 2012
Our staff has come up with some pretty cool gift ideas for loved ones this year!
5 Solar VPS Director of Marketing Josh Ewin is taking his lovely wife out to dinner. But he’s not going empty handed. “She’s got a great sense of humor,” he explains.
Ewin is opting for the LEGO Valentine’s Day Box, a real steal at only $10.99. “This is a neat idea,” he chuckles. “It’s a creative way to show you care.”
And if you’re looking for a clever way to showcase a certain jewelry purchase… (Seriously, Josh! You can’t just give the woman a box!)
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Tags: Geek Gifts, iPhone 4, Romance, Valentine's Day
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