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Jason Potter is a Senior Linux Systems Administrator & Technical Writer with more than 20 years experience providing technical support to customers and has a passion for writing competent and thorough technical documentation at all skill levels.
In our previous article we discussed differences between MySQL vs. MariaDB as Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS) for your enterprise-grade website or application. What is the next step after you decide to make the move into MariaDB? That is where we land now. cPanel servers typically kick off with MySQL already setup and configured by […]
MySQL and MariaDB are two giants in the webhosting industry. Chances are good that your website is backed by one or the other of these two relational database systems. MariaDB originally started out as a drop-in replacement to MySQL that focused on bringing features the community at large had been requesting of MySQL for years. […]
Nothing is more important or impactful to the daily website operation than its database. Afterall, it’s where all the most important data is stored. Whether it is general MySQL, Percona MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Microsoft SQL, or even micro-databases like SQLite, your database needs to be agile, accessible, secure, and above all else resilient. In […]
This is an important question for anyone planning their hosting infrastructure for high-capacity horizontal scaling. File replication is a fundamental component of load balanced environments and the cyberworld by and large would be a very different landscape without managed file replication helping balance the workload among its cluster members. In this guide, we’ll be taking […]
Website owners spend large sums of money making sure their sites are running on the biggest, best equipment available. But, what happens when the server hosting all of your website services cannot cope with an overabundance of inbound traffic? Nothing is more frustrating than having a website break during peak usage times or worse, during […]
When it comes to transmitting any private information it’s vital to recognize the warning signs your browser displays. Especially when there is a problem with the security of the website you are visiting. Since SSL certificates are issued for a predetermined amount of time, one of the most basic problems that can occur with any […]
Introduction ⇨ how to fix SSL certificate errors SSL Certificates are an important part of securing the data transmission between websites and their visitors. If it were not for this tried and true encryption layer, we would not be able to do the vital tasks online that have become commonplace since the advent of the […]
Chances are pretty high that you landed here because you are having trouble trying to upload some files to your WordPress – Media Library. You likely have run into one of the following error messages when attempting the upload: “Sorry, this file type is not permitted for security reasons.” OR “Sorry, you are not allowed […]
WordPress is hands-down the most widely used Content Management System (CMS) on the planet and with that, scalable WordPress hosting is concept that you’ll see often across different WordPress hosting company websites. But what does scalable WordPress hosting really mean and are there things I can do to ensure that my WordPress site is scalable? […]
The rise of security threats in the online world today is an ever-present danger for website owners and visitors alike. It is critical to make certain that the traffic exchanged between our browsers and the intended websites is properly secured by a trusted encryption layer to prevent anyone from eavesdropping the information that can easily […]