VPS | Dennis Clayton

Linode turns 7, gives ~42% RAM Upgrade to all customers!

by Dennis Clayton | Jun 18, 2010 | Cool Stuff, General, Good Things, Linux, Review

Linode has turned out to be the best VPS provider I’ve ever used and it as of yesterday (6/16/10), they upgraded all VPS’ memory by ~42%. All I have to say is Wow. Since I’ve been with them, they have upgraded HDD space, which is also...

Cherokee Web Server

by Dennis Clayton | Apr 23, 2009 | Cloud Computing, General, Linux, Review, Software, Technical, Technology, Ubuntu, Web

I ran across a webserver called Cherokee a week or so ago while looking around for “light” alternatives to Apache on VPSes. It looked pretty nice, so I downloaded it and compiled the latest version 0.99.9 and started it up. The nicest thing, I think,...

My VPS Provider Adventures

by Dennis Clayton | Mar 18, 2009 | Cool Stuff, Linux, Review, Software, Technology, Ubuntu

Left Slicehost, joined Linode I moved my sites (2 servers) from Slicehost to Linode due to no 32-bit support at Slicehost and am VERY happy with the service I am receiving from Linode. They have been excellent at answering the few questions I had during setup...

Moving away from Windows & IIS (ASP) to Linux @ SliceHost

by Dennis Clayton | Jul 24, 2008 | General, Software, Technical, Technology, Ubuntu

I have, for years, been developing web apps and so on using ASP (Classic) on IIS. It’s a “fine” platform, but I have, over time, become weary of the Microsoft bloat that accompanies running a Windows Server… Especially in a...

My New Provider… SliceHost.com!

by Dennis Clayton | Jul 1, 2008 | Cool Stuff, Linux, Review, Software, Technical, Technology, Ubuntu, Web, Wordpress

I’ve been moving my blogs and the other’s I host through a lot of transitions lately after having a HORRIBLE experience with GoDaddy and then Compute Cycle concerns with Mosso.com. Mosso’s new compute cycles are heavily counting WordPress and other...