by wwarren | Feb 10, 2019 | Annoucements, Services, Uncategorized
Next Sunday night the oldest of ETC Maryland’s webservers(web1) will go offline for approximately 3 hours as the operating system gets a much needed upgrade. I have run CentOS7 from the outset of my hosting business and while it is still supported, I am spending...
by wwarren | Oct 28, 2018 | Hosting, Linux, Services
Just like Sun got borged by oracle IBM has borged RedHat: Press Release by RedHat I posted I am moving to Ubuntu in a recent post. This has the effect of moving me even faster. This also explains why there has been ZERO movement towards a RHEL 8 alpha. In order to...
by wwarren | Aug 28, 2018 | Annoucements, Hosting, Linux, Open Source, Service Status, Services
RedHat is out to make money…I do not begrudge them that. However they have now resorted to moving things into their own form of lock-in via directory services: RedHat KB Page Considering that directory services is a HUGE portion of any large network layout, it...
by wwarren | Aug 8, 2018 | Annoucements, Hosting, Services
Does your webhost provide everything in this video? ETC Maryland hosting does. One of the biggest security lapses is ongoing maintenance of the website code. This is keeping the sites code updated, protected, account isolation, and multiple layer(and as a...
by wwarren | Jul 24, 2018 | Annoucements, Domains, Hosting, Services
I have seen other web hosting companies claim they have free backups, but what do those backups consist of? The backups that are offered are simply a copy, compressed into one file and then stored locally on the machine that hosts the site. Worse yet most times...
by wwarren | Jul 2, 2018 | Annoucements, Hosting, Services
Many web providers out there might have one backup…most do not give you two unless you pay extra. I hate to see stories like this one…an Australian web host has their systems compromised and they lost everything. They lost not only their own data but all...
