by Dennis Clayton | Mar 10, 2023 | Cloud Computing, General, Linode, Linux, Software, Technical, Technology, Virtualization
As a prior article states, I’ve used countless VPS and dedicated hosting solutions over the years and for over the last decade I’ve been solidly using Linode for my semi-private web hosting business. Now that Akamai is buying out Linode and integrating...
by Dennis Clayton | Mar 3, 2023 | Cloud Computing, General, Linode, Linux, Software, Technical, Technology
As someone who has been running a web hosting business for decades now, I’ve used a variety of different cloud hosting services. While larger companies like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure have a lot of name recognition and resources, I have found...
by Dennis Clayton | Feb 28, 2023 | Cloud Computing, General, Linode, Linux, Software, Technical, Technology
When it comes to web hosting, there are several options available to choose from, each with its own set of advantages and disadvantages. The three most common types of hosting are dedicated server hosting, virtual private server (VPS) hosting, and shared hosting. In...
by Dennis Clayton | Aug 10, 2016 | Cloud Computing, Cool Stuff, Linode, Linux, Review, Software, Technical, Ubuntu, Virtualization, Web, Wordpress
Earlier this year, I decided to make the leap to PHP 7 prior to it officially becoming a part of my servers distribution (I run Ubuntu). It has probably been the easiest and best change I have made to my personal server stack in a number of years. Granted, it...
by Dennis Clayton | Apr 23, 2014 | Cloud Computing, Cool Stuff, Good Things, Linode, Linux, Review, Technical, Technology, Ubuntu, Updates, Virtualization
I know I talk about Linode a lot on my site here, but they are my faithful VPS hosting provider, so I want to support them as much as possible. Recently, Linode made the jump to SSD drives for VPS and at the same time, doubled the RAM for them. SSD drives are not new...
by Dennis Clayton | Apr 25, 2013 | Cloud Computing, Cool Stuff, General, Good Things, Linux, Review, Software, Technical, Technology, Ubuntu, Virtualization, Web, Wordpress
Linode has invested over a million dollars into upgrading their network, servers and bandwidth to levels that are unparalleled when it comes to all the features they have already made available to subscribers. There are three parts to the “Nextgen” upgrade...
