We've just put a new shared Linux server live.

It's running Red Hat Enterprise Linux, as all of our newer Linux servers do.

What makes this server special is that it is the first one to come with MySQL 5 on Linux (on our network at least).

Hopefully the new server will live up to its namesake :)

Posted by Michele Neylon at 11:54 AM | Permalink

Since we run a firewalled network giving clients direct access to the MS SQL servers has always been a security issue.

With MySQL there are open source web frontends, such as PhpMyAdmin, that do a fantastic job at providing a web frontend to the database server. You don't need to be a hardcore DBA to manipulate your data, optimise or repair tables, take backups etc., etc.

But what about Microsoft SQL server?

While there are a couple of open source solutions out there none of them come even close to offering the levels of functionality needed.

So what could we do?

The solution lay in France with a little company called myLittleTools S.A.R.L..

They offer two web based products for MS SQL management:

• MyLittleAdmin - which allows you to control your database


• MyLittleBackup - which is a tool for managing backups and restores

This latest addition to our offerings goes well with our recent announcement of an increased number of databases with most of our ASP.net hosting plans (Windows 2003).

Posted by Michele Neylon at 10:33 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Several of our team will be up a the Irish Internet Association event in Killiney Castle this Thursday.

The conference, which we've been attending for the last 3 or 4 years, is always a good event and is a wonderful opportunity to "put faces to names", so why not drop by our stand in the exhibition area on Thursday afternoon?

You might even get a little "goodie" to make the trip worthwhile!

It looks like I'll be tied up all afternoon, as I'm chairing one of the break out sessions:
Can you make money out of Blogs and Podcasts

The panelists include:

• David B. Johnson, Google – AdSense International Manager


• Richard Delevan, Sunday Tribune – Business Editor


• Richard Hearne, Red Cardinal

As it's a breakout session nobody will be pontificating. It's an ideal opportunity to ask questions and get answers from experts in their field

See you there!

Posted by Michele Neylon at 11:13 AM | Permalink

Over the last few months we've seen a steady increase in requests for MS SQL 2005 databases.

Up until earlier today we were quite conservative in our allocation of MS SQL 2005 databases, but we've changed all that.

We're now offering a database per site on all MS SQL plans ie. if the hosting plan supports 16 sites then you get 16 databases, so every site can have its own database.

So what's that mean for our hosting plans?

Put simply they've just got that bit better !

(we also added more MySQL databases as well..)
If you want to compare our hosting plans, then have a look at our hosting comparison chart

Posted by Michele Neylon at 12:51 PM | Permalink