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Looking for a dedicated server to run multiple virtual machines using VMware ESXi platform?

We recently added the free edition of VMware ESXi to our list of  installable operating system to professional and enterprise servers which comes with 60 days trial period, to keep using the server after the 60 days trial is over you’ll need to sign up for a FREE unlimited license from WMware website below.

https://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/

The benefit of running ESXi on a dedicated server is that you can run 2 different operating system like Linux and Windows side by side on the same box or running applications that requires different flavor of Linux like CentOS and Ubuntu for example, plus all other virtualization benefits like dividing the server resources any way you like, assign virtual CPU, RAM and Disk as per your application requirement, console access to all VMs, creating a VM snapshot and many of the cool features available from the VMware vSphere Client which is a free download from the client area at VMware website.

Our PowerEdge DELL servers are fully compatible with VMware ESXi which also include hardware specific features for DELL servers.

Note: Buyhttp only provide the hardware, software licensing is the responsibility of the customer.

Unlimited hosting is here!

So what is unlimited hosting? is it really unlimited? is it for me?

As we pointed out in a previous post, unlimited hosting is for the most part a marketing term for the same old hosting plan but with a little twist.

Hosting is not about disk space and bandwidth only it’s more about server resources like CPU, RAM, Disk Space, Network, etc… and like every other host out there that offer unlimited hosting, there’s always a limit hidden somewhere, if it’s not disk space it’ll be inodes (number of files), CPU, Memory, number of processes, number of connection or a combination of them.

How our unlimited hosting is different

What we did is we created the right mix of server resources using the right combination of server hardware, limiting the number of accounts hosted on each server to provide a good performance and not overload the server, the new plan include unlimited disk space and bandwidth, large number of inodes, CPU and RAM enough to run just about any personal website.

Is unlimited hosting right for me?

If you’re running a non critical personal site that doesn’t requires high level of server resources or top of the line server hardware and performance you’ll be fine with unlimited hosting but if you’re running a business critical website that requires an enterprise class hardware, the best performance and uptime possible then you’re better off with a business hosting plan like our GIGA and the newly added GIGA+

Are you looking for a virus and malware scanner for your VPS or dedicated server running cPanel?

cPanel comes with clamav a free virus scanner as a plugin, all you have to do is login to your WHM manager to install it with just a few clicks.

Login to WHM > scroll down to the “cPanel” section > click on “Manage Plugins” > select “install and keep updated ” for clamavconnector and cPanel will install the plugin for you and create the link  “Configure ClamAV Scanner” under Plugins section of WHM.

You can use this configuration screen to activate the virus scanner for all or selected users to perform manual scans.

Now to the best part, how to schedule a server wide scan?

First you’ll need to create a temp directory to use as a quarantine area, /tmp/virus for example

# mkdir /tmp/virus

Then add this cron job to crontab to schedule a weekly scan of your /home directory and send the results to your email address (admin@yourdomain.com)

#crontab -e

5 0 * * 0   nice -n 19 clamscan -i -r –move=/tmp/virus /home | mail admin@yourdomain.com -s “***** Server Name – Infected files *****”