Posts Tagged ‘VMWare’

Secure Server Visibility Enhancements Launch Today. Hosting with More Transparency for You.

by FireHost Evangelist on September 14th, 2010

Effective today, all FireHost customers on Secure Servers virtualized with VMWare will have even more visibility into and control over your hosting environment. Now, you can see several, key performance indicators for each secure server individually and in real time:

  • How much storage space is being used.
  • How much memory is being used.
  • If you have enough processor power provisioned to meet your traffic flow and web application objectives.

In addition to viewing server resources, you can now reboot and shutdown/startup your Secure Server autonomously, without contacting our support engineers. This feature in particular gives Account Administrators and Technical Contacts the power to restart a server if it’s non-responsive for any reason and facilitate software upgrades on your own schedule.

With the enhancements live today, you can store custom comments and instructions for each Secure Server too. Customers can use this to communicate internally when several developers or technical administrators are present, and FireHost support engineers will be able to reference the instructions you enter any time they’re working on your environment.

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The End is Near! (for Dedicated Hosting)

by FireHost Evangelist on August 2nd, 2010

No More DedicatedEarlier this year, we introduced the Secure Server – a virtualized and secure, private hosting environment for companies and individuals who have the need to mitigate high traffic, high confidentiality, high availability, and compliance online.

Right away, many business owners, designers/developers, and IT professionals “got it” and signed up on the spot. We enjoy providing exemplary protection for our early adopters, but we won’t rest until the entire web hosting community understands that security, scalability, and affordability is for everyone, not just a select few.

Overall, the mission has been well received. As any “pioneer” would expect however, Secure Servers have been met with mixed reviews, particularly from die-hard dedicated hosting proponents.

In an effort admonish any remaining doubt from those who still have reservations about this new way, we created NoMoreDedicated.com. From here, you can:

  • Watch real stories from real people told in their own words and decide if dedicated hosting is the best solution.
  • Take our short, informative test to determine if dedicated hosting is right for your hosting needs.

Once you see the facts, we’re confident you’ll want to give Secure Servers a try, so we make it easy to do so.

  • Secure Servers can be provisioning within 24 hours of validating  your order, and
  • There is no lengthy hosting contract to which you must subscribe.

If you still have reservations, that’s fine. We respect your opinion and any doubts you may have about adopting a new way to protect your business. Even if you’re not ready to join the movement full stop, we request that you follow the movement that’s putting an end to overpriced, insecure, and inflexible dedicated hosting. Big change is on the horizon.

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