Tag Archive: server setup

WebSitePanel – MySQL problem fix – UPDATED

Posted Apr.28, 2011 under WebSitePanel Fixes

Here you can download the files for fixing mysql issues ( deleting database ) on WSP 1.0.1.0, 1.0.2 , 1.1.0 and 1.1.2

INSTRUCTIONS :

Replace “websitepanel.providers.database.mysql.dll” file in “server\bin” folder with the one you downloaded. These fixes fixed my problem on all servers EXCEPT the one running mysql 5.0.27 version….ones runing 5.1 and 5.0.77 works fine. I Will update if I get this solved too…

Currently I am getting this error on 5.0.27 server: ERROR: ‘MySQL Server 5.0′ DeleteDatabase System.Data.EvaluateException: Cannot perform ‘=’ operation on System.Byte[] and System.String.

FIX for 1.0.1.0 version can be found HERE

FIX for the 1.0.2 version can be found HERE

FIX for the 1.1.0 version can be found HERE

FIX for the 1.1.2 version can be found HERE – UPDATED!!!

Hope it will be helpfull.

If you have any questions, just let me know.

Ofcourse, these fixes are provided AS-IS . I dont guarantee it will work on your machine, and I cannot take responsibility for any damages cause by it.

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Bit Rate Throttling? – HELL YEAH!

Posted Oct.15, 2010 under IIS server, News, Servers

Fact number one: If you have a streaming server, you must install this extension!

Great, now that we’ve got this fact covered, we can move on.

IIS site says:

Bit Rate Throttling, an IIS Media Services extension, saves money on network costs by metering the download speed of media and data files. For media, Bit Rate Throttling accomplishes this by automatically detecting the encoded bit rates of 11 common media formats, such as Windows Media Video (WMV), Flash Video (FLV), and MPEG 4 (MP4), and then throttling the response to the client. For any other file or MIME type, Bit Rate Throttling allows administrators to configure custom throttling rules.

Now, lets explain the same thing in a bit simpler way.

If you have a server which streams any kind of media files, Im sure you have noticed extremely high bandwidht usage on that machine. In my experience, over 40% of the bandwidth is wasted! WAIT! WHY, HOW?

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Using compression on IIS servers? Yes or no?

Posted Oct.08, 2010 under IIS server, Servers, Windows and Powershell

Well…in the very beginning, my answer is pretty much simple : yes AND no!  Why you ask?  Just keep reading…

Compression, regardless if its the compression of static or dynamic content is using CPU – that is a fact we can all agree upon.

Lets say compression is a tradeoff – CPU for bandwidth..use more cpu to “burn” less bandwidth.

The big question here is how to decide if you will benefit from turning on compression or not.

Most of us have “multi-purpose” servers which run various roles at the same time ( database server ( MYSQL , MSSQL, etc…) , mail server, web server, etc.. and all of those services are spending a certain amount of CPU time.

By turning on the compression, you will automatically “lose” some CPU time which could have been used for faster execution of some database queries i.e… Read More »

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Windows hosting cluster anyone?

Posted Oct.04, 2010 under IIS server, News, Servers, WebSitePanel Fixes, Windows and Powershell

Since cloud hosting has become very popular today :) I have decided to try creating windows cluster for plain old hosting service. Since we are already using WebSitePanel as our main control panel for windows server, the goal is to leave everything running the way it is now, but with the possiblity to add new servers to the server pool without affecting current customers and “fooling” WebSitePanel that it thinks its running on a single machine, so that it isnt aware of the cluster at all.

How did it all start?

Well, to be honest, I was very interested to migrate all of our customers from WebSitePanel to Enkompass when I saw that they are offering cluster based hosting. By going a bit deeper into the scheme of their solution I saw that its basically very simple;  ARR and a big hog of a storage server which even doesnt have to run on windows!!!

Ofcourse, I would LOVE to try Windows Storage Server and give Microsoft money for it, but…since I’m not an OEM manufacturer, I can only dream about it :(

Since I work at a hosting company which offers linux and windows hosting, we got to an idea to serve all clients from a cluster of storage servers, rather than having 2 separate clusters of storage servers, one for each hosting type ( Windows and Linux ) .

I have the entire thing “visualized” in my head…and some paper, so  I’m hoping that in month-two I will have a WORKING solution of my idea :)

Im already seeing some blade servers :) hihihihi…

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Setuping a server for web hosting – part 4: Installing PHP

Posted Apr.14, 2010 under IIS server, Servers, Windows and Powershell

Hello after a very long pause :) . Continuing the “Setuping a server for web hosting” series with the new smashing video of how to install PHP on your machine! AWESOME right? :)

In the very begining of the post, lets learn what PHP is exactly.

So, Wikipedia says ( and I add that I agree with her :) :

PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor is a widely used, general-purpose scripting language that was originally designed for web development to produce dynamic web pages. For this purpose, PHP code is embedded into the HTML source document and interpreted by a web server with a PHP processor module, which generates the web page document. As a general-purpose programming language, PHP code is processed by an interpreter application in command-line mode performing desired operating system operations and producing program output on its standard output channel. It may also function as a graphical application. PHP is available as a processor for most modern web servers and as standalone interpreter on most operating systems and computing platforms.
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