One of our “for fun” projects we recently completed was to add online streaming audio for the two NOAA Weather Radio stations we are able to receive. By utilizing a pair of handheld Midland weather radios tuned to stations WXK58 and WWG20 feeding to our web servers, we are able to offer these live streams [...]
Posts from ‘January, 2012’
New AMD Opteron 6136 and 6128 Options
The AMD Opteron 6134 dedicated server option is no longer available due to CPU availability through our normal channels. In its place we now have two new single-socket 8-core dedicated server options: the AMD Opteron 6136 2.4GHz and Opteron 6128 2.0GHz. Any orders in progress for a 6134 will automatically upgraded to a 6136 at [...]
Dedicated Server Availability from Hard Drive Shortage
Due to hard drive shortages some dedicated server work orders may be delayed. Hard drives for pending dedicated server orders will be on a first-come first-serve basis. At this time we have multiple backorders for hard drives pending fulfillment. Our primary supplier is currently estimating drive availability between February 4th and the 16th, however, they [...]
Atom D525 Dedicated Server
We’ve added the Atom D525 to our dedicated server lineup. Mostly comparable to the D510 option, the D525 adds DDR3 memory and has a faster 1.8GHz CPU clock speed. For details see the dedicated servers page on our website.
Mail/DNS “Professional” Service Level Changes
We’re modifying the “Professional” level of our Mail/DNS service lineup: Professional will be repriced to $149/mo. Professional Plus has been discontinued. All customers that have existing Professional level services will remain unchanged as long as it continues to be renewed on time, including service levels that have been discontinued. However, as of this announcement we [...]
New Shared Colocation Brackets
We’ve split our shared colocation offering into two brackets: “small” between 1U to 5U and “large” between 6U to 10U. The monthly pricing for each U is unchanged, but the “large” bracket now includes 3Mbps of committed rate bandwidth and an extra amp of power over “small”. For details see the colocation page on our [...]
New Interface Graph Options
We’ve added some new graphing options for the interface traffic graphs available to our Colocation, Dedicated Server, and Internet Access customers. Previously the account control center only displayed a 24-hour live (with 15 minute delay) graph; interface graphs are now available with as little as a 5 minute delay from live traffic and with several [...]