Howto choose Web Hosting

1. Network Uptime.

Always be sure to ask a host what's their current network uptime average. Most hosts usually monitor such a statistic. It is important to get as much information on the host's network, their stability and servers being used before registering. If your website is truly important to you, then you can't take the risk of signing with a host that has a pattern of constant down-time.

2. Support.

When you have a problem or an important question that needs to be answered immediately, then you'll need a host with prompt and courteous support. Before signing up with any host, you can test their support by emailing to their support email address with a general technical question to gear the response time. In some cases, this may not be a good assessment of their support but it could give a general idea.

3. Features.

Does the host support all the features needed to be implemented on your site? That's an important factor when choosing a host. Always remember the fact that not all hosts offer multi-platform hosting. You may find some hosts doing strictly Linux Hosting and other Windows Hosting. Each platform has it's limitations concerning certain features, so if you ever wanted to switch platforms it would be handy if your host had both types of platforms available.

4. Pricing.

Shop around and do comparisons in terms of price for similar hosting packages. You may find huge price gaps between hosts. Is their a reason for this? It would be wise to ask the host(s) in question why their prices are so drastically cheaper or in some cases more expensive than other hosts offering similar packages. If the host chooses to respond to your question, and the response is feasible then you should have a clearer perception of the reason for the price gaps.

source: Dedicated Servers Seek

why my Domain has not transferred yet?

There are various cases where a Domain Name MAY NOT be transferable to another Registrar. This could happen in the following circumstances:

1. Domain Name is less than 60 days Old - If the domain you are trying to transfer is less than 60 days old, the request will get rejected by the Registry itself. Domain Names less than 60 days old are not allowed to be transferred to any other registrar by ICANN Guidelines

2. Domain Name has been transferred less than 60 days ago - If you have transferred your domain name to less than 60 days back, then it can not be transferred again for a period of 60 days. An exception to this rule is the transfer back to the previous Registrar in cases where both Registrars so agree and/or where a decision in the dispute resolution process so directs.

3. You have Locked your Domain Name - If you have Locked your Domain Name from the Control Panel provided by the current Registrar, then a Transfer Request for that Domain Name will not be allowed. You will first have to unlock the Name from the Control Panel and then proceed with a Transfer Request.

4. Your Registrar has applied a Lock or Hold on your Domain Name - If the current Registrar has applied a Lock or Hold on the domain name due to some pending issue, you would be advised to get in touch with their (current Registrar's) Support Team to resolve this issue, before applying for a transfer.

5. If the domain name is in Redemption Period or in the Pending Delete State, the domain name can not be transferred.


Check if your Domain Name Transfer Status, usually the status is Pending Transfer when it's processing

There can be only 3 Statuses of a domain name that has not yet been transferred :

a. Trying to fetch Admin Contact Email Address:
The system automatically fetches the Admin Contact e-mail address by contacting the Whois Server of the Current Registrar. However, sometimes the Current Registrar's Whois Server does not respond to our request.

b. Transfer waiting for Admin Contact Approval:
Upon initiating a Transfer, The system sends an e-mail to the Admin Contact of the domain name as appearing in the Whois Server of the Current Registrar.

In case the Admin Contact does not receive the Transfer Request in an hour after placing a transfer, you may resend the Transfer Request

IMPORTANT

There might be instances where the Admin Contact Email Address was changed after the transfer request was placed. In such a case, when Resending Authorization Request would NOT send the mail to the new Email address. To send the Email to the new address, the current transfer needs to be failed and a fresh transfer order needs to be placed.

Sometimes, it may be possible that the Admin Contact has still not received an e-mail sent by the system, due to any of several problems including network blockages, spam filters, etc.. To circumvent such a situation, you may send the Transfer Form by fax

Wait for 5 days for the Administrative Contact to approve the Transfer. If the Administrative Contact remains silent (neither approves or disapproves the transfer), assume that the Administrative Contact does not wish to transfer his domain name.

Domain Name Deletion

A Domain Name may be Deleted from our database by 2 methods :

1. System Deletion
Once a Domain Name has expired, it will go to into Renewal Grace Period, where you can renew this Domain Name at normal costs. This Renewal Grace Period would be for 40 days. This Domain Name will be DELETED from your account on or after these 40 days.

2. Manual Deletion, only within 4 days of Registration
If you already have a Domain Name Registered, you can delete it from your Control Panel within 4 days of Registration. Deleting the Domain Name will immediately stop all actions (like the Website and Mails) associated with the Domain Name. Also, a Domain Name explicitly deleted would entitle you to a Refund of the entire amount, and there would be a charge of USD 1.0 for the Deletion.

Domain Redemption

What is Redemption Grace Period and how to get a Domain Name back from it (Restoring a Domain Name)

Once a Domain Name is Deleted, the Domain Name would slip into the Redemption Period ONLY if the domain name was deleted by the system after the Renewal Grace Period and does not have any backorder against it. In all other cases a deleted domain name cannot be renewed/restored/redeemed.

Redeeming a Domain Name is costly, time consuming and manual process. The Redemption Period is of 30 days after the Domain Name is deleted and during this period only the current Registrar of the Domain Name can Redeem the Domain Name.

If during this period the Domain Name is not Redeemed, then the Domain Name would move to the Pending Delete period for 5 days. In this status the Domain Name cannot be Redeemed and after this period the Domain Name would available for Registration.

Fantastico

Like many other web hosting which is using cpanel as control panel, earhost also provides fantastico, an easy installater script (mostly are free scripts). Bahasa Indonesia is supported in it.




















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VPS

VPS or Virtual private servers is a form of virtualization that splits a single physical server into multiple virtual servers. The practice of partitioning a single server so that it appeared as multiple servers has long been common practice in mainframe computers, but has seen a resurgence lately with the development of software and technologies such as Virtuozzo, Xen, FreeBSD Jail, User-mode Linux, Linux-VServer, FreeVPS, OpenVZ, and VMware.

Web Hosting Company that provide VPS are :

Ensim
Ensim's award-winning product line includes control panels, virtual private servers, server management, as well as Microsoft Exchange hosting software.

H-Sphere
Hsphere is scalable multi-server, centralized hosting automation software with fully brandable resellers support, comprehensive recurrent billing, trouble ticket system as well as complete account provisioning automated signup. It supports Win2000, Linux & FreeBSD. It provides fully features, easy-to-use end user web based control panel, and powerful admin user interface.

SW-soft
SW-soft develops the Virtuozzo technology and the HSPcomplete hosting automation solution. SWsoft's products deliver powerful, comprehensive solutions that power data center management and provide excellent return on investment.

Sphera
Sphera is a leading developer of Web hosting automation and management software for Internet data centers, ISPs and hosting providers. Sphera's HostingDirector enables cost-cutting and revenue increases by automating Web hosting management, facilitating sales of value added applications, services and more.

These above hosting software firms develop popular and dependable VPS packages. Consider using a hosting firm that elects to use one of the above virtual private server systems.

Howto prevent domain scam/fraud

1. Always research the other party
Who are you dealing with? Is it a legitimate business registered somewhere? Use the Internet to your advantage. The fraudsters did research on you, your contact information; why not do the same to them? Checking for validity is very simple, a WHOIS on their domain name, or a simple search on the Internet (Google, Yahoo search) for their business name. Include the word “scam”, “fraud” into the query to specifically ask for negative results and if you could not find any relevant results then it could be they are really legitimate or they have changed their names, use another email address, use another company name or you are being worked by a new (not necessary inexperienced) scammer.
2. Think of the worst-case scenarios
Imagine these scenarios and figure how you should deal with it. When receiving money, ask yourself the questions: can they charge back or reverse the charge? If they can dispute the charge, do you have documents to back up your claim? When sending money, ask yourself if anything could go wrong during the transactions (paid and nothing change hands, shipped but never get to the destination, dead on arrival)
3. Do not believe anything you see and hear in the reply
Even if the fraudster refers you to another company that looks legitimate, these companies might be in the same scheme or the other company is also a victim and does not know their credibility is on the line. If in doubt, contact the other company to verify if this person is actually registered, licensed to do business with them.
4. Don’t send money because you are going to receive more money later
This is a classic and yet general scheme that could apply to any field. Someone sends you a check for $6,500 USD and asks to get $500 back because they mistakenly added $500 extra. Someone asks you to pay for a domain appraisal certificate, a trademark search at a specific company before agreeing to buy your domain name for 5 grands.
5. Use visual cues, pay attention to details
The first thing, the payment form has to be in a secure page (SSL-encrypted, showing a lock or yellow address bar). When you receive a link to the payment site, try to visit some other parts of the site, see if there is any content or just the form to set you up. Check out for irregularities, unprofessional details (broken links, misspelled words). These little things could trigger a potential larger problem and raise your awareness/alert for the whole situation
6. Be a little paranoid, never let your guard down
Face-to-face (or on-the-phone) frauds and scams require a more professional breed. Online scams are much easier to pull off and therefore you’re more likely to be tricked online than offline.
7. If it is too good to be true, it probably is
You think you’re in for an amazing deal, it could be either these two cases. You’re a talented investor, deal-hunter with proven track record in the past OR you have no clue and someone is playing tricks to get your money.
8. When in doubt, check it out
If there is any sign of problem, step back, stop the transactions if it's not too late and verify/confirm your doubts/assumptions (call someone for verification, call your bank, ask for additional support documents). If you think these steps are time-consuming, think about how much time, money, effort it would take to recover from a charge-back, dispute and emotional distress once you become the victim.
9. Choose the right payment method
There are many ways you can send and receive money online. Use the ones you’re most comfortable and have previously experienced/dealt with. Checks could be fake and returned with charge back to your account later. PayPal payments by unverified, non-insured sender or by credit card, can also be charged back later (many cases up to 90 days). Even though you might think for PayPal to accept the payment, the transaction should have passed a rigorous fraud check, it might not be the case. Using an escrow service sounds safe but it depends on the service credibility. If they are licensed or accredited by a trusted source or they are just a random shop just opened a couple month ago.
10. Have some detective fun
In the first contact, it could be hard to tell/confirm their validity. Go ahead and ask for more information, confirm your doubt, get them talking, pretend to follow their scheme but do not send them what they want (money or merchandise). Stop and let them know when it get to the point it is such an obvious scam. You can then share the experience with other online users to help people from falling into the same scam or use the evidence to help the police during the investigation.

For those who could not believe why people are doing bad things on the Internet and do not think it is an serious issue. Remember, there are good and bad people, anywhere, online, offline. Scamming, ripping people off is their business and that's what they do full-time for a living. I hope as more and more people are aware and educated about these fraud schemes, these guys might have to work part-time or better yet become unemployed. I hope this article has been useful for those who are smart enough to smell a stinky con operation and go search the Internet for confirmation.

Now it's time to report a recent scam. Take an example, this person contacted me (and many other domain owners as reported here and here) to show great interests in one of my domains. He offered to pay a great price but required an appraisal certificate from allfordomains.com that I believe is in the same fraud team.

Companies/Sites involving in this scam operation:

* Scammer: operaen.com
* Beneficiary: SoftForces - allfordomains.com
* Payment: emetrix.com

source: 123finder.com

Server Information/Specifications

1. Dual Processors Genuine Intel Pentium IV 3.2 Ghz
2. Memory 2 GB
3. HD 80 GB ATA DISK drive

EARHOST - Data Center

Savvis Data Center

* 153,800 sq ft building
* No advertising of SAVVIS name (plain wrapper)
* Interior and exterior security managed 24/7 by permanently assigned staff of Wackenhut guard

Zoned access throughout Data Center

* Biometric hand scanner requires ID card access and hand geometry measurements
* Customer IDC access and contacts managed via Siebel
* Current government-issued picture ID required
* ID badge and biometric hand scan to man trap with badge reader
* Second hand scans to gain access to raised floor Biometric scanner captures 3D measurements of hand

Security cameras

* Multiple 360 degree cameras with 10x zoom
* More than 100 fixed cameras
* High speed recorders with DV cassette tapes
* Hard drives to eliminate down time for tape swaps and over recording
* Minimum 30 day tape storage

Generator power

* Backup power
* Multiple CAT Diesel 20 megawatt generators
Minimum 24 hour fuel storage
* Agreements with two major carriers to provide additional diesel fuel
* Generators assumes building load within 20 seconds
* Generators are tested on weekly basis under load
* Tanks are kept at least 80% full at all times


Two utility feeds from independent substations

* Diverse paths to the building
* Feeds to building are encased in concrete
* Fed from two independent substations
* Separate transformers fed from both utility sources for redundancy

HVAC chiller systems

* Hosting space HVAC system includes (16) AHUs and (16) ACCUs manufactured by Trane
* AHUs are DX type and located in the mechanical mezzanine; the ACCUs are located on the roof
* There is adequate capacity to withstand a HVAC unit failure or an entire bus failure
Cooling is provided by both overhead and under floor air
* HVAC systems have wetted media for humidification, VFDs for each supply fan, exhaust fans to control building pressure, and economizers to utilize cool outside air
* Separate Dectron outside air handling units provide conditioned air for the hosting space
* UPS Room cooling is provided by Trane RTUs in a N+1 configuration
* Node room cooling is provided by Liebert DX CRAC units in a N+1 configuration

Network facilities - Main Node Room

* Multiple fiber providers for diversity - provides diversity and redundancy
* Each vendor can deliver additional bandwidth capacity with minimal turn-around time
* Can be delivered using existing ‘lit’ fiber
* Fiber pathways into the Data Center are truly diverse
* Fiber enters building in steel conduit from multiple points in the building

EARHOST - Backbone Network

SAVVIS has engineered its network around a single platform - AS3561 - which enables one global IP backbone, rather than regional Autonomous Systems stitched together. That means that once data gets on the network, it’s a single BGP hop to the global network node nearest its destination. This minimizes the number of router hops and reduces the risk of downtime when traffic has to traverse multiple networks.

Some of our international competitors support services on multiple continents through joint ventures and partnerships. SAVVIS owns its own network - there are no joint ventures that may affect performance and support.

single AS means:

* Customers are only one hop away from content hosted on the SAVVIS network
* Access to all of the routes on the Internet
* A single end-to-end Service Level Agreement

Network features include:

* Based on industry-leading Juniper core routers and Cisco equipment specifically designed for the needs of Tier 1 "carrier-class" customers
* OC-48/OC-192 backbone trunks, supporting MPLS protocol
* AS3561 is consistently rated over time as having the lowest latency, lowest packet loss, and highest reliability
* SAVVIS firmly segregates Layer-2 (transmission) and Layer-3 (routing)
* Layer-2 is ATM-based for traffic management
* Core network is designed for “zero” packet loss
* SAVVIS is moving to more efficient MPLS Layer 2 protocol

The graphic below illustrates our USA peering locations. SAVVIS primarily peers in Chicago, Seattle, Washington DC, Atlanta, Dallas, New York City, and San Francisco.

* Based on industry-leading Juniper core routers and Cisco equipment specifically designed for the needs of Tier 1 "carrier-class" customers
* OC-48/OC-192 backbone trunks, supporting MPLS protocol
* AS3561 is consistently rated over time as having the lowest latency, lowest packet loss, and highest reliability
* SAVVIS firmly segregates Layer-2 (transmission) and Layer-3 (routing)
* Layer-2 is ATM-based for traffic management
* Core network is designed for “zero” packet loss
* SAVVIS is moving to more efficient MPLS Layer 2 protocol

The graphic below illustrates our USA peering locations. SAVVIS primarily peers in Chicago, Seattle, Washington DC, Atlanta, Dallas, New York City, and San Francisco.



Peering
The SAVVIS Global AS3561 IP backbone has peering connections with 13 Tier 1 US and five Tier 1 European backbone providers. SAVVIS has built new OC-3 [STM-1] and OC-12 [STM-4] for a total of 26GBps connections to its largest direct connect peers, thus providing faster and more reliable access to their networks. With these enhancements, SAVVIS is able to allocate sufficient bandwidth to each peer, aiding in effective capacity planning.

In Europe, SAVVIS maintains pan-European private peering connections at LINX, PARIX and AMSIX operating at STM1 or higher speed with GTS/Ebone, Infonet/AUCS, UUNET AS703, Teleglobe and KPNQwest/EUNET. Additional European peering connections are under consideration.

These connections will provide our US customers with direct access close to 100 percent of the global address space and our European customers with direct access to 90 percent of the European address space. The benefits to SAVVIS customers include: faster access, minimum AS hops, lowest possible packet loss, and a better ability to plan for future growth for ISPs that peer with the SAVVIS IP backbone.

With an aggressive peering plan, including peering agreements with the largest Tier 1 backbones, SAVVIS is one of the leaders in the industry in finding efficient ways to route IP traffic through our network and beyond.

With the globalization of the Internet and SAVVIS' response of expanding the US based IP backbone to a truly global backbone under one AS3561, peering has become increasingly complex and the established peering policies have been amended. SAVVIS has formulated a global peering policy to maximize the benefits of peering to our customers and also provide equitable treatment of our peering partners.

In addition to its peering relationships, SAVVIS has direct transit connections with over 1,300 ISPs in the US and 100 direct connections to ISP's in over 70 countries. In peering and transit arrangements, SAVVIS' global AS3561 stands for quality, unsurpassed in the industry.

SAVVIS is a Tier 1 ISP that offers both IP connectivity and e-business solutions to enable global corporations to quickly reach their desired Internet content. To offer our customers efficient access to destinations that reside outside of SAVVIS’ Global IP Network, peering has been established at select major cities where our backbone nodes are present. In the USA, we have established peering relationships with the four other Tier 1 ISPs: AT&T (ANS), Genuity (GTE Interlink), UUNET (WorldCom), and Sprintlink.

As is the case with all Tier 1 ISPs, SAVVIS is prohibited from peering directly with any network outside the USA; however, our 270 transit relationships with 80 countries will provide the customer with excellent connectivity to overseas markets. We peer with five pan-European Regional Tier 1 networks including: UUNet (WorldCom), Ebone (GTS), AUCS (AT&T and Infonet), EUNET (KPN/Qwest), and France Telecom (which includes Global One and Equant), providing SAVVIS customers access to 90 percent of all European routes. In Asia, SAVVIS is establishing similar peering connections in Japan to provide similar route coverage. Once these peering arrangements are in place, no other Tier 1 ISP will be able to match SAVVIS’ global peering coverage.

IP Address Look Up

Fast and easy way to find out your IP address, Name address, your LAN (local area network) IP.

Show my IP

Also related site available like : ARIN whois IP, Show IP, IP Chicken, anonymous proxy and OPEN Directory project or dmoz.org Web Directory.