Category Archives: Software

Mediatemple Grid Server (gs) MySQL and Support Problems

Posted on 15 August 2010 by dave

Let me be honest, I really REALLY want to like Mediatemple. Their website is extremely well designed, there’s loads of support information in their customer area, their GPU system gives you detailed information on high-resource scripts and files on your … Continue reading →

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SPF Records for Google Apps Hosted Mail – avoiding rejected emails

Posted on 8 April 2010 by dave

Using Google Apps for your domain’s email? Well you definately need to set up some SPF records. Reason I’m posting this? Made this mistake myself and had quite a few bounced emails! It seems yahoo is extremely strict when it … Continue reading →

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Automatic Local, FTP & Email Backups of MySQL Databases with Cron

Posted on 7 April 2010 by dave

I’ll start by saying this is not all my own code, it is based on dagon design’s original release in 2007 (Automatic MySql Backup Script) but this version builds on their version 2.1 to add FTP support. What this script … Continue reading →

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Godaddy FTP Backup Servers – Dedicated Plesk Server

Posted on 21 September 2008 by dave

One of our clients recently had an issue where his Godaddy FTP Backup Server was full – causing his seperate dedicated Plesk Server to fill up it’s own Drive with Temp files, while at the same time use a lot … Continue reading →

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Where are Plesk Backups Kept?

Posted on 21 September 2008 by dave

Plesk incorporates a useful backup utility which allows an easy backup of your server, on a schedule or just when you please (AKA log in and click backup…). You can choose between local backups and remote backups too, allowing you … Continue reading →

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