Hosting

Server Disk Replaced

Posted by on September 21, 2011 at 3:51 pm

We would just like to let our customers know that we have replaced one of the hard disks on the main hosting server last night. The server in question has a number of disks that mirror their data. One of disks was running slowly and so it has been replaced. All sites tested and working [...]

Server Upgrade #2

Posted by on April 6, 2011 at 7:40 pm

We are upgrading again! Yes, I know, it means about 10 minutes of downtime and a pain in the backside for you and me, but hey it will all be worth it in the end. As mentioned previously speed is getting to be a vital issue with many applications now running on-line and our clients are asking each week [...]

Three outgoing SMTP mail server

Posted by on March 30, 2011 at 10:57 am

Wow what fun we have with sending mail via the various broadband providers in Ireland. As you might be aware receiving an email is usually no problem and people get mail via the email provider, so Eircom customers get mail from mail.eircom.net and most companies get mail from mail.companydomain.ie etc. I have spoken about this [...]

Server Upgrade Today!

Posted by on March 24, 2011 at 1:33 pm

Hi folks, Quick notice that at 13:30 today the server will be down for 15 minutes while we carry out an upgrade. It will be back on-line when the installation is complete. Apologies for late notice, but this is a necessary upgrade for all concerned. More details once it is completed .

Server RAID system back online

Posted by on March 13, 2011 at 11:42 am

Just a quick note to let our hosting customers know that our main hosting server is back on-line as of last night at 1:45am. The server has a multiple hard disk system that duplicates the content called a RAID system. One of these hard disks was failing last week and we had to be replaced. [...]

Server Upgrade

Posted by on March 7, 2011 at 10:51 pm

I would like to let our hosting customers know that at 8am on Thursday 10th March 2011, we are upgrading the main hosting server. The upgrade will take approximately 15 minutes to perform services will resume once the server is booted. If you have any questions before this takes place then give me a call [...]

Amateur spammers?

Posted by on March 30, 2010 at 4:46 pm

We would like to inform all our clients on our business hosting packs that we have put a limit on the number of outgoing emails to avoid them being “ear-marked” as amateur spammers! Example: If you are using an email program like Outlook Express, Thunder Bird you will be writing an email and then adding [...]

Eircom DNS

Posted by on December 17, 2009 at 7:35 pm

We have been approached by a local business to revamp their website and bring it up to new modern standards as well as making it content managed by the owners, so we set about the usual investigations to find where the domain was registered and where it is hosted etc. Eircom business have the account, [...]

Website Hosting in Wexford back up

Posted by on November 11, 2009 at 9:28 am

Just to let everyone know that the servers upgrade went well tonight. We started it with Niall our engineer at the helm. The system was brought down at 21.04 and the data was transfered acrossed fine. They then brought it back up at 22.10 and the individual services were started one at a time, stats, [...]

Our Servers will be upgraded . .

Posted by on October 19, 2009 at 6:27 pm

Due to continued growth in an extraordinary year, we are happy to be in a position of having to upgrade our hosting servers to keep up with the demand for high quality web hosting in Ireland. Our new servers continue to be managed by Blacknight Internet Solutions based in Carlow. These guys are the ones [...]

Email Spam Filters needed in 2009

Posted by on January 7, 2009 at 6:35 pm

Spam is on the rise. We have had a number of telephone calls about the high level of spam that clients and others are receiving in the new year. As the global ecomomy slows companies are using more and more email to get their point across, so expect more of this in 2009. We have [...]

Google Dropped my site?

Posted by on July 21, 2008 at 11:16 am

Google will and can drop your website if the domain names expires. This is often the case when you forget to pay for the domain renewal. If your hosting or web development company sends you an invoice for “Renewal” pay attention to it. Today we had a company call in asking why their website had [...]

This Account Has Been Suspended – Please contact the billing/support department as soon as possible.

Posted by on July 17, 2008 at 4:24 pm

This Account Has Been Suspended Please contact the billing/support department as soon as possible. We got a call today from a business asking what this means, When we looked up their domain we were able to tell them that the hosting company they were using in the USA had suspended their account for non payment. [...]