Monthly Archives: November 2011
Faking Magento Speed Test Results
Web hosting is a competitive industry. Hosting companies can often find success by differentiating themselves through specialization. To that end, companies specializing in hosting certain popular web applications such as WordPress or Magento have been able to compete against the … Continue reading
How to Fix the WordPress Admin Upgrade Loop
WordPress is typically great about taking care of itself and dealing with upgrades elegantly. However, sometimes it gets stuck in a rut. One common issue we’ve seen is the upgrade loop, which presents you with a page in wp-admin explaining … Continue reading
Nexcess Announces New WordPress Hosting Platform
Ann Arbor, Michigan, November 10, 2011 – Nexcess, a web hosting provider with data center facilities in Dearborn and Southfield, Michigan, has announced the release of a new web hosting platform that is designed specifically for hosting WordPress web sites. … Continue reading
Testing Network Performance and Throughput with Iperf
Scenario 1: You you have two servers located a large geographical distance apart, say one in The US, the other in the UK. You are copying a large file between these two locations via scp but you are only averaging … Continue reading
