Monthly Archive:: January 2021
28 Jan 2021
What is TTL in ping / traceroute?
If you’ve run the essential diagnostic program “ping”, you may have noticed as part of the output, it tells you the “TTL” for each test result. You may have wondered, what does TTL mean? Should I be concerned about it? What does TTL actually do? We will explore that question in today’s blog. So first
25 Jan 2021
How To: Update a Contact in Ubersmith
Welcome to another of our Ubersmith ‘how to’ guides! For this post we’re going to walk you through one of the most common questions we get asked in the support department. “How do I update my contact information with you?” Missing important emails can sometimes have negative effects on your business, especially if it ends
25 Jan 2021
IOWAIT in Linux — is iowait too high?
High IOWAIT can be a real problem in linux, making your server grind to a halt. The question is, how high is too high? When should I be concerned? Firstly, we’ll talk about what IOWAIT means, discuss related statistics and how to interpret them, and finally how to decide if IOWAIT is causing a problem.
12 Jan 2021
How To: Add a Contact in Ubersmith
Welcome to another of our Ubersmith ‘how to’ guides! For this post we’re going to walk you through one of the most common questions we get asked in the support department. “How do I add additional contacts to my account?” We know that sometimes it takes lots of hands to help run a business, especially
07 Jan 2021
Server Pricing Report – January 2021
Welcome to the First installment of our monthly server price reporting for 2021. If you were following along, last year we’ve been tracking changing parts prices for RAM, SSDs, Hard Drives, CPUs, and a couple of GPUs. Typically this is done monthly, and then shared on our blog. Currently, all listed prices are from eBay,