Systems Administration
08 Nov 2019
Server Pricing Report – November 2019
This is the eighth installment of our monthly server price reporting for 2019. If you’ve been following along, 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 with WebHosting Talk and on our blog. Currently, all listed prices are
24 Oct 2019
DirectAdmin vs. cPanel
With the recent price increases for cPanel licences, there has been a lot of chatter on various hosting forums regarding alternatives, so today I thought I’d take a look and see what else is out there for those of you that may be considering looking for an alternative. There seems to be three main contenders
07 Oct 2019
IPv4 Address Subnetting Explained
Every server at IOFlood comes standard with one /29 worth of IPv4 IP addresses. Additional IP’s can be added at an extra cost, up to a total of one single /24 (or equivalent) worth of IPv4 addresses per server. But how many IP’s do you really get with a /29 or a /24? In this
04 Oct 2019
Server Pricing Report – October 2019
This is the seventh installment of our monthly server price reporting for 2019. If you’ve been following along, 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 with WebHosting Talk and on our blog. Currently, all listed prices are
13 Sep 2019
Server Pricing Report – September 2019
This is the sixth installment of monthly server price reporting for 2019. August was incredibly busy, so again this month we’re skipping from July to September. If you’ve been following along, 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
13 Jul 2019
Server Parts Pricing Report – July 2019
This is the fifth installment of monthly server price reporting for 2019. May was unusually busy, so again this month we’re skipping from April to June. If you’ve been following along, 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
21 Jun 2019
Server Pricing Report – June 2019
May was another incredibly busy for all of us here at IOFlood, so this month we’re skipping straight to our June edition of the Server Pricing Report. If you’ve been following along, we’ve been tracking changing parts prices for RAM, SSDs, Hard Drives, CPUs, and a couple of GPUs. Typically this is done monthly, and
14 Jun 2019
Connecting to an IOFlood VPN via PPTP on Archlinux
We love servers, and we love our customers! Our customers are the ones we do this for, so it’s always a great thing for us when we get positive feedback from our customers, we know we’re doing things right. Recently one of our customers reached out to us and shared with us a blog entry
02 Apr 2019
IOFLOOD.com – Phoenix, AZ, Dedicated Servers: 2019 Carrier Upgrades and Network Improvements
Update: Edited 6/9/2019 to reflect adding 2x10gbps of GTT IOFLOOD.com is proud to announce that we’ve completed a series of upgrades to our network to maximize performance and reliability for our dedicated server customers. To improve performance and reliability, all top of rack switches have been replaced with upgraded Juniper switches. These new models have 2x10gbps connectivity to redundant aggregation switches. This
15 Feb 2019
February 2019 Server Parts Pricing Report
Another month has gone by, and it’s time for the second installment of our monthly server parts pricing report. You may have seen the wild price fluctuations on RAM and SSDs the last year or so. As well, some models of really powerful CPUs have come way down on the aftermarket. It can be a