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18/12/2023

How much better has server storage gotten since the first SiteHost Dedicated Servers in 2007? 20x? 360x? 800x? See how the evolution from HDD to SSD to NVMe is comparable to Usain Bolt racing against a snail. https://sitehost.nz/blog/storage-hard-drives-2007-2023?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=blogshare

18/12/2023

How much better has server storage gotten since the first SiteHost Dedicated Servers in 2007? 20x? 360x? 800x? See how the evolution from HDD to SSD to NVMe is comparable to Usain Bolt racing against a snail.

Hard drive performance (storage, IOPs, latency) compared from HDD to SSD to NVMe - lower latency, higher IOPs, larger capacity

06/12/2023

UPDATE: Orders are now closed.
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ORDERS ARE CLOSING SOON for our limited edition 2024 SiteHost t-shirt. If you haven't already, head over to https://shirt.sitehost.nz and order your free shirt NOW!

05/12/2023

Been experimenting with AI-powered tools in 2023? Perhaps 2024 should be the year that you get serious about where, and how, all that valuable data and IP is hosted.

Businesses that run AI tools need control of their infrastructure. Keep data secure, fix your AI costs, and experiment freely with artificial intelligence.

30/11/2023

UPDATE: Orders are now closed.
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Orders are still open for the 100% free SiteHost 2024 t-shirt. Head to shirt.sitehost.nz now and we'll ship you a beautiful shirt early in the new year.

23/11/2023

UPDATE: Orders are now closed.
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Our annual t-shirt giveaway is back! Get your order in now and in early 2024 we'll send you a free shirt, specially designed to celebrate our 20th anniversary. https://shirt.sitehost.nz

16/11/2023

🚨🚨🚨 Some SiteHost customers have been receiving scam emails with our name and logo on them. Subject line: "Note on service renewal". These are NOT from us. Please do NOT click the link. There is more info, and ways to protect your account, on our blog:

Phishing emails are targeting SiteHost customers. Time to enable 2FA, and make sure that your not vulnerable to attack.

05/11/2023

Did you hear that AWS is about to start charging for IPv4 addresses? They say it's to nudge people over to IPv6, as if making more money is just an unintended consequence.

AWS will charge for IPv4 addresses, but adopting IPv6 is hard or impossible. So AWS gets more expensive for almost everyone.

02/11/2023

AWS bills are driving companies away from cloud services and onto dedicated hardware. How bad can they possibly be? We didn't have to look far for a development team leader who has fought with AWS cost management and has the scars to prove it. Read how our very own Ben reacted when he saw our spending go up 3x without delivering three times as much value.

AWS costs are hard to predict, and bill blowouts are all too easy. We have learned from experience managing costs of Lambda, EC2, KMS, EBS and other services.

31/08/2023

Something new is coming to the Cloud Container platform in a few days. We're looking forward to saying "YES!" when people ask if they can share directories between containers, or grant access to folders rather than containers.

SiteHost provides world class hosting to New Zealand businesses with Virtual Private Servers, Dedicated Servers and Cloud Containers.

30/08/2023

A trip down Memory Lane (by which we mean the Wayback Machine) shows how the processors in Dedicated Servers have literally gotten 100x better over time! https://sitehost.nz/blog/cpu-improvement-2007-2023?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=blogshare

08/08/2023

Today's customer newsletter includes a wrap-up of recent Cloud Container improvements, a look at our new GPU Hosting and Dedicated Server line-ups, some Linux gossip, and everyone's favourite topic: the weather. Check your inbox, or read it here:

The second half of the year is here, so it’s definitely time for our second newsletter of 2023. We’ve got news about some jaw-dropping GPUs, some very nerdy industry gossip, and a silver-lined reminder of how bad the Auckland summer was. But first, three updates from the world of Cloud Container...

24/07/2023

🪼🪼🪼 Ubuntu Jammy (22.04 LTS) is coming to Cloud Container images, so it's time to think about upgrading from Focal Fossa. See how to schedule upgrades for managed servers, or how to DIY on unmanaged servers, here:

Managed Cloud Container servers will be upgraded to Ubuntu LTS 22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish) on a schedule that you choose. Or see how to upgrade unmanaged servers.

03/07/2023

CentOS Linux was already two-thirds through its end of life phase when Red Hat abruptly pulled out the rug from under RHEL rebuilders. This complicates efforts to replace CentOS Linux, and leaves a lot of companies working hard just to stop things going backwards. Read our explainer to see how our cautious decision-making has paid off, and why Cloud Containers just became even more attractive.

Red Hat have made CentOS Linux rebuilds harder to maintain. Linux developers have problems to solve, fast.

01/06/2023

Recently we cut 80-90% of the time it takes to do things like restart a Cloud Container. The entire platform just keeps getting slicker.

SiteHost monitors and tweaks the performance of the Cloud Container Platform. A Redis change has cut 80-90% of the time most jobs take.

02/04/2023

🚨🚨 If you are running WooCommerce and Elementor, your website might be at risk. A vulnerability in older versions of Elementor can let users escalate to WordPress admin access. Log into WordPress NOW and check for updates to your Elementor plugin.

Learn everything about Elementor Pro Vulnerability Resolved in Version 3.11.7 in this article from Elementor's Knowledge Base. Get Elementor tips & more.

23/03/2023

A new Gmail policy has meant that more emails end up in spam folders rather than inboxes. If Gmail's rejecting your messages, here's an easy fix you can make:

Update your SPF record to avoid Gmail's spam policy. One new DNS TXT record can prevent Gmail from sending your message to spam, or rejecting them.

14/02/2023

Are you:
🎓 A student
💻 and a tech-head
💵 who wants to earn some extra money
🧠 and learn while you work
🏙️ in Auckland
🗓️ on weekends?

Job listing for Weekend Technical Support - Penrose - Permanent Part-time on sjs.co.nz

08/02/2023

If you manage SSH Keys for your Cloud Containers, you might see some changes today. No more duplicates, and no keys hidden from the Control Panel.

Cloud Container users now have more control over SSH keys. More visibility, no duplicates, and other updates.

31/01/2023

New on the SiteHost blog: A surprisingly large number of reasons to think carefully before you choose a domain for your new business.

Choose a domain and TLD that will last as long as your business. Changing domains is a long, costly, and not easy.

22/12/2022

Happy holidays, everyone! Just a reminder that from 1pm today we're operating on reduced hours for two weeks. Emergency support is still available as always. Full details:

Emergency 24/7 support all summer, but reduced hours for phone support. Regular ticket and email monitoring all summer.

15/12/2022

UPDATE: Orders are now closed. Shirts will be in the post early next year.

Not long until we close off orders for the FREE, multi-coloured 2023 SiteHost t-shirt. If you haven't already ordered at http://shirt.sitehost.nz, make today the day!

15/12/2022

Gareth Evans probably knows Umbraco better than anyone else in New Zealand. He is the founder of a business systems development company called Sniper Systems, a former core contributor to Umbraco, and a SiteHost customer. He's also the subject of our last profile piece for the year in which we talk about Umbraco (of course), the pitfalls of self-hosting, stressballs, and wine.

Sniper Systems co-founder and Umbraco developer Gareth Evans talks web and systems development, Umbraco versions, and hosting.

14/12/2022

From Friday, 23rd Dec to Sunday, 8th Jan we will be operating at reduced capacity. As always there are no changes to 24/7 emergency support.

Emergency 24/7 support all summer, but reduced hours for phone support. Regular ticket and email monitoring all summer.

08/12/2022

It’s that “free t-shirt” time of year! Order your 2023 SiteHost shirt from https://shirt.sitehost.nz/ now, and one of three colourful designs will arrive early next year.

18/10/2022

When ZX Security wanted to simulate a denial-of-service attack on a Government client, we were only too happy to provide them with the right weapon.

ZX Security used SiteHost hardware to perform a DoS attack on Government infrastructure.

01/05/2022

Jammy Jellyfish, the latest Ubuntu LTS release (v22.04) is ready and waiting for provisioning on new VPS and Virtual Dedicated Servers.

Our most popular option. Suitable for one website or a hundred, Cloud Containers offer a lot of control and flexibility. Quick cloning, auto back-ups, free SSL and more.