Sitestash Web Hosting

DirectAdmin Web Hosting Servers Now Run Installatron

blog — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:16:54 +0000

Due to popular demand Sitestash is now deploying the Installatron software auto installer on all DirectAdmin web hosting servers.

Installatron is currently capable of automatically installing the following scripts:

Aardvark Topsites
Advanced Guestbook
Advanced Poll
b2evolution
Code Igniter
Contact Form
Coppermine
Coranto
Crafty Syntax Live Help
CubeCart
Drupal
Feed On Feeds
Flat Calendar
Gallery 1
Gallery 2
GBook
Help Center Live
iTron Clock
Joomla
LimeSurvey
Magento
Mambo
MediaWiki
Moodle
Noah’s Classifieds
ocPortal
OpenX
osCommerce
osTicket
PHP-Nuke
phpBB
phpCOIN
phpESP
php File Manager
phpFormGenerator
phpLinkDirectory
PHPLinks
PHPlist
phpMyChat
phpMyCounter
phpMyFAQ
PHProjekt
phpShop
Pivot
Power File Manager
Search Engine Project
Simple Machines Forum
Simple Poll
SiteBar
Site Recommender
Soholaunch
SugarCRM
WebCalendar
WebCards
WordPress
XMB Forum
Xoops
Zen Cart
Zikula

All Sitestash Hosting Servers Now Backup To Off-site NAS Array

blog — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:09:50 +0000

Over the past few weeks Sitestash has purchased space in a building near our datacenter, in that space we’ve built a small network pop and datacenter. We’ve installed a 12 strand fiber optic cable between the buildings, giving us 6 pairs of fiber into that facility. Sitestash now has all web hosting servers attached to a large network storage array in the new facility, daily backups are now sent off-site the moment the backups are created.

The new storage array is also available to colocation customers wanting to have a true off-site backup solution. All that is required is a cross-connect cable from your equipment to one of our backend network switches. Port speeds up to 1Gbit are available, and as it’s on the backend network there are no bandwidth charges for data transfer.

In addition to the network storage array, Sitestash is also providing internet service to the building that equipment is in. Tenants can connect to the internet via in-building WiMax, or traditional ethernet with speeds up to 1Gbit. Office space is available in the building if you’re in the Atlanta market, please contact us if you’re interested and we’ll connect you with the leasing agent.

Happy New Year!

Shared And Reseller Hosting Plan Upgrades From Sitestash

blog — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:47:59 +0000

Sitestash has once again updated it’s shared and reseller hosting plans to provide double the resources as previous plans. All existing customers should now see the updated resource allotments in their account control panel, and all new hosting accounts will automatically be setup with the new hosting plan specs.

Sitestash supports fast IMAP IDLE on Android smartphones

blog — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:49:01 +0000

Sitestash has tested and confirmed support for Android devices using the new IMAP IDLE features of the k9mail app. Our web servers support instant PUSH features, resulting in much better battery life and near instant email delivery. Once installed k9mail will login to the Sitestash email server hosting your domain using IMAP and set the session to IDLE, when new mail arrives the email server “wakes up” the Android data connection to deliver the mail. This feature allows you to gain battery life by no longer requiring the phone to check for new mail every X minutes.

Testing has shown a delivery time of around 8-16 seconds under ideal conditions from the time the email hits the server till the time the phone displays a new email alert. Under less than ideal conditions (poor signal, bad coverage, etc) the delivery time for new mail was still usually under 60 seconds with an average of 45 seconds from the time the email reached the server hosting your domain.

These features are fully supported on all Sitestash hosting servers, however depending on your service provider and coverage area your results may vary slightly.

Sitestash Adds Windows Media Streaming

blog — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:13:52 +0000

Sitestash has added Windows Media Streaming to it’s line of services. The new service allows for a wide range of video and audio streaming options. Sitestash is taking a different approach to Windows Media Streaming, with our service you will receive a dedicated IP address and a dedicated bandwidth allotment based on your selected streaming plan. The new approach allows users full freedom to bitrates and quality settings, controlled by the user and only limited by the plan’s bandwidth allocation.

For more information please visit Windows Media Streaming Atlanta

Sitestash is adding Sun Microsystems Sun Fire servers to the business class web hosting line.

blog — Thu, 14 May 2009 15:14:20 +0000

Sitestash has started to deploy Sun Microsystems Sun Fire servers for business class shared webhosting servers. Our Supermicro line well remain in service as the hardware flexibility is unbeatable, but we do expect the Sun Fire’s to take over on the business class webhosting services.

The new Sun Fire servers feature the latest in high performance hardware, all include hotswap SAS based disk drives or 10k RPM SATA in some models, built in RAID controllers, multiple built-in gigabit ethernet ports for connection to our NAS arrays and backend network, full lights out management cards for access to servers without needing physical access, redundant power supplies, and hotswap cooling fans.

These new servers will be deployed entirely on our hybrid security network, ensuring the best possible protection for your business related website.

Sitestash Starts Testing IPv6 Address Space

blog — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:35:44 +0000

In an effort to bring new features to our customers, Sitestash as started the testing of IP version 6 address space . This will allow Sitestash to offer full hosting service on IPv6 addresses as IPv4 address space continues to become more and more limited and hard to come by.

Deploying IPv6 is a rather complicated process, and we will be working with our providers over the next few weeks to deploy and test our first IPv6 network. As testing progresses we will make mention of it on the blog and start accepting some test users to see how it works for them. Every existing customer will be allowed a free basic hosting account on the IPv6 network for testing, and the account will remain free for as long as Sitestash is in the testing phase.

All current IPv4 address space will remain in use as is, so no one has to worry about switching servers and all that fun stuff. Sitestash will simply be making IPv6 available to any new or existing customer who chooses to host on that network.

Sitestash Upgrades IMAP IDLE PUSH Email Services

blog — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:02:20 +0000

Sitestash has once again updated the IMAP IDLE PUSH email service, the new upgrade is showing an almost instant response time on starting a PUSH to IMAP IDLE client email software.

It is now a matter of seconds between the time an email arrives at the server, and the time the email is pushed out to an IMAP IDLE client. This provides near instant email delivery to normal desktop client software, and in most cases less than 5 second deliveries to supported PDA’s and Smartphones.

This upgrade will also benefit Smartphone battery life, as the time required to deliver an email and return to an IDLE state is even faster than the last email service version.

Sitestash Introduces Solid State Disk Drives To The Server Line

blog — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:33:41 +0000

Sitestash is pleased to announce the launch of Solid State Disk Drives (SSD) on our new high performance servers. The performance differance between SSD drives and server grade SATA drives is so great, that the speed increse is outweighing one of the most important factors, cost. Sitestash is expecting to do more extensive testing, primarily in high load database servers to see if the performance vs. cost results will carry over into more standard server configurations.

Sitestash Upgrades Personal Hosting Plans

blog — Sat, 31 May 2008 01:00:53 +0000

Sitestash is happy announce resource upgrades to all of our personal hosting plans. All current customers will be automatically upgraded over the weekend.

Plans can been seen HERE