Joe
11-02-2003, 08:05 AM
I'd like to give you a status report on our transition to Direct Admin. I guess this will be more of a "here's where we are, here's where we're headed" report.
1. So far, I'm VERY pleased with the way DirectAdmin is managing the servers. Server loads are MUCH MUCH less than we experienced on Ensim. The disk handling routines, apache restarts, etc - all lead to a better experience for the user, and the server administrator.
2. DirectAdmin has been VERY proactive with their issues and upgrades. Since we've used them, there have been 3 significant updates ... all without problems - all performed BY DirectAdmin, flawlessly.
3. IMAP rollout was not without it's own issues, but it is being refined and worked on by DA staff. I'm strongly leaning towards converting the IMAP structure to Courier-IMAP -v- UW. There are a lot more benefits, and higher compatibility ratings with Courier. A couple of people have tried to use HORDE (IMP) Webmail - it doesn't work real well under UW - but should work fine under Courier-IMAP. No ETA yet, but it's something we're looking into
4. Stats (http://www.site-helper.com/stats.html). I know everyone is looking for a more robust stats package like AWstats ... we're working towards that. Again, no ETA, but probably before the end of the year. Webalizer (a very common, good program), is installed in your control panel by default
5. I'd like to address the issue of progress in leaving Rackshack. We are about 90% cleared off www7 - there are a couple people I'm waiting on to finish clearing their sites - www7 will be released to Rackshack in 7 days.
www8. We are going to begin a push to clear www8 by December 1, so it can be released to RS by 12/5.
ensim1&2. We will be working towards clearing those servers asap. I'd like to have those completely cleared by 2/5.
If you have NOT begun moving yet, PLEASE open a helpdesk ticket at http://helpdesk.hostpc.com - ask to be setup on the new servers - you'll appreciate the differences - and the added features of DirectAdmin.
Last subject - our current sale. Our current sale has been somewhat slower than predicted, but thats giving us time to catch up on the issues of moving to DirectAdmin and the new datacenter. These are the final two weeks of the sale - it absolutely ends 11/18, and will NOT be repeated before the end of the year. If you're going to order, now is the time.
Thanks everyone for your continued support...
Joe[/url]
1. So far, I'm VERY pleased with the way DirectAdmin is managing the servers. Server loads are MUCH MUCH less than we experienced on Ensim. The disk handling routines, apache restarts, etc - all lead to a better experience for the user, and the server administrator.
2. DirectAdmin has been VERY proactive with their issues and upgrades. Since we've used them, there have been 3 significant updates ... all without problems - all performed BY DirectAdmin, flawlessly.
3. IMAP rollout was not without it's own issues, but it is being refined and worked on by DA staff. I'm strongly leaning towards converting the IMAP structure to Courier-IMAP -v- UW. There are a lot more benefits, and higher compatibility ratings with Courier. A couple of people have tried to use HORDE (IMP) Webmail - it doesn't work real well under UW - but should work fine under Courier-IMAP. No ETA yet, but it's something we're looking into
4. Stats (http://www.site-helper.com/stats.html). I know everyone is looking for a more robust stats package like AWstats ... we're working towards that. Again, no ETA, but probably before the end of the year. Webalizer (a very common, good program), is installed in your control panel by default
5. I'd like to address the issue of progress in leaving Rackshack. We are about 90% cleared off www7 - there are a couple people I'm waiting on to finish clearing their sites - www7 will be released to Rackshack in 7 days.
www8. We are going to begin a push to clear www8 by December 1, so it can be released to RS by 12/5.
ensim1&2. We will be working towards clearing those servers asap. I'd like to have those completely cleared by 2/5.
If you have NOT begun moving yet, PLEASE open a helpdesk ticket at http://helpdesk.hostpc.com - ask to be setup on the new servers - you'll appreciate the differences - and the added features of DirectAdmin.
Last subject - our current sale. Our current sale has been somewhat slower than predicted, but thats giving us time to catch up on the issues of moving to DirectAdmin and the new datacenter. These are the final two weeks of the sale - it absolutely ends 11/18, and will NOT be repeated before the end of the year. If you're going to order, now is the time.
Thanks everyone for your continued support...
Joe[/url]