When I was using shared hosting I had many problems. Most common problems were: Downtime, slow webpage load time, response time higher than that of Google PageSpeed recommended value, occasional downtime, unstable connection. I switched to a VPS using a Virtualmin panel. Load times and response time were improved and so was my experience. I was happy with solution […]
Setup $10 Speed monster VPS for WordPress in 10 minutes
When I started with this blog, I was using shared hosting. Price was good, and it had an unlimited plan. Unlimited domains, disk space… For a while, it was ok until I installed several plugins. Then, out of the blue, the home page took long long time to load. Their response was that it’s a […]
Nginx is on fire
Nginx pronounced engine X, is an HTTP and reverse proxy server, as well as a mail proxy server, written by Igor Sysoev. Looking at Netcraft December 2013 web survey study, I was amazed at nginx market share. Nginx is very good at handling high load. Compared to Apache it’s more flexible, lightweight and performs better than Apache. […]