Archives for: 2007

Over the past few weeks we have performed several updates to main services on all servers. cPanel, Exim Spam filters, Modernbill, PHP and Apache have all been updated to their latest respective versions. Apache has finally been upgraded from the 1.3 version tree to version 2.2.6. cPanel has also seen a huge revision with updated graphics and new options. If you have any questions or issues with your website please let us know as soon as possible.

Thank you,
Jared

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We have just completed an upgrade to the billing system. This upgrade improves performance and stability throughout the system. If you have any questions about your account please don't hesitate to ask.

Thank you,
Jared

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At this time the server upgrade on Ace has been completed. The total downtime was around 80 seconds. This should provide better security and performance throughout the server.

Thank you,
Jared

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Due to unforeseen circumstances the Server Update planned for Ace last weekend (July 6th and 7th) was moved to this weekend (July 13th and 14th). Our preliminary checks turned up a couple of non-threatening issues that need to be fixed before the upgrade can proceed. Rest assured that these issues in no way affect your hosting experience.

Thank you,
Jared

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That's right ladies and gentlemen. It's that time of the year again where we do extensive and labor intensive upgrades to bring you the quality and service that you deserve. The server affected this week is one of our oldest running servers ACE! If you happen to be on this wonderful server you can expect very minimal downtimes with a slight chance of better performance at the end of the week. The main feature will occur on Friday the 6th and Saturday the 7th starting at 7pm CST where we will be upgrading the main Operating System. We have already upgraded several servers with a maximum downtime of 70 seconds on average.

As always everyone, keep your eyes, ears, toes, and fingers ready for anything unexpected to occur on your web hosting experience. If you notice something, even very minor, please let us know as soon as possible. We offer a plethora of ways to contact us, so please don't hesitate.

From all of the Staff at Clear-Data we hope that everyone has a Happy Independence Week.

Thank you,
Jared

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I'd like to wish a very happy birthday to our co-founder Michael Chase. This company wouldn't have made it this far without him. Everyone send him an E-mail and wish him a very special day and many more in the future.

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With this post cPanel has been upgraded to it's most recent stable version. End users should not notice any changes as the majority of the fixes affect only the backend.

The mail daemons IMAP/POP3 have also been updated.

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cPanel has been upgraded to the latest, most stable version.

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The following scripts in Fantastico have been updated:

• Gallery: 2.1.2 -> 2.2.1
• WordPress: 2.1.2 -> 2.1.3

Thank you.

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MySQL has been upgraded to the latest most stable version. As always if you have any errors with your SQL databases please let us know as soon as possible.

Thank you.

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At this time Rod has been successfully upgraded to FreeBSD 6.2 Release. The approximate downtime was 150 seconds. The last uptime report before reboot was a total of 233 days, 19 hours and 49 minutes. Everything is running as expected.

Thank you.

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OS upgrades have been scheduled for this coming week. All servers hosted on FreeBSD will be upgraded to the latest Release of 6.2. We will upgrade one server at a time until all servers have been upgraded. We do not anticipate any problems with these upgrades. We are looking forward to this as there have been quite a few security enhancements as well as a few performance enhancements. The first server to be upgraded will be Rod and will start tomorrow afternoon around 4:00 pm CST. There will be at least four reboots per upgrade for each server. Downtime is expected to be very minimal.

Thank you.

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Our news engine back-end(b2evolution) has been upgraded to the latest most stable version. There should not be a noticeable difference to the end-user. This upgrade is a functionality and security upgrade for the editors of news and press releases.

Thank you.

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OpenSSH has been upgraded on all servers to it's most latest and most stable version. If you have any problems logging into your shell account please send an e-mail to our Support Department.

Thank you.

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The following scripts have been updated in Fantastico:

• FAQMasterFlex: 1.5 -> 1.51
• Moodle: 1.7 -> 1.7.1
• SMF: 1.1.1 -> 1.1.2
• WebCalendar: 1.0.4 -> 1.0.5
• WordPress: 2.1.1 -> 2.1.2

If you have any questions or need assistance in upgrading your scripts, please contact our support department.

Thank you.

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Our billing back-end (Modernbill) has been upgraded to the latest version. This fixes numerous bugs as well as a few performance enhancements. If you notice any problems with your billing account please open up a support ticket or send us an e-mail.

Thank you.

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The following scripts have been updated in Fantastico:

• FAQMasterFlex: 1.1 -> 1.5
• Templates Express: 1.6 -> 1.7 (4 New Templates)
  • Animals: Horse - 2
  • Photography - 4
  • Photography - 5
  • Transportation - 2
• WordPress: 2.1 -> 2.1.1

If you have any questions, please contact our support department.

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We have upgraded cPanel to the most current version. This patches a few minor security issues. There should not be any noticeable changes to the end-user.

Thank you.

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MySQL has been upgraded to the latest stable version. If you have any questions about this upgrade please contact us.

Thank you.

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The following scripts have been updated in fantastico:

• b2evolution: 1.8.6 -> 1.9.2
• Post-Nuke: 0.762 -> 0.764
• phpESP: 1.7.5 -> 1.8.2
• Soholaunch Pro Edition: 4.9 r51 -> 4.9 r55
• TikiWiki: 1.9.4 -> 1.9.7

If you need any help updating your scripts please contact our support department.

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From everyone here at Clear-Data, we wish you a Happy Valentine's Day. Hope the guys out there didn't forget to purchase a gift for their loved ones! Also, stay away from those Sweethearts if you can.

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PHP has been upgraded to the latest version. There are quite a few security fixes as well as a few speed enhancements.

Thank you.

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The following scripts have been updated in Fantastico:

• Drupal: 4.7.5 -> 5.1
• Geeklog: 1.4.0sr5-1 -> 1.4.1
• Open-Realty: 2.3.4 -> 2.3.6
• PHProjekt: 5.1 -> 5.2

If you have any problems updating your scripts please contact us as soon as possible.

Thank you.

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BIND has been upgraded on all servers. This brings the end-user all the latest security patches and bug fixes to make sure your website continues to resolve around the world.

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As of this post, the News Engine back-end has been upgraded to the latest release. This brings a lot of new features for the Editors and will make sure that you continue to get your syndicated news as quickly and as efficiently as possible.

Thank you

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We've been working on making some changes recently and there have been three major ones that affect all users.

The first is the makeover of the billing portion of our website. We have upgraded to a much more powerful and user friendly piece of software. You can view this thread for more information on the changes.

The second change has to do with our website. You can now access Billing via a 'quick link' found at the top of every page. In addition, we have moved to a shopping cart format for all purchases. This should hopefully make things a little less confusing when submitting new orders.

The last modification has to do with the way that e-mail is sent out from the server. We have disabled the user 'nobody' from sending mail so that everything must be sent from a valid SMTP account. We have a thread in our forums with a little bit more information on the subject. If you need any help with this or any further instruction on how to get your scripts to send e-mail, please contact us.

Thanks.

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I'd like to wish a happy birthday to our Co-CEO and founder, Jared McGee. We would be nothing without him and may he have a terrific day and many more in the future.

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