Technical Guides
CategoryInstalling CentOS with Adaptec Series 7 RAID Controllers
Here at Crucial we believe in keeping things simple, but not at the price of better performance. In terms of the hardware we deploy..
Basic Linux VPS Security Measures
Due to virtualisation technology it is easier and cheaper to get a VPS server. Many clients are upgrading their existing Linux shared..
CloudFlare cPanel Plugin Now Available
We have recently rolled out support for the CloudFlare solution across our cPanel based Web Hosting and Reseller Hosting services. This..
Scheduling Tasks: Cronjobs & How to Use Crontab
Recently with the wind-down over the Christmas & New Year period, we seem to have had an influx of customers with self-managed servers..
MySQL Performance: Indexing and Why We Do It?
This is a relatively short post on MySQL indexing, why we do it, what it’s advantages are, were the caveats lie and we you should study..
Everything You Should Know About Supermicro IPMI
For all our our Virtual Server nodes (not our Cloud range), Legacy Reseller / Shared nodes, Customer Dedicated Servers and Internal..
Microsoft Office 2013 is Here!
For those who have been busy moving to the Cloud, you may of not noticed that Microsoft has released a new installment of their Office..
Website Load Testing
Here at Crucial we have a large number of customers running their own VPS & Dedicated Server hosting environments. However, as some..
cPanel AWStats Explained
AWStats is a free application that is powerful and packed with tools that generates advance statistics of Web, Ftp and Mail server..
Keeping Your Data Secure in the Cloud
Placing your data in the cloud without any safeguards is like leaving your car unattended with the door unlocked, and keys in the..
Install TikiWiki on Your cPanel Hosting
If you’re looking for a free, easy to install wiki to run on your cPanel hosting, then TikiWiki might just be the application for you...
Testing Network Bandwidth? Use IPERF
During a recent project, I wanted to check the bandwidth or throughput available across various portions of our network. This was part of..