Month: May 2013
You have got to love the English Weather
Rain, cloud then glorious sunshine for a few days, now the bank holiday arrives it is snow and rain on the forecast.
Average House Price in the UK almost £250,000
Rightmove’s May House Price Index shows that for the fifth consecutive month the national average has risen just shy of a quarter of a million pounds at £249,841, surpassing the previous high set in June 2012. To view the full report click here or read the May House Price Index blog story here. [Source: Rightmove Property…
SSD upgrade
Just upgraded the SSD in my main PC at home, and while the speed boos was not as noticeable as when I went from SATA to SSD, the additional 130GB will stop windows complaining that I am low on disk space.
SLA Percentage calculation
Many hosting, dedicated server & cloud providers offer uptime guarantees, but what do they actually mean in when it comes to how much downtime they have before they pay out. Here is a useful little table that explains it all. Availability % Downtime per year Downtime per month* Downtime per week 90% (“one nine”) 36.5…
Some shots from the DC
Sorry about the quality, but the iPhone is not noted for it’s camera (come on you 920 I’m waiting for you). This is a couple of shots of the first CS5 servers that we launched at PoundHost, This is what Dell servers look like when their specifically designed for the data centre environment, no pretty bezels or mouldings. The servers you…