I am now using DreamHost Private Server

If you happen to visit my site yesterday, chances are you saw my site in error. It is because my site was attack by a certain yahoo bot. Well it is now being solved by blocking the bot IP address via .htaccess. ( Thanks to Dreamhost support for informing me , And this made me think to study how to use putty )

It’s been a long time since I am thinking of having a Dreamhost private server mainly because the traffic of my site is increasing. I actually have some communication with other bloggers having the Private server so that I will be able to know the amount I am going to pay monthly because of this.

Since I am afraid to pay big amount in each end of the cycle month I tried to research on how I can reduce my monthly memory usage and here are some of the things I find and have been implemented on my new DreamHost Private Server.

  1. Be sure to remove your plug-ins that is not being used.
  2. Upgrade to the latest stable version or WordPress if you are using WordPress.
  3. Be sure to have your image files protected so that it will be used by hot linkers. ( I block mine thru .htaccess )
  4. Don’t just add new plug-ins if you have not research well it’s history, because it might cause your bandwidth usage to jump up high.

So I believe it will be all for now. And I wish that there will be no downtimes in the future. I am thinking of redirecting some site with high traffic that is not converting into cash since it will just eat up my resources. Need to wait for some time before I will redirect those site to blogspot. I will let you know in the future.

Dexter Panganiban https://techathand.net/about-2/

Dexter is a person who loves technology,new gadget, SEO, Social Media and Christianity. Follow him at twitter via @techathand and add him @ Google+ and contact us at [email protected]

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  1. 1
    Yan

    Dear Dexter,

    Could you offer some advice on blocking the image hotlinking? I, a Dreamhost PS user also, found when Php FastCGI is ticked, the anti-hotlinking image code in .htaccess worked, but once using Php 5 CGI, it just doesn’t work. Because using Php FastCGI, eat up a lot of memory, so I have to choose php 5 CGI

    • 3
      Dexter Panganiban

      @Jehzeel Laurente,

      Sa ngayon ay nasa testibng period pa.. ang plano ko ay mga 300 MB lang muna.. at kung may aashang malaking raffic saka ko i aadjust from time to time parang katulad nung kay marhgil

    • 7
      Dexter | Tech At Hand Dot Net

      @Donald Serrano,

      Lumalakas na rin kasi yung iba pang site ko kaya yung username ko sa dreamhost ay naloload na.. kaya yun nag decide na ako ng dream host rivate server.. kailangan ko ngayong careerin yung affiliate nila para may pambayad ako monthly sa kanila 🙂

      • 8
        Jehzeel Laurente

        @Dexter | Tech At Hand Dot Net, – pag yung ibang site mo di pa masyadong kumakain ng memory. Lipat mo sa shared yung iba. 😀

        Dreamhost PS + Shared. Hehehe.. Ganun akin, naka halo. Kasi pag upgrade mo sa PS, minomove nila lahat ng domains mo sa PS. Walang na iiwan sa shared.

        Woooooot!

        Pero pag naka mixed server ka na. NVM my advice nalang. hehehe 😀

  2. 10
    metalpig

    Maganda talaga ang Dreamhost, DreamhostPS nde ko pa alam kse yong hosting ko libre – sponsored ng jehzlau-concepts… 🙂

    syanga sir Dex, tungkol sa site ko palagay ko okey na. binura ko ang .htaccess sa root tapos nag re-install ako ng WP, direct din sa root nde na ako gumawa ng ibang folder gumana. (pero pag-aralan ko pa rin yung mga .htaccess na yan!)

  3. 18
    Jehzeel Laurente

    wooot! pareho na tayo.. may dreamhost PS din me for my other sites.. hehe 😀

    astig dreamhost PS no? pwede mo babaan ang presyo pag di masyadong malakas ang traffic.. hehe 😀
    .-= Jehzeel Laurente´s last blog ..Just Guess and Win A Prize! =-.

  4. 21
    berbagicerita

    wah saya kagum pada blog anda,jadikanlah yang terbaik….lanjutkan!
    .-= berbagicerita´s last blog ..Contact the police and terrorist weapon in Thailand =-.

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