Author Archives: Nathaniel Hyson

While we still continue to compare new client’s sites with Pagespeed. We have also put together a tool which will show us aggregated time/count/sizes of loaded websites. Below is a read out of latest as well as Pagespeed results:


fetch http://bndlsvapes.com/

Array
(
    [sizes] => Array
        (
            [base64Size] => 0 B
            [cssSize] => 526.3 KB
            [htmlSize] => 78.34 KB
            [imageSize] => 2.4 MB
            [jsSize] => 872.1 KB
            [jsonSize] => 0 B
            [otherSize] => 0 B
            [videoSize] => 0 B
            [webfontSize] => 413.41 KB
        )

    [requests] => Array
        (
            [base64Count] => 0
            [cssCount] => 29
            [htmlCount] => 3
            [imageCount] => 19
            [jsCount] => 43
            [jsonCount] => 0
            [otherCount] => 0
            [videoCount] => 0
            [webfontCount] => 11
        )

    [size] => 4.24 MB
    [requests_total] => 105
    [complete_load] => 3.34 s
    [dom_ready] => 932 ms
    [complete_traffic] => 4.08 s
    [total_requests] => 105
)


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fetch http://bndlsvapes.com/ (after move)

Array
(
    [sizes] => Array
        (
            [base64Size] => 0 B
            [cssSize] => 511.86 KB
            [htmlSize] => 84.57 KB
            [imageSize] => 1.82 MB
            [jsSize] => 673.02 KB
            [jsonSize] => 0 B
            [otherSize] => 52.12 KB
            [videoSize] => 0 B
            [webfontSize] => 399.31 KB
        )

    [requests] => Array
        (
            [base64Count] => 0
            [cssCount] => 29
            [htmlCount] => 3
            [imageCount] => 19
            [jsCount] => 43
            [jsonCount] => 0
            [otherCount] => 1
            [videoCount] => 0
            [webfontCount] => 10
        )

    [size] => 3.5 MB
    [requests_total] => 105
    [complete_load] => 1.38 s
    [dom_ready] => 901 ms
    [complete_traffic] => 3.73 s
    [total_requests] => 105
)

fetch http://bndlsvapes.com/

Array

(

[sizes] => Array

(

[base64Size] => 0 B

[cssSize] => 526.3 KB

[htmlSize] => 78.34 KB

[imageSize] => 2.4 MB

[jsSize] => 872.1 KB

[jsonSize] => 0 B

[otherSize] => 0 B

[videoSize] => 0 B

[webfontSize] => 413.41 KB

)

[requests] => Array

(

[base64Count] => 0

[cssCount] => 29

[htmlCount] => 3

[imageCount] => 19

[jsCount] => 43

[jsonCount] => 0

[otherCount] => 0

[videoCount] => 0

[webfontCount] => 11

)

[size] => 4.24 MB

[requests_total] => 105

[complete_load] => 3.34 s

[dom_ready] => 932 ms

[complete_traffic] => 4.08 s

[total_requests] => 105

)

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fetch http://bndlsvapes.com/ (after move)

Array

(

[sizes] => Array

(

[base64Size] => 0 B

[cssSize] => 511.86 KB

[htmlSize] => 84.57 KB

[imageSize] => 1.82 MB

[jsSize] => 673.02 KB

[jsonSize] => 0 B

[otherSize] => 52.12 KB

[videoSize] => 0 B

[webfontSize] => 399.31 KB

)

[requests] => Array

(

[base64Count] => 0

[cssCount] => 29

[htmlCount] => 3

[imageCount] => 19

[jsCount] => 43

[jsonCount] => 0

[otherCount] => 1

[videoCount] => 0

[webfontCount] => 10

)

[size] => 3.5 MB

[requests_total] => 105

[complete_load] => 1.38 s

[dom_ready] => 901 ms

[complete_traffic] => 3.73 s

[total_requests] => 105

)

Site	Response Time	Load Time	Download (First Load)	Page Speed Score	Cost
Original	340ms	3.34s	4.24MB	64 / 50	?
Compare	300ms	1.38s	3.5MB	88 / 70	150$~

MariaDB Server Updates

May 27, 2015

Nathaniel Hyson

Downtime Information Servers Updates Upgrades No Comments

In an effort to avoid this last weekends downtime again. The Database server was taken offline for a few minutes while the logs were moved to a separate hard drive. Previously there was approx 60GB of space available for the logs. This has been more than enough for nearly 2 years. However it was not enough this last weekend. So we have moved the logs into their own separate 500GB hard drive.

We will also be putting in a pruning system to avoid this issue even if the logs reach that 500GB size without auto pruning.

As with any downtime clients are compensated with much more time as a credit on their account for the downtime. For this last weekends downtime every client recieved a 1 week credit to their account for their subscription based services.

Updates

April 24, 2015

Nathaniel Hyson

Development Information Information Software Updates No Comments

It’s been some time since a post was made here on our blog. We have been extremely busy with a couple large projects. So busy we are actually expanding our office.

While we can’t release a whole lot of information at this time. We are also excited to announce that we will be Writing a modularized platform software package. From this package users will be able to add in blogs, forums, shopping carts, etc. All into the same system and all able to run multiple domains. While this will be no easy task and it will take some time to complete. We believe there is a great need for software of this calibre.

Right now there are great softwares out there for each individual task. But then you have to mesh them together, spend thousands of dollars getting them to look the same. Even then they still don’t work together they work alongside each other. A user on your forum can’t log into your shopping cart, same is true with the blog.

More about this project will be announced in the coming months as licensing and trademarking of the name are complete.

Shared Hosting

December 9, 2014

Nathaniel Hyson

Clients Information Offers & Specials Servers Upgrades Why CLDMV No Comments

CLDMV is proud to announce that by February 1st 2014 we will be offering shared hosting on the same platform which runs our hybrid servers. While there will not be some features bundled into the system. Such as SSD, backup control, image compression, etc. It will still have the same system in the background.

This will allow customers to run non-critical applications for a reduced price. Pricing structure is still under consideration. However we will not be charging for bandwidth. Disk space charges are still up in the air.

Potentially we may charge a flat rate and give limits to the space available. We might also setup the same way we currently do with our Hybrid hosting and charge for space used. Which generally allows users to get their hosting for cheaper.

We will also be offering our Hybrid hosting clients extended backups which will automatically store their backups remotely. Pricing is still to be decided with this feature. It may roll out as a free feature.

S1 Server Upgrade

December 9, 2014

Nathaniel Hyson

Downtime Mail s1 Servers Upgrades No Comments

S1 server will be undergoing an upgrade between 11pm PST 2014-12-09 and 4AM PST 2014-12-10.

The upgrade will help support the growing backup space available.

Changes to pricing

August 18, 2014

Nathaniel Hyson

Billing Information Offers & Specials Updates No Comments

As of September 1st 2014 CLDMV will be changing it’s future subscriber pricing. All current clients will remain with the same pricing structure which was available previously.

Namely the subscription based fees will be changed. Clear examples are below:

Current Subscription fee(s):

First Node: 100$/mo
Additional Node(s): 25$/ea/mo

Example: Client runs 4 website businesses. First website business is 100$/mo, the additional 3 are 25$/ea/mo. The total subscription fee per month would be 175$/month.

Subscription fee(s) as of September 1st:

First and Odd number Node(s): 100$/mo
Even number Node(s): 25$/ea/mo

Example: Client runs 4 website businesses. First website business is 100$/mo; the the second is 25$/mo, the third being 100$/mo, and the fourth being 25$/mo. The total subscription fee per month would be 250$/month.

The change to the subscription fee(s) were carefully considered and debated. Unfortunately CLDMV would not be able to operate at it’s current standards if the original fee(s) were kept and half or more of the nodes available per server were taken up from additional 25$/mo cost. So in order to maintain our current standards and stay in business we came to the above compromise in cost.

Unlike most hosting companies who will put 100,000+ users on a single server; use network drives, use mass storage drives, use cheap 100mbps lines, or do anything else to make more money. CLDMV does none of those. Our servers are restricted to 500 nodes per server. The only time network drives are used are for backups. The only time mass storage drives are used is for backups. All of our servers are either dual 1000mbps or dual 10gbps connections. Our servers are also using the newest top software to serve our client’s websites. We aren’t using “clunky” and insecure control panels to host our clients. So our clients get better speed and better performance.

Server Upgrades complete

July 4, 2014

Nathaniel Hyson

Downtime Mail s1 Servers Upgrades No Comments

Both MX1 and S1 Servers are back up with their new HDDs.

S1 Scheduled maintenance

July 3, 2014

Nathaniel Hyson

Downtime Mail s1 Servers Upgrades No Comments

The S1 Webserver and MX1 Mail server are scheduled to undergo upgrades on 2014-07-03 between 10pm and 1am PST.

There will be another Scheduled upgrade within the next week for the same servers. Luckily this should be the last upgrades for a while. Unfortunately we are growing and as such we need more hardware to support our network.

DB1 Is back up

June 24, 2014

Nathaniel Hyson

Downtime Servers Upgrades No Comments

The DB1 server is back up and running. The new HDD is setup and everything appears to be running smooth again. Again we apologize for the downtime as upgrades were needed.

Scheduled Maintenance

June 23, 2014

Nathaniel Hyson

Downtime Servers Upgrades No Comments

We were waiting to hear back on the best maintenance window to upgrade the hard drive on one of our database servers. But today it crashed due to insufficient space. We have scheduled a hard drive upgrade for 6/23/2014 between 10pm-2am PST. All clients tied to that database have been given a 1 day credit (well more than 1 day’s worth) to their account.

There will also be a slight downtime early in the morning of 6/24/2014 to setup the new hard drive for the database server. Overall total expected downtime is 3 hours max, including the downtime between 10pm-2am tonight.