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    What Are DMARC, DKIM, and SPF?

    In long form: Domain Keys Identified Message (DKIM) Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance (DMARC) Sender Policy Framework (SPF) They are intended as a means to prevent spammers spoofing their sender address to bypass other mail protection measures, or simply pretend to...
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    How do I convert an HTML website with hundreds of articles into a website of WordPress articles?

    try this: https://wpsites.net/wordpress-tips/how-to-import-html-content-to-wordpress-from-your-old-site/
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    How to install a CloudFlare Free SSL Certificate in Plesk Onyx

    Plesk Onyx has Let's Encrypt built in, assuming your host has enabled that... the domains can be set to auto install SSL when activated (which is what we do), or on demand... either way, unless you have a specific desire for CloudFlare SSL why are you bothering when point-and-click functionality...
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    How to install Fail2ban on Plesk Onyx

    CSF is a great option and as bundled with the LFD (login failure daemon) goes past fail2ban in all-round features... but you are correct, CSF is not currently an option available in the Plesk extensions directory (perhaps because they already have the Plesk Firewall to go with fail2ban, so don't...
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    Why Can't I Get A New Web Account at Fusion Arc?

    As a general note on server housekeeping, its always worth checking the rDNS and other settings (such as the server ID in the HELO) are correct / matched, as some SMTP servers (for example mail.com, etc.) will reject connections from MX that are not fully matched, so finally the message is never...
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    Advertising your web hosting company?

    When we first started in 1997, we got most of our clients by approaching the local government agencies that assist small businesses (who then promoted us to the local businesses as we provided very competitive 'solutions' to them), and of course to the chambers of commerce for the same things...
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    Godaddy renewal price is so high?

    I have heard it said, that a little spin-off businesses was for premium domain name sales... people would search for a domain name using what appeared to be an independent (and free) web-based whois search engine, then when they found the domain (still available) that they wanted and jumped to a...
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    How to secure Plesk login page?

    Simply switching it on will turn on the default rule sets for a Plesk server (Windows and Linux), meaning service ports in use will be opened and others closed... After that, it depends if you want to close some of the default ones off... which is a whole thread in itself... such as you may...
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    Monitor health of a server?

    In a nutshell yes, what WSC just said.... if you want to optimise you need to have a basic idea what you are doing 'under the hood'... that said however, if you just want to know if a service is running or not and check net connectivity, but you may not be familiar enough with the operating...
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    How to secure Plesk login page?

    Out-of-the-box Plesk is already quite secure, however there are some further tweaks you can use without needing to pay extra.... these include: 1. tools & settings - system updates [ensure automatic plesk & system updates are active] 2. tools & settings - server-wide mail settings [switch on...
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    How many servers in a rack?

    I'm not so sure that modern, well configured servers will take a _LOT_ of power... older machines yes, obviously (which is a problem we have often seen for people who like to buy bargain priced retired stock, and why we don't do co-location for them) - there is a reason they are cheap, often the...
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    1 petabyte storage cost?

    The starting point to this surely will be, please define your use of the term 'cloud'... Then, what exactly do you want to achieve and why? Your question appears to suggest you will buy the hardware. In such case, a simple look at any number of suppliers for large scale networked storage will...
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    Plesk vs Cpanel vs Directadmin

    Personally I feel cPanel has an increasingly 'dated' feel to it and is by no means the most efficient at a server resource level; the only reason we would offer it to our own clients is because its such a well known brand name, that many users have 'only' really heard of cPanel for Unix/Linux...
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    How many servers in a rack?

    A standard rack unit (1U) is 1.75" in vertical height, the actual number of units available in a 'full height' rack varies but typically 42U to 45U, or even 47U of empty slots are present - though your provider will likely steal away at least one for the patch panel delivering your connection...
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