Dedicated Server Reviews

Once again theWHIR will be sponsoring the Networking Lounge at HostingCon 2008, the largest gathering of hosted service professionals in the world.

theWHIR team will be on hand to facilitate important business connections and provide a relaxed and comfortable environment complete with refreshments where you can meet with potential or existing clients and partners. Wireless internet access will also be provided.

Feel free to schedule meetings at the Networking Lounge Booth # 627 located in the far right corner of the show floor. If there is any way that you would like us to assist in making the right connections, please do not hesitate to contact us directly.

The July 2008 issue of WHIR Magazine will be available at HostingCon and will be a great supplement for you during the show as we have included notes throughout the issue intended to steer readers toward the sessions and exhibits where they can meet the people and companies they're reading about on the page.

While at the Networking Lounge you can enter our draw to win a 50" HDTV Plasma with 5.1 Surround sound and Wireless Sub-Woofer (open to USA residents) and an 8GB iPod Touch for International residents.

We look forward to meeting you at the Networking Lounge.

Using Apache for your dedicated web server is one the best choices you can make as a webmaster, but if you’re unfamiliar with the modules that can be configured alongside it, you may run into trouble down the road. So here are some of the most well documented modules and a brief definition and description to assist you in your dedicated hosting atmosphere.

core – These are what are known as the ‘core Apache features’ and are pretty much required for every Apache install

http_core – This one’s required for every Apache 2.0 install and includes core http support.

prefork – This module implements a non-threaded pre-forking web server on an MPM or multi-processing module but you can also use worker or threadpool instead, though some kind of MPM is required for Apache 2.0

mod_access – You should always keep this module enabled, as it is one of the most helpful Apache modules. You can control the access to your site with mod_access based on the hostname, IP address, as well as use the order, allow, and deny directives, which are great for SSI.

mod_auth – This module controls user authentication using HTTP Basic Authentication.

mod_dir – If you need to search and serve directory index files like index.html or default.htm, you’ll need this.

mod_log_config – You’ll need this to log any and all requests made to the Apache server.

mod_mime – Sets characters, content-encoding, handlers, content-language, and MIME types.