28Mar 2011 by Asim Zeeshan 2 Comments

Find memory consumed by currently running processes on Linux?

CentOS, How to, Linux, OpenSource, Resources, Reviews, Tips and Tricks, Tutorials, Ubuntu, Virtual Private Server
I always had the question (when I am running plenty of scripts on a linux box as to what is eating up all the memory? Finding memory consumed by current running processes in your favorite linux distro. Luckily, I found a great Python utility (scriplet to be exact). (more…)
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28Mar 2011 by Asim Zeeshan 1 Comment

HazeNet takenover

News, Virtual Private Server
OK, so I have been pretty busy lately, This is an old news from Mar 14 but let me share with you all Hi This email is to inform you that Haznet.co.uk has been acquired by Thrust::VPS. As part of this we are currently bringing services upto our normal high operating standards. However currently there are 900+ support tickets open going back a number of months. As we understand that time is of the essance for everyone can we ask that if you have an issue that you open a NEW support ticket. We will be doing a review of all billing as well. As such can we ask that if you do have an outstanding invoice that payment is made as we have now moved transcations over to our…
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16Sep 2010 by Asim Zeeshan 5 Comments

QuickWeb VPS Benchmark

Reviews, Virtual Private Server
Unix Benchmark results from QuickWeb using unixbench v 5.1.2. QuickWeb offers 2 Core i5 750 @ 2.67GHz cores on their Germany node. Brilliant result!. I am really impressed with the benchmark numbers because this is pretty close to the benchmark results of 1024MB OpenVZ with another provider that I posted earlier. Specs: 512MB OpenVZ running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS 32bit (more…)
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07Sep 2010 by Asim Zeeshan 1 Comment

GigeVPS.net Purchase by NetIntelligence Ltd (ThrustVPS)

News, Virtual Private Server
So the news I missed last week is, GigeVPS.net has been Purchase by NetIntelligence Ltd (ThrustVPS). Well it was not so long ago that Jacob purchased HostLatch.net from Adam and after nearly two months its been resold again, pretty fast I would say. This is what they have emailed to all their customers. Personally, I dont like Rus Foster and the way he operates business, especially after the last incident where he blackmailed me for a domain name that he wanted from me. (more…)
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29Aug 2010 by Asim Zeeshan 2 Comments

HazeNet VPS Benchmark (latest from their XEON nodes)

Reviews, Virtual Private Server
Update (14-May-2011): HazeNet has been taken over by ThrustVPS / Rus Foster. Read more about it here This benchmark is #2 in the series from HazNet, the previous one was done on their Core2Quad series and this one is on their latest XEON nodes. Unix Benchmark results from HazNet using unixbench v 5.1.2. HazeNet offers 4 cores on their 1024 and 2048 packages. Specs: 1024MB OpenVZ running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS 32bit (more…)
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28Aug 2010 by Asim Zeeshan No Comments

VPSLatch VPS Benchmark

Reviews, Virtual Private Server
Unix Benchmark results from VPSLatch (OpenVZ running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS 32bit on their Orlando, FL node) using unixbench v 5.1.2 Specs: 1024MB / 60GB OpenVZ running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS 32bit Note: This VPS has the best benchmark that I have ever seen, wow, no doubt Adam is having busy managing the best VPS+CPanel combination ever! (more…)
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20Aug 2010 by Asim Zeeshan 1 Comment

Download personal details of 100m Facebook users

News, Social Networking, Virtual Private Server
Update (April 23, 2011): I have updated the download urls to point to new servers A little while ago (approx 2 weeks) I read a story online which claimed a person has downloaded a compiled 100m Facebook users' personal data. I searched online and found this torrent on thepiratebay.org I downloaded this torrent and to my surprise, its almost NOTHING personal. Just names and Facebook IDs. Anyway, I also found a BBC Story on the same topic which is pathetic! They sounded this as if Facebook is HACKED, which is not the case. Anyway, anyone who does not want to download via other file-sharing services or torrents can download this from the following VPS locations Location 1 (US) Location 2 (UK) P.S. If, for some reasons, you cannot download this…
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16Aug 2010 by Asim Zeeshan 6 Comments

NAGIOS 3 with notifications on twitter

Experiments, How to, Linux, OpenSource, Resources, Social Networking, Tips and Tricks, Tutorials, Virtual Private Server
I have been experimenting with NAGIOS3 on Ubuntu (I will write a how-to-install on NAGIOS later) and it has served me very good in monitoring my 7 VPS from different providers in different part of the world. I have already recorded 3 hours of downtime from ThrustVPS which is a great deal for me. I now know which VPS has the best time and which ones have hiccups (e.g. my 2Host VPS gave me two unreachable notifications but the VPS was running and still reports the uptime as 4 days). Since I use twitter more, even when Im on the road, notifications via email is a bit slow for me. Luckily I found a great tutorial online to do that. (more…)
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