[UPHPU] RE: UPHPU Digest, Vol 25, Issue 5
Lee Young
leey at bridgepoint.com
Tue Sep 5 12:03:53 MDT 2006
Sounds great to me.
Lee Young
leey at bridgepoint.com
Web Developer
Bridgepoint Systems
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> 1. Re: Virtual server requirements (Lamont R. Peterson)
> 2. website (UPHPU Administrator)
> 3. Re: website (David Boucha)
> 4. Re: website (jtaber)
> 5. Re: website (Scott Mattocks)
> 6. database query order (Richard K Miller)
> 7. Re: website (Lamont R. Peterson)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 12:03:35 -0600
> From: "Lamont R. Peterson" <peregrine at openbrainstem.net>
> Subject: Re: [UPHPU] Virtual server requirements
> To: UPHPU <uphpu at uphpu.org>
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> On Saturday 02 September 2006 01:14pm, jtaber wrote:
> > thanks to all for the comments on dedicated vs managed servers - it gave
> > me a lot of information. I think our most economical / practical
> > option for now is a virtual server - moving to dedicated/managed as our
> > business grows. One thing I noticed on virtual servers is the amount of
> > memory ranging from 100mb - 512mb.
> > For an apache 2.x, postgresql, php5 server is there a base amount we
> > need, especially at an early (small volume) stage ?
>
> As little as 128MB of RAM is more than enough, depending on the complexity
of
> your application. Obviously, if your DB is large and the queries are
> memory-intensive, more RAM could help, even if there is little volume. On
> the other hand, even if you have a larger volume of traffic, well designed
> apps with minimal overhead will run beautifully, too.
>
> It's always a balancing act.
> --
> Lamont R. Peterson <peregrine at OpenBrainstem.net>
> Founder [ http://blog.OpenBrainstem.net/peregrine/ ]
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 09:06:03 -0600
> From: UPHPU Administrator <admin at uphpu.org>
> Subject: [UPHPU] website
> To: UPHPU List <uphpu at uphpu.org>, UPHPU List
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> All,
>
> Has anyone noticed the site is down? I am curious because it's been
> down all weekend and I am curious how many people have noticed. The
> reason that it is down is because the server was compromised due to a
> vulnerability in the CMS that we were using. It think that it is
> important that we have a site and therefore intend to put it back up
> shortly, but am of the opinion that the CMS that we were using was
> massive overkill and am considering replacing it with WordPress. This
> would allow us to continue to post news and announcements, have
> syndication, a few static pages with information, but not the
> troubles of a too popular system targeted by armies of spam/hack bots.
>
> Will anyone miss GeekLog? Anyone have any reasons to not make the
> change?
>
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Wade Preston Shearer
>
> Administrator
> Utah PHP Users Group
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 09:20:55 -0600
> From: "David Boucha" <boucha at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [UPHPU] website
> Cc: "UPHPU List" <uphpu at uphpu.org>
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> On 9/5/06, UPHPU Administrator <admin at uphpu.org> wrote:
> > All,
> >
> > Has anyone noticed the site is down? I am curious because it's been
> > down all weekend and I am curious how many people have noticed. The
> > reason that it is down is because the server was compromised due to a
> > vulnerability in the CMS that we were using. It think that it is
> > important that we have a site and therefore intend to put it back up
> > shortly, but am of the opinion that the CMS that we were using was
> > massive overkill and am considering replacing it with WordPress. This
> > would allow us to continue to post news and announcements, have
> > syndication, a few static pages with information, but not the
> > troubles of a too popular system targeted by armies of spam/hack bots.
> >
> > Will anyone miss GeekLog? Anyone have any reasons to not make the
> > change?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Wade Preston Shearer
>
>
> WordPress should work fine. Does it have a better security history than
GeekLog?
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 09:22:18 -0600
> From: jtaber <jtaber at johntaber.net>
> Subject: Re: [UPHPU] website
> To: UPHPU Administrator <admin at uphpu.org>
> Cc: UPHPU List <uphpu-announce at uphpu.org>, UPHPU List
> <uphpu at uphpu.org>
> Message-ID: <44FD962A.8070509 at johntaber.net>
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>
> Noticed it was down, but recall getting an earlier message that said it
> was down. Re WordPress, simple and popular is good.
>
>
> UPHPU Administrator wrote:
> > All,
> >
> > Has anyone noticed the site is down? I am curious because it's been
> > down all weekend and I am curious how many people have noticed. The
> > reason that it is down is because the server was compromised due to a
> > vulnerability in the CMS that we were using. It think that it is
> > important that we have a site and therefore intend to put it back up
> > shortly, but am of the opinion that the CMS that we were using was
> > massive overkill and am considering replacing it with WordPress. This
> > would allow us to continue to post news and announcements, have
> > syndication, a few static pages with information, but not the troubles
> > of a too popular system targeted by armies of spam/hack bots.
> >
> > Will anyone miss GeekLog? Anyone have any reasons to not make the
change?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Wade Preston Shearer
> >
> > Administrator
> > Utah PHP Users Group
> >
> >
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> Message: 5
> Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 12:54:06 -0400
> From: Scott Mattocks <scott at crisscott.com>
> Subject: Re: [UPHPU] website
> To: UPHPU List <uphpu at uphpu.org>
> Message-ID: <44FDABAE.8050707 at crisscott.com>
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>
> UPHPU Administrator wrote:
> >
> > Will anyone miss GeekLog? Anyone have any reasons to not make the
change?
>
> If you switch to WordPress, make sure to install the Akismet plugin.
> Without it you will suffer from an endless stream of comment spam.
>
> --
> Scott Mattocks
> Author of: Pro PHP-GTK
> http://www.crisscott.com
>
>
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>
> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 10:53:22 -0600
> From: Richard K Miller <richardkmiller at gmail.com>
> Subject: [UPHPU] database query order
> To: uphpu at uphpu.org
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> I've noticed that an UPDATE query that should come before the next
> SELECT is actually coming after.
>
> The MySQL log shows the following, for instance:
>
> 10:47:32
> 32 Connect
> 32 Init DB
> 33 Connect
> 33 Init DB
> 33 Query SELECT ...
>
> 10:47:33
> 32 Query UPDATE ...
> 33 Quit
> 32 Quit
>
> I send the UPDATE statement before SELECT (notice the 32 vs. 33) but
> it sometimes gets executed afterwards. How do I force the UPDATE to
> finish before the SELECT? Do I need to switch from MyISAM to InnoDB
> and use transactions or something?
>
> Richard
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 11:55:51 -0600
> From: "Lamont R. Peterson" <peregrine at openbrainstem.net>
> Subject: Re: [UPHPU] website
> To: UPHPU <uphpu at uphpu.org>
> Message-ID: <200609051155.57073.peregrine at openbrainstem.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15"
>
> On Tuesday 05 September 2006 09:06am, UPHPU Administrator wrote:
> > All,
> >
> > Has anyone noticed the site is down? I am curious because it's been
> > down all weekend and I am curious how many people have noticed.
>
> Didn't notice, since I was out of town without a computer for the weekend.
:)
>
> > The
> > reason that it is down is because the server was compromised due to a
> > vulnerability in the CMS that we were using. It think that it is
> > important that we have a site and therefore intend to put it back up
> > shortly, but am of the opinion that the CMS that we were using was
> > massive overkill and am considering replacing it with WordPress. This
> > would allow us to continue to post news and announcements, have
> > syndication, a few static pages with information, but not the
> > troubles of a too popular system targeted by armies of spam/hack bots.
> >
> > Will anyone miss GeekLog? Anyone have any reasons to not make the
> > change?
>
> +1 for WordPress.
> --
> Lamont R. Peterson <peregrine at OpenBrainstem.net>
> Founder [ http://blog.OpenBrainstem.net/peregrine/ ]
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