Transitioning to Kinetix platforms
Mar 24, 2008
Over the next few weeks, the JSW4.NET domain will begin to be served off our own Kinetix Hosting platforms. They have been running for 5 years, and its time that we stop doing everything twice in case of emergency and the need for an additional contact address. We will be using an outside service for emergency communications, and once that is setup, we'll let all customers know what the emergency address is.
The web site should be vastly simplified at the same time to more clearly communicate the services we provide.
The permanant URL for this item is http://www.jsw4.net/news/2008/03/transitioning_t.html
Previous Network Updates
- Not Us
- Mar 24, 2008 : We got smacked by gobs of NDRs today, directed to webmaster@jsw4.net. After reviewing a few of them, its clear that we had nothing to do with the SPAM, and someone is using our address. Sorry for that, but our servers...
- Server transition this weekend
- May 31, 2006 : We will begin to transition all customers off the original Kinetix hosting web server, webboxone this weekend. The transition period should take no longer than 24 hours. Mail and MySQL service will be unaffected. Customers should receive notice of the...
- New web server in testing
- May 15, 2006 : Our new super fast dual core web server has been deployed and a few accounts have been moved there for testing. The new server uses an application level firewall to further prevent unauthorized use of customer resources. If you have...
- They're baaaack.
- May 3, 2006 : The list archives we maintain for our own use (and share with the public of course) are back. Sorry it took so long to get to this, its been a busy spring. On the bright side, there is a new...
- Server rebuilt, lists not so much so.
- Apr 10, 2006 : Over the weekend we rebuilt our own server on-the-fly. If any customers notice difficulty reaching us this week, they should call or request help through a support ticket in their control panel. There were new antiSPAM and antiVirus measures taken...
- New Server Deployed
- Jan 16, 2006 : Today we deployed a new mail and MySQL server to provide additional capacity. There was a minimal scheduled outage a bit before 7:30AM, and service was restored to normal. If clients notice any difficulties with mail or MySQL service they...
- H-Sphere and EasyAPPS updated
- Jan 15, 2006 : H-sphere was updated and the EasyAPPS were updated. Customers are encouraged to update if they have any of the following : CS Live Helper, Gallery, osCommerce, or WebCalendar installed. Please note that tomorrow at 4:00 AM EST we will be...
- New Control Panel Deployed
- Dec 14, 2005 : Today we completed the migration to a new Control Panel server. There was a scheduled outage around 9:00 AM EST, this effected only the control panel, customer web sites and email were unaffected. This is the first in a series...
- Software Updates Performed
- Nov 17, 2005 : There were numberous updates to the operating system and to the HSphere hosting platform this morning. Customers shouldn't have noticed any interuption to service during the updates. If customers notice any problems or unanticipated changes they should contact support for...
- Software updates performed
- Nov 9, 2005 : The hosting software, web servers and mail servers were upgraded this morning. Services were restarted at 6:15 AM local time. All services were successfully restored; customers noticing any problems should contact support....
- Software updates performed
- Oct 24, 2005 : The were a series of updates applied to the servers this morning. These include updates to the web server, and also the MySQL server. Customers who have any questions about this update or experience any difficulties are encouraged to contact...
- H-Sphere Updated
- Sep 27, 2005 : This evening we updated the hosting software. This includes updates to the mail server, the web mail servers, web server, anti virus and anti SPAM. If customers encounter any issues they think are related to this they should contact support....
- HSphere and others updated
- Aug 12, 2005 : The H-Sphere platform was upgraded, the current version is 2.4.3p3. This was a maintenance release addressing some vulnerabilities. Apache, PHP and MySQL were also updated to address known issues with those products. Customer who notice any problems are encouraged to...
- HSphere updated
- Jul 29, 2005 : We have recently updated HSphere platform to version. There are a few updates to various parts of the system including the mail quota system. If customers notice any issues or have questions they are encouraged to contact us....
- Admin Web Server Outage
- Jul 27, 2005 : The Apache process failed on one of our internal web servers overnight. Some of our own web sites, including the public listserv archives were down, but no customer sites or services were effected. No other services such as mail or...
- H-Sphere upgraded to 2.4.3p1
- Jul 7, 2005 : On Wednesday July 6th, we successfully upgraded the H-Sphere software from PSoft. The maintenance was completed within the expected window and no issues were noticed. Additional mail features have been added, if customers notice any issues or have questions they...
- Platform Upgrade
- Jun 11, 2005 : On Friday June 11, we successfully upgraded the H-Shpere software from PSoft. The maintence was completed within the expected window and no issues were reported....
- Platform Upgrade
- Dec 26, 2004 : At the end of last week we deployed a new version of the hosting platform we use to address several security issues. Specifically of concern were: phpBB, which was updated to version 2.0.11; and Gallery which was updated to version...
- Server outage
- Dec 8, 2004 : On Thursday we experienced an unanticiapted outage on one of the web servers. Some sites were down for a couple of hours while we put a new host in service. Thanks to Adam from TechValley Communications for some help with...
- Upgrades Notification
- Sep 26, 2004 : On Wednesday September 29, we will perform updates to the KinetixHosting Control Panel server. Web sites will not be effected but access to the Account Control Panel to change details of user accounts will be disabled. The Control Panel server...
- KinetixHosting.com Software Upgrade
- May 12, 2004 : On Sunday May 16 begining at 6:00 EDT we will upgrade the KinetixHosting.com H-Sphere platform to Version 2.4. This update will provide retail hosting customers and resellers with additional functionality. There will be rolling outages of service lasting less than...
- Notice of changes
- Mar 22, 2004 : Over the weekend we had to replace a server, and in the process the mail server for KinetixHosting customers was upgraded. This upgrade has changed the way anti SPAM measures are implimented on that server. We have temporarily suspended the...
- Client host maintenance completed
- Jan 17, 2004 : The Kinetix Hosting client services host had a final drive replaced this morning as scheduled. The server went off-line at 0838 EST, and was back on-line at 0845 EST. The drive was replaced as planned. After background reconstructions of the...
- Client host maintenance scheduled
- Jan 13, 2004 : We are going to take the client services network down for a few minutes on Saturday January 17th at 8:00 AM. This scheduled outage is to replace a hard drive, and should last less than 30 minutes. Clients on the...
- Archives updated
- Jan 10, 2004 : The mailing list archives have all been updated. The newest version of MHonArc fully sanitizes the posts to remove email addresses wherever they are found. This results in minor changes to the actual posts, but should still meet the original...
- Control Panel Disk Maintenance
- Jan 8, 2004 : What appears to be a continuation of last week's problem with the disks on the Control Panel host caused the host to be off line for about 7 hours. This effected the Kinetix Hosting control panel, and all reseller control...
- Control Panel Host Maintenance
- Jan 1, 2004 : The Control Panel host was down for about one hour today while we performed diagnostics on the drives. No web sites or mail services were effected. As a result of this work we will be scheduling additional work on additional...
- Spam Assassin Activated
- Dec 27, 2003 : Spam Assassin has been implimented on the Kinetix Hosting mail server for all users. All messages are now scanned by a program for various qualities and rated on a numeric scale. (More information about the tests performed can be found...
- SpamCop blacklist enabled
- Oct 27, 2003 : Before Friday we had only blacklisted those spammers listed on the Open Relay Database (ORDB). At that time about 8.5% of the messages received by the mail servers were rejected. On Friday we added the SpamCop black list to our...
- Web server will be moved
- Sep 2, 2003 : On Saturday, September 6th, in the morning, the primary web server will be moved into our new network data center. The web sites will be unavailable for this period of time. Mail services will remain unaffected. We will begin this...
- Mail Server Maintenance
- Aug 11, 2003 : We will perform maintenance on the JSW4.NET primary client mail server this weekend. Our customers will be unable to send or receive email through the mail server during this period. Attempts to deliver mail to our customers from other mail...