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When considering hosting providers, you'll often notice that bandwidth commitments vary greatly. There's a reason for that; you don't need as much “bandwidth” as you're often lead to believe. You'll find many providers offering plans not limited by bandwidth, but by throughput (the actual amount of data transferred). To add to this confusion, they'll often still call this measurement “bandwidth”.

2009-10-09T09:54:28-07:00 2009-10-09T09:54:28-07:00 http://docs.tocici.com/blog/busy_months

The economy must be slumbering back to speed, because workloads continue to increase...hence the blog's silence. In just the past two months, TOCICI has taken on a variety of new customers and continues to upgrade & expand systems: * More than doubled online datacenter capacity, with even more equipment pending installation. * Now hosting three Google Health connected applications * Installed WatchGuard brand network security equipment * Establishing online storefronts; completing the d…

2008-12-31T16:00:00-07:00 2008-12-31T16:00:00-07:00 http://docs.tocici.com/blog/celebratingyear14

In 1995, during the days when AOL was “The Internet”, GW Computers was established to formalize a then High Schooler's part-time computer service and repair business. Wow, its been 14 years now...and we're still going strong.

2009-06-24T15:33:24-07:00 2009-06-24T15:33:24-07:00 http://docs.tocici.com/blog/diyopenid

I always thought OpenID was cool...but have been waiting until it was feasible to host myself. It is now. phpMyID enables you to create your own single-user OpenID server, on your own webserver. Awesome! I now have two custom OpenIDs … one for my personal, and another for my professional, web identities. :-)

2009-06-27T16:00:56-07:00 2009-06-27T16:00:56-07:00 http://docs.tocici.com/blog/howtoobtainosxscreenshots

There are several keyboard combinations which can be used to take screenshots in Mac OS X. Shortcuts * Command-Shift-3: Take a screenshot of the screen, and save it as a file on the desktop * Command-Shift-4, then select an area: Take a screenshot of an area and save it as a file on the desktop * Command-Shift-4, then space, then click a window: Take a screenshot of a window and save it as a file on the desktop * Command-Control-Shift-3: Take a screenshot of the screen, and save it …

2010-08-05T20:52:16-07:00 2010-08-05T20:52:16-07:00 http://docs.tocici.com/blog/isysmonupdates

After months of review, testing feedback and discussions, we're proud to announce an update to the formatting and behavior of iSysMon's notification messages. Two major points: * Bulk notifications (i.e. dozens to hundreds of messages per minute) are now being aggregated into fewer messages. * Message formatting has been further optimized, both for better clarity, and to accommodate aggregated messages.

2009-11-10T10:38:31-07:00 2009-11-10T10:38:31-07:00 http://docs.tocici.com/blog/managedandunmanagedservices

Before buying or renting your servers, you need to weigh the benefits of either choice, and make a decision on how to handle your IT Infrastructure. This process requires some planning. One of the most common difficulties in rationalizing the value of managed services, is undervaluing the time and cost of keeping your server up and running. Sure the server itself is relatively inexpensive but ongoing “hidden” costs will easily exceed its initial purchase price:

2010-09-07T20:04:09-07:00 2010-09-07T20:04:09-07:00 http://docs.tocici.com/blog/newcontrolpanel

Fresh off the staging servers, we're proud to announce our control panel's initial release. As part of TOCICI's commitment to Agile software development methodologies you'll see new features regularly added to the control panel. For example, our initial focus has been on VPS customers. Future revisions will add features relevant to our iSysMon and managed-services customers.

2009-05-31T17:00:00-07:00 2009-05-31T17:00:00-07:00 http://docs.tocici.com/blog/newwebsite2009

Past websites looked and functioned well...but not well enough. We hope you enjoy the new site as much as us.

2010-01-30T17:38:05-07:00 2010-01-30T17:38:05-07:00 http://docs.tocici.com/blog/preproductionrnd

A major source of frustration for both customers and employees alike has always been the typical development, testing, staging, and production (DTSP) model. The DTSP model is essential for providing the checks and balances necessary to efficiently maintain a high-availability production environment. Our frustrations were towards previous employers. With exception to only one enviroment, not a single other employer was willing/able to implement the critical “staging” facet of the DTSP model. Typi…

2009-06-24T15:03:16-07:00 2009-06-24T15:03:16-07:00 http://docs.tocici.com/blog/proxyingviasshtunnels

I often tunnel web traffic through an SSH connection, to a remote server. My most common reasons are: * Needing to view a remote web app from the perception of that remote server. * A firewall prevents me accessing needed internet resources/websites. * I don't trust the network, and do not wish to pass unencrypted traffic over it.

2009-11-21T05:36:48-07:00 2009-11-21T05:36:48-07:00 http://docs.tocici.com/blog/runninglowendvps

A common issue when running low capacity Virtual Private Servers, is running out of memory. One of the first indications of low available memory is a sudden series of segmentation faults (aka: segfaults). Segfaulting is a common occurrence when running out of available RAM inside your VPS.

2010-01-30T15:57:35-07:00 2010-01-30T15:57:35-07:00 http://docs.tocici.com/blog/start 2009-06-01T17:00:00-07:00 2009-06-01T17:00:00-07:00 http://docs.tocici.com/blog/streamlingtimemanagement

It has been said that a Systems Administrator's job is to sometimes enter a chaotic environment, calmly identify patterns, assess conditions, adapt and simply...to effectively manage change, mounting pressures, and chaos itself...often. Though while change remains fun, chaos can drown even those who've chosen to remain in this line of work, year after year.

2009-07-30T07:40:12-07:00 2009-07-30T07:40:12-07:00 http://docs.tocici.com/blog/sysadmin_day

Tomorrow, July 31st, is System Administrator Appreciation Day! System Administrator Appreciation Day, also known as Sysadmin Day, SysAdminDay or SAAD, was created by system administrator Ted Kekatos. The holiday exists to show appreciation for the work of sysadmins and other IT workers. It is celebrated on the last Friday in July. The first System Administrator Appreciation Day was celebrated on July 28, 2000. The next holiday is Friday, July 31, 2009.

2008-03-31T17:00:00-07:00 2008-03-31T17:00:00-07:00 http://docs.tocici.com/blog/welcometocici

In the span of 13 years, TOCICI was known as either GW Computers or GB Computers...thanks in large part to the Internet's onset, the services offered have significantly changed. From general desktop computer service and support, to the design and management of increasingly larger international private networks. As the years passed, it became increasingly obvious that a better name was needed.