dedicated-server

Cross platform millisecond timer lasting more than 49 days?

Hey guys, I'm going to be developing a small dedicated server in C/C++ that will require uptime of forever. I've been looking into some time functions as millisecond timing is required for calculations. I have 2 problems that I'm facing: Using a 32bit integer to store the number of milliseconds since the operation began will wrap ar...

Removing the default pages when adding a domain via Plesk

Hi, whenever I add a new domain into my new Plesk control panel on my dedicated server it creates a whole bunch of test files in the cgi-bin, httpdocs and httpsdocs. There must be some setting somewhere where I can tell Plesk not to do this? I've done a good Google search but must now turn to the StackOverflow masses :) Yours, Chris ...

Best way to migrate servers without losing any data and with no downtime(?)

This is a methodology question from a freelancer, with a corollary on MySQL.. Is there a way to migrate from an old dedicated server to a new one without losing any data in-between - and with no downtime? In the past, I've had to lose MySQL data between the time when the new server goes up (i.e., all files transferred, system up and read...

mod_security - access denied 406 for some IE visitors

Hi there, Would anyone know why some visitors on our server are being blocked by the below mod_security rule when simply right-clicking a file (.doc, .gif, .pdf, etc.) on a site to download it? They seem to be all Windows/IE users. Anything we can do short of commenting out the rule itself? Thanks for any ideas. # allow request metho...