Jul 10, 2020

PHP-FPM with OPcache Now Availablе in the Hong Kong Data Center

Today we completed the second stage of the phased rollout of our new PHP execution model. PHP FastCGI Process Manager (PHP-FPM) and the OPcache caching system are now available to all accounts in the Hong Kong data center at no extra cost.

All new accounts created in the Hong Kong data center from now on will have PHP-FPM with OPcache enabled by default. Customers can easily switch th...

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Jul 8, 2020

А New, Faster PHP Execution Model Now Availablе

Today, we are starting a phased rollout of a major change in our hosting infrastructure designed to speed up web content delivery.

On top of our new hardware platform, based on the latest Intel Xeon processors and Linux KVM virtualization, we are introducing PHP FastCGI Process Manager (PHP-FPM) paired with OPcache.

PHP-FPM speeds up PHP-based websites by maintaining pools of PHP worker processes that can handle incoming requests. This optimization technique not only signi...

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Jun 24, 2020

Delayed Delivery Notifications Now Available

If you send an email to a remote recipient and it is not accepted or rejected initially, the message remains in our mail queue. The mail server tries to deliver that message continuously for up to two days, waiting for the remote mail server to accept or reject the message. If our mail server is unable to send your message after retrying for two days, you will receive a bounce error message indicating the reason for the failed delivery.

By default, you will not receive any notificat...

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Jun 24, 2020

PHP 7.4 is Now Available on All ICDSoft Servers

We have added PHP 7.4 to the long list of PHP versions we support on our servers. You can find more information about the new features this PHP version brings, as well as the deprecated features and backward incompatible changes, in the official guide for migrating from PHP 7.3.x to PHP 7.4.x at:

https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration74.php

As with every new PHP version, PHP 7.4 brings performance...

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Apr 11, 2020

Memory upgrade for the Startup VPS plan

Our entry single-site VPS plan has received a memory upgrade - now it offers 6 GB of RAM instead of 4 GB. This upgrade has already been completed for all Startup plans in all three data centers, and both existing and new customers will be able to take advantage of the increased memory resources. The upgrade does not affect the plan's price in any way.

You can find more information about our single-site VPS solutions here:

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