I'd like to allow my users to opt-in to a new version of my website. Is there any way to make my domain point to a different DocumentRoot within my virtualhost configuration if a user has a particular cookie set? Or is there any other way to achieve the same result without having to setup varnish, nginx, etc?
I just installed Jungle Disk server edition on my linux server and have it set to backup the full /var directory once a night. Is there any issue with backing up this directory while my server and mysql are running? I've read that you should shut down mysql before backing up mysql files.. but I haven't seen any such warning in the Jungle Disk documentation.
Traffic to my facebook app is growing at an insane rate and I need some suggestions on how to scale. I'm probably not going to even be able to keep it running by the day's end, as it's hosted from my already overloaded dedicated server. I need to either move it to its own box or a cloud service like e2c.
Something like e2c seems like the way to go, but my server admin skills are terrible. Is there a good front end management UI for e2c or another hosting service that is comparable in cost that is fully managed? I don't mind going with something a bit more expensive now if that means I can get everything switched over and running within 24 hours.
My memory usage hangs around 25% (swap is generally 1%) on my dedicated server and load is around 2-5.
My host recommended that I upgrade from 2GB of ram to 4GB so that I can increase my innodb_buffer from the default 16MB to 2GB. My innodb table size is 2GB.
My question is, given that ram usage is 25% does it make sense to upgrade ram? Queries are hanging sometimes, so I'm thinking that a bigger innodb_buffer could decrease load on the database, just not sure if I really need to upgrade my ram first.
Clamd is taking up about 5% of my memory (2GB) on my dedicated server (running linux) and I'm wondering if I can disable it without any security risks.
The server just hosts a few of my own websites. For the most part, email received and sent is done through gmail (which connects to my pop3 accounts).
The only other email use case is where one of my websites parses all emails and grabs attached images and the subject line.
Would there be any security / risks of virus infection if I disable clamd?