Why TLS 1.3 Keeps Evolving TLS 1.3 has been officially standardised since RFC 8446, but the story did not stop when the RFC number was published. Since then, browser vendors, operating systems, TLS libraries and the IETF have kept tightening recommendations around cipher suites, protocol versions, certificate choices and implementation details. For anyone running websites,…
The surge in IPv6 adoption is no longer a theoretical future trend; it is something most networks already feel in day-to-day operations. When we review capacity plans with customers at dchost.com, we increasingly see a familiar pattern: IPv4 addresses getting tighter and more expensive, while graphs from analytics, CDN dashboards, and mail logs quietly show…
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IPv4 Exhaustion: Address Planning for Hosting
IPv4 exhaustion does not stop existing services. Separate allocation rules from pricing, audit address requirements, and compare shared ingress, NAT and IPv6 with clear tests and provider terms.
19 November 2025
IPv4 Cost Planning: Buying, Leasing and Efficient Use
IPv4 budgeting goes beyond purchase or lease fees. Compare transfer costs, routing work and renumbering risks, then assess how IPAM, shared endpoints and IPv6 can reduce public address requirements.
19 November 2025
How to Disable wp-cron and Use Real Cron Jobs for WordPress on cPanel and VPS
If you are running a growing WordPress site, you have probably noticed that some things feel a bit “heavier” than they should: slow first page loads, random spikes in CPU usage, or scheduled tasks (like backups or email newsletters) sometimes running late. A surprising amount of this can be traced back to one small but…
19 November 2025
How Data Center Expansions Are Keeping Up With Cloud Demand
Cloud growth needs more than extra racks. Learn how power, cooling, connectivity and regional capacity shape data center expansions and your hosting decisions.
18 November 2025
Data Center Sustainability: Measure, Improve, Repeat
Start with airflow, unused compute, and flexible workloads. Measure energy for equivalent work, preserve service requirements, and weigh water use and hardware lifecycle trade-offs.
6 November 2025
What Is Uptime? Measuring Website Availability
Website uptime measures availability over a defined period. Understand uptime percentages, the limits of hosting guarantees, and practical ways to reduce outages with monitoring, redundancy, and recovery planning.
25 October 2024
