News / Technical
SubscribeJul 6, 2019
WebP support added to all PHP 7 versions
Due to increasing interest from our users, we added support for the WebP image format to all PHP 7 versions we currently maintain - PHP 7.1, PHP 7.2, and PHP 7.3.
Users can easily change the PHP version for their accounts via the hosting Control Panel > PHP Settings > Default PHP Interpreter.
Jun 17, 2019
New PHP version available on all servers - PHP 7.3
We are glad to inform you that PHP version 7.3 has been installed on all servers. All new hosting accounts are automatically configured to use it by default. Existing accounts can be switched to use the new PHP version via the hosting Control Panel > PHP Settings > Default PHP interpreter.
As with any new version, PHP 7.3 is expected to bring speed and stability improvements over previous PHP versions.
Jun 1, 2019
New compression module available on all servers: mod_brotli
We are pleased to announce that we enabled the mod_brotli compression module for Apache on all our servers.
It is an alternative to the mod_deflate module that is already available on our servers, but it should provide better compression.
More information about the mod_brotli module is available here:
Feb 11, 2019
Upgrade to a new hardware platform in the US data center
We are in the process of migrating all servers in our US data center to our new hardware platform. It features the latest Xeon Gold processors, enterprise-grade RAID SSD storage arrays, and optimized 10 Gigabit Ethernet internal network connections.
The new hardware is co-located in a brand-new data center facility situated next to our existing facilities in Boston, MA. This new facility features upgraded network connections, advanced DDoS protection services, improved data security and surveillance.
This hardware upgrade will further improve the stability and performance of our hosting infrastructure. The new platform will provide our clients with even faster and more robust hosting environment for their websites and mailboxes.
Oct 13, 2018
Upgrade to a new hardware platform in the EU data center
We are in the process of migrating all servers in our EU data center to a new hardware platform. It features the latest generation Intel Xeon processors, enterprise-grade RAID SSD storage arrays, and optimized internal network connections.
The upgrade to the new hardware platform will provide further improvement on the stability and performance of our hosting infrastructure. Our clients will also benefit from even faster and more robust hosting environment for their websites and email.
