A screen shot of the CloudLinux interface
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider CoolHandle Hosting (www.coolhandle.com) announced on Tuesday that it has deployed CloudLinux (www.cloudlinux.com) to improve server performance and support its growth.
According to the press release, CloudLinux is a server operating system that provides greater scalability, security and improved performance on shared hosting servers through its Lightweight Virtual Environment technology.
This technology contains each user and allows a specific amount of server resources to be allocated, effectively eliminating the “bad neighbor” effect that happens when one account spikes in resources.
“All CoolHandle customers will benefit directly from CloudLinux,” CoolHandle’s director of marketing, Ryan Morris said in a statement. “Particularly heavy resource-usage software and websites built using WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal. CloudLinux helps us guarantee that all of these users enjoy excellent uptime and performance.”
CoolHandle says CloudLinux prevents resource spikes from affecting other accounts on the server. CloudLinux vice president Marv Steigman says CoolHandle will “generally make life easier for sysadmins through the unique benefits the CloudLinux OS offers.”
CoolHandle and CloudLinux both specialize in Linux and CloudLinux has been used by many hosting providers looking to accommodate resource spikes to maintain uptime for all customers.
In May, cPanel partnered with CloudLinux to enable its partners and customers to have pay-per-use software delivery. At the time, cPanel said CloudLinux offered a “unique opportunity” for web hosts to increase server stability and performance.
CoolHandle seems to have put a focus on performance recently as it partnered with CloudFlare at the beginning of the year.
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Nicole Henderson writes full-time for the Web Host Industry Review where she covers daily news and features online, as well as in print. She has a bachelor of journalism from Ryerson University in Toronto, and has been writing for the WHIR since September 2010. You can find her on Twitter @NicoleHenderson.
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