The Basics of DCIM

We have remarked several times in this space about the tremendous changes in the data center in such a short period of time. Not only are device footprints shrinking and functionalities converging, but the way that hardware and software are managed has become more comprehensive and streamlined. Now the same thing that has happening to […]

Protocol Anomaly Detection

It’s late at night and you’re walking to your car after attending a community event. Your car is still a block away. As you walk, you scan the scene before you. Something is just not right, you say to yourself. On the dark sidewalk ahead of you, you see two silhouettes. They are moving about, […]

What You Should Know About APIs

We all know how a computer user interface (UI) works — at least in general terms. Humans interact with digital machines using input devices, and we watch everything real-time on computer monitors. When we think of user input, we usually think of Input devices like a mouse, keyboard, touchscreen, trackball, or pointing stick. But we […]

Network Availability – Is it Important to you?

Alright, we admit that our company has a certain obsession with network availability we collectively call “uptime”. It’s even in our name. We’re totally committed to keeping services up and running for our clients. And while uptime is our best friend, we seem to spend a lot of time thinking about the enemy:  downtime. We’ve […]

Firewall Access Control List (ACL)

Not interested in reading the manual? We cover the essentials in a video at the bottom of this page! Step one is to create a group based on the destination IP. First determine if the pack you have published uses an IPv4 or IPv6 address. Then click the ADD button on the toolbar as shown […]

Configuration Builder Tab

Manage and create Network Packs that can be configured with DNS easily and efficiently. The aim of these configurations is to provide you with an easy way to manage your virtual configurations, while providing excellent services such as Acceleration, Load Balancing, Firewall, and Instant Failover. Below you will find a brief description of this functionality, […]

DDoS Protection Tab

Not interested in reading the manual? We cover the essentials in a video at the bottom of this page! The denial-of-service or DDoS tab provides two primary functions. Front-end DDoS Statistics and mitigation, and Back-end denial-of-service mitigations. In the top half of the page are DDoS statistics. Here you can see detailed information about attacks […]

HTTP/2 Makes the Internet Faster

If you have ever worked on a farm or have done construction, you probably got used to carrying things. And you might have heard your supervisor say at some point, “Get it all in one trip if you can.” That’s the idea behind HTTP/2. Earlier versions of HTTP required multiple TCP streams to transfer the […]

Selecting the Right Monitors for Your Website

Suppose you’ve just launched a new website and you want to make sure that everything keeps working fine. What’s the next step? You could just hope and pray, but there is merit to being more proactive than that. The responsible thing to do is to monitor your website, including all the critical pages, services, and […]

Resource Record Types

Total Uptime’s Cloud DNS Service supports 27 different DNS resource record types. That includes 26 standard record types and 1 special web-redirect type that we’ve created. Below is a comprehensive list of each record type which you can find in the Cloud DNS management interface. DNS SOA Record This is the “Start of Authority” resource […]