25% off selected Windows servers for December – Hurry!

Posted on 16/12/2011 by Greg
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We’ve taken two of our best selling servers, thrown in a Windows Server 2008 licence and knocked 25% off the price! This is a fantastic opportunity to get started with a Windows server or add an extra server to your network.

Use voucher code WINDOWSWINTER at the checkout to claim your 25% discount and FREE Windows Server 2008 licence.

DS 3.5 with FREE Windows Server 2008

  • Windows Server 2008 R2 included
  • Intel Xeon X3360 2.83Ghz Quad-Core
  • 4GB DDR RAM
  • 2 x 250GB SATA HDD
  • 10000GB Monthly Transfer
  • Up to 8 Additional IP Addresses **
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15% off all Dedicated Servers. Today Only!

Posted on 25/11/2011 by David
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It’s BlackFriday, the first shopping day after Thanks Giving, to mark this PoundHost is offering 15% off all Dedicated Servers for today only, from now until 5:30 this evening.

Use the voucher code : BlackFriday in your order we will give you 15% of any dedicated server that you order saving you upto £711 on your order.

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Essential Network Maintenance 23/11/11

Posted on 16/11/2011 by David
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We will be carrying out some work on our network to improve stability and avoid issues such as those seen on the 2/11/2011.  Any customer with a serverID below 3000 may be affected.  The routers that host the default gateway for these servers are being replaced. It is not expected that there will be a complete outage longer than 10-15 seconds, however this is a legacy network so unforeseen interactions between our routers and your server may occur, causing localised or partial outages.
Due to the unmanaged nature of the service we cannot produce an exhaustive list of possible issues.  However experience suggests that issues may arise with relation to ARPing for non local IP addresses. We would ask all customers to check that they have a correctly configured default gateway prior to the maintenance. We will be carrying out the work at 07:30 on Wednesday the 23rd of November 2011.

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40 years on from the first microprocessor

Posted on 15/11/2011 by David
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In the journal “Electronic News” 40 years ago today an advert appeared for the first microprocessor.  This was a new kind of chip that could perform different operations depending on the instructions given to it.  The Intel 4004 was the first microprocessor developed way back in 1970 by Intel engineers Ted Hoff, Federico Faggin & Stanley Mazor in conjunction with Japanese company Busicom.  Originally developed for the Busicom adding machines (advanced calculators), the rights to the 4004 were released in mid 1971.  Shortly after Intel started selling the world’s first microprocessor went on sale.

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Crossing the Bridge

Posted on 11/10/2011 by David
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Regular visitors to the PoundHost website may have noticed that we have upgraded our bestselling server, the DS4.  The old DS4 was built on the Lynnfield based X3430 processor, whilst the latest DS 4.2 utilises the new Sandy Bridge chipset and Intel Xeon E3-1230 processors.

 

Why did we do this? Well, the answer is twofold: the old Lynnfield processors are a little long in the tooth now and since their release we have seen huge advances in processor technology. Secondly, improved processing power and lower energy overheads mean that we can offer faster servers without compromising on price.

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