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Tools for Troubleshooting Web Sites and CMS Systems July 28th, 2010
Over the years I’ve learned that sometimes trouble comes where you least expect it.
Content Management Systems (CMS) have many different touch points: the physical servers, the server software, connections between servers, the Internet pipe to the user, and the end users’ computers are all involved. Any number of these could be a potential trouble area if there are issues. There are a number of fantastic tools to help isolate bottlenecks, and anyone involved in using, deploying, or maintaining a Web site should be aware of them because it will just make life easier.
One Comment An Alternative to FTP February 18th, 2010
Recently, I used YouSendIt to transfer 400+MB of database backups from one of our client’s hosted servers to our in-house quality assurance servers at NavigationArts. I found it an easy-to-use alternative to FTP.
Because the originating host was one of our client’s production servers, I could not install the optional YouSendIt client app. The transfer was done via the browser only. Even so, I was pleased with the throughput. I was also pleased with the e-mail I received immediately after the file was ready.
Yes, I had to upload from the client’s server to YouSendIt, then download from YouSendIt to my server in-house (rather than FTP it directly to an internal server, then just copy the file). Still, it was relatively quick and painless. No FTP client or other program to install on the production server. I know, I could have used IE as an FTP client, but since the file was enormous and I wanted it to work the first time, I hoped for a more specific solution.
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