Some TLDs like .biz and .co apply premium (i.e. higher) pricing to selected domains. Premium domains are now tagged in the Control Panel, and you'll see their actual prices rather than the standard price for that TLD. There’s more about registering and managing Premium Domains in the Knowledge Base and a general explainer on the blog.
We've made some improvements to the Domains area of the Control Panel. Look in a domain's "Name Servers" tab to see all DNS Zones which match the domain. We also added the domain history to every page so you don't have to go hunting for it, and some other small tweaks. Small improvements add up!
New, faster Cloud Containers servers. High Performance Cloud Containers are built on fast modern hardware (including AMD Ryzen 9 CPUs and NVMe storage) and a slick new virtualisation layer inspired by our High Performance Virtual Servers. Look for "Performance Plans" when selecting your next Cloud Containers server.
In June we rolled out a brand new metrics interface for Cloud Containers, and now the same upgrade has reached all managed servers. Dedicated Servers, Virtual Servers, High Performance VMs - if they're managed by us, you can now see a lot more data about server load, CPU usage, RAM usage, database disk usage and more. Once the data is collected, you'll be able to select periods from 5 minutes to a year. The Knowledge Base explains how to find and filter your data.
Some people appreciate a lot of notice before their domains expire, while others would rather not have quite so many reminders fill up their inbox. So warnings when there are 1, 15, and 60 days to go are all now optional. If you auto-renew domains, another new setting lets you decide whether to receive an email 7 days beforehand. Find all of this under Account > Preferences, and read more in the Knowledge Base.
We are now running our own gear for Cloud Container customers in California, rather than renting servers there. As well as boosting performance, this gives us direct responsibility for another slice of the Cloud Container platform. It’s also a step towards our goal of making Cloud Containers as standardised as possible around the world.
View any Cloud Container or Cloud Container Server through the SiteHost Control Panel, and you'll see a new metrics widget near the top of screen. Take a quick glance at CPU, memory, disk and load, or click the widget to open your full Metrics suite in a new tab. (This update removes the old "Graphs" tab.) Catch up on the launch of this new Metrics interface in the blog.
Closely monitor your Cloud Container servers and individual containers with a new, detailed Metrics dashboard. Graph out server load, CPU usage, RAM usage, database disk usage and more over periods from 5 minutes to a year (once that much data has been collected). Read the introductory blog article, get more detail from the Knowledge Base, or log into your SiteHost Control Panel and open any Cloud Container (or Cloud Container server) to find the new Metrics link.
Take a look at your list of Cloud Container SSH users and you'll notice that it's had a bit of a tidy-up. As well as visual changes, like switching the 'User Type' to an icon, we've added more details. Now you can see the keys that each user has, without having to click into each one. We've had a lot of requests for this update so we're stoked to deliver it.
If you manage DNS Zones via the SiteHost Control Panel, DNS changes will now show under Account > Activity Logs. There's a full run-down of DNS management in the Knowledge Base.
Last month we started acting as the registrar, rather than just an onseller, when you register new .com or .org domains. Today we've added in renewals, but left you in control. If you want to cut out the reseller, you can swap your domain's registrar to us when you renewing your domain(s). Read three reasons why this is a good idea in the blog. This option will apply to a growing list of TLDs over time.