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MySQL has been upgraded across all servers to v5.0.51a This upgrade finally jumps us away from the legacy v4 branch and brings with it many new improvements and tweaks.

While there was a snag on one server that resulted in a approximately 15 minutes of unscheduled problems with that particular server (php content was not being served properly), overall the upgrade went smoothly and we are looking forward to continued improvements from the MySQL team.

We are happy to announce that effective immediately, all of our standard shared hosting linux accounts (Linux Bronze thru Linux Gold) are being upgraded with increased resource allocations. This upgrade applies to disk space and monthly bandwidth transfer, as well as amenities such as the limits on number of email accounts, domains, etc available to each account. On average plans have received approximately a doubling of disk space, and a 60-70% increase in their bandwidth limits in this latest round of upgrades.

In the two and a half weeks since we deployed PHP5 as an option for all clients, we've received only a handful of tickets regarding script compatibility with PHP5, all of which have been resolved at this time. Most of the issues that turned up involved needs/desires for a specific php5 module that we missed in the initial upgrade process.

As the upgrade appears to have gone smoothly thus far, The transition to using PHP5 as the default for all *.php files was performed this morning. At this time, all *.php scripts are now running under the PHP5 system across all servers.

We are happy to announce that effective immediately, PHP5 is now available on all shared linux hosting accounts here at Pure Energy.

Clients can utilize PHP5 by either changing their default PHP version inside cPanel (cPanel -> PHP Configuration), or by naming PHP files with the .php5 extension. On February 4th we will switch the default for all *.php files on our servers over to PHP5. If clients require the use of PHP4 beyond that date, they will need to use the PHP Configuration Screen in cPanel to select PHP4 for their account, or rename their PHP files to .php4.

Today we are happy to announce that all of our shared linux web hosting plans have been upgraded in size, while retaining the same sensible rates. On average each plan has been enlarged by 27% in terms of disk space and monthly bandwidth usage. This enhancement comes courtesy of our continued pledge to offer sustainable, reasonably priced services for our clients. All clients with shared linux webhosting accounts will immediately gain access to the increased bandwidth and diskspace effective immediately, with no action required on their part to take advantage of the change.