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Thursday 30 October 2008

AspHostPortal - Introduction of IIS 7.0

Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) has been observing a steady growth since they released IIS 6.0, It’s in much better shape with minimum complaints. As we all know, IIS 4 was not very successful, and IIS 5 was vulnerable and acted as an open door on a public-facing Web server if used, however IIS 6 revolutionized and ensured the premium spot web server performance and security. Its never enough though, as IIS folks at Microsoft continued their effort to make it better in than before with security at its paramount, and it needed rewrite of Windows on the server. That gave them the avenue to revisit few basic views about the architecture and structure of IIS.At last, IIS 7 evolved as the outcome of those efforts and hard work.


What are the improvements in IIS 7 ?
It mainly focused around modular design, flexible management and enhanced security. This article will walk you through around IIS 7 in the pre-release stage and see what you need to know about those revisions.

The IIS 7.0 Web Hosting supports more application framework technologies for hosting rich applications than any previous version of IIS, and it comes chock-full of features that you can use to deploy these applications right out of the box. At the same time, however, what you see (in Windows® Setup) is not necessarily what you always get.

The IIS 7.0 architecture is designed to be extensible from top to bottom, allowing you to replace any part of the built-in feature set with a custom implementation that suits your needs. As a result, instead of providing a patchwork of plug-in points, IIS 7.0 makes the ultimate commitment to extensibility by implementing all of its own features on top of the public extensibility model. This design is found throughout the platform, from the modular Web server engine itself to the configuration system to the IIS Manager console.

In this article, I’ll dive into the IIS 7.0 extensibility model by walking through the shared source Response Modification project, which enables responses from IIS applications to be modified on the fly using configurable response modification rules. I’ll first build the Web server module by taking advantage of the server’s integrated ASP.NET extensibility. Then, I’ll shape the deployment and management features for the module by developing a custom configuration section and creating a custom management page for IIS Manager.

IIS 7.0 goes beyond simply providing production support for popular application frameworks. With its new Microsoft® .NET Framework extensibility model, IIS 7.0 can leverage the power of ASP.NET integrated mode to add key functionality to applications developed with any framework. This can enable you to add cool features such as access control or new URL schemes, or dramatically improve performance, often without touching a single line of code.
The IIS 7.0 modular architecture offers the ability to completely customize the Web server for a required workload. This can often be done simply by installing only the features needed for your application, yielding a lean Web server that does exactly what is needed and nothing more.

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Wednesday 29 October 2008

AspHostPortal - Webhosting Control Panels

The Control panel is an application designed to control and manage your Web site hosting. Through the control panel you can manage activities such as email creation, opening of your FTP accounts, statistics reports, etc. Though the control panel alone cannot be used as a yardstick to judge the quality of a Web hosting service, it is a vital aspect.
A Control panel in web hosting refers to the interface provided by the hosting company for the maintenance and monitoring of the hosted website.
Some of the commonly available modules in control panels :
  • Access to server logs
  • Details of available and used webspace and bandwidth
  • Email account configuration.
  • Maintaining FTP Users’ accounts.
  • Managing database
  • Visitor statistics using web log analysis system.
Web hosting is a highly competitive field and this drives the many players to offer feature rich hosting plans at an affordable rate.It also compels the various providers to try to outshine each other. Almost all of the top companies are offering highly efficient technical support. Extra features, such as free domain names, site builder and pricing vary widely, but the control panel makes a difference and you have to pick the service which suits your requirements.
Control Panels for Windows only Platform
Helm is a Windows only Web hosting control panel. The Helm control panel has many customer friendly features and the most striking feature is the billing information. Except the H-sphere, all most all the commonly used control panels don’t provide billing information inside the control panel. Helm is easy to operate and has a good standard interface.
Hosting Accelerator is another Windows only Web hosting control panel. It offers a lot of features, but the interface isn’tt properly though out and it lacks in extra feature. It suits the seasoned users.

Control Panels For Both Linux And Windows
Plesk is available for both Linux and Windows platforms. Many Web hosting providers who serve both Linux and Windows hosting customers prefer Plesk. The Plesk interface looks like Windows XP, but it’s expensive, due to serving both platforms. The Website builder tool and other features integrate well with Plesk.
H-Sphere is another control panel for both Linux and Windows. Through H-Sphere is widely used by the Web hosting sites, it lacks some features when compared to Plesk and cPanel, but it offers many features from key functionality to complete automation.
Ensim is another control panel for both Windows and Linux, has to cover more ground when compared to other Web hosting control panels serving both Linux and Windows.
As per the ratings, cPanel is preferred for Linux platform and Helm control panel is preferred for Windows platforms.
After deciding on the control panel, choose the Web hosting service which offers extra features, apart from good technical support, at a reasonable price. The extra features to look for are: free domain names, website builder, unlimited sub domains, and more

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Tuesday 28 October 2008

ASPHostPortal - Data Compression in SQL Server 2008

Data Compression was first introduced in SQL Server 2005 with Service Pack 2 where Microsoft introduced a new storage format called vardecimal to store decimal and numeric data types as variable length columns. In SQL Server 2008 this concept is applicable even to fixed length data types such as integer, char and float. The main advantage of using Data Compression is that it reduces the storage cost and increases the query performance by reducing I/O. Database Administrator needs to be very careful before using Database Compression as it is more CPU intensive activity. If you are not facing CPU crunch and you have more I/O based activities then it is a good idea to implement data compression, which can give you better query performance.

SQL Server 2008 supports Row Level and Page Level Compression for tables and indexes. Data Compression is supported for the following database objects:
- Heap Table (a table which has no clustered index or non clustered index)
- Clustered Table
- Non Clustered Table
- Indexed View
- Partitioned Tables and Indexes (compression option needs to be configured for each partition)
The important point to be noted is that the compression setting of a table is not automatically applied to its nonclustered indexes. Compression settings on each and every index need to be set separately. Using the CREATE TABLE or CREATE INDEX Data Definition Language (DDL) statement you can create compression on a table or index. In order to change the compression state of a table, index or a partition you need to use the ALTER TABLE or ALTER INDEX Data Definition Language (DDL) statements.
Row Level Compression
Row Level compression extends the vardecimal storage format by storing all fixed-length data types in a variable length storage format. When you are enabling Row Level Compression you are only changing the physical storage format of the data which is associated with a data type. There is absolutely no change required at the application level once a DBA enables Row Level Compression on one or more tables within a database.
Now let us take a small example of a table which has a CHAR (100) column. In the fixed length format, this column will take 100 characters irrespective of the actual value stored in it. For example if you are storing “Row Level Compression” or “Row Level Compression Feature” value, then each value will take 100 character space to store the data. However, when CHAR (100) is stored in a variable length format, then it will only take 21 characters for storing the first value (“Row Level Compression”) and 29 characters for storing the second value (“Row Level Compression Feature”). From the above example you can see that you were able to reduce the storage size of the first value by 79% and for the second value by 71%. This is a significant amount of valuable space which you have managed to save using variable length storage format. Another advantage of using Row Level Compression feature is that it does not take any disk space for zero or null values.
Page Level Compression
In the earlier versions of SQL Server every value will be stored in Page regardless whether it has already appeared in the same column for some other row within a Page. In SQL Server 2008 the redundant or duplicate value will be stored only once within the page and the value will be referred in all other occurrences, this is called Page Level Compression. Page Level Compression is a basically a superset of Row Level Compression and it will only occur when the Page is full to optimize the performance. Page Level Compression also uses Column Prefix and Dictionary Compression along with Row Level Compression. For example, if a table is partitioned using a column prefix, then all the data within a specific partition will have same or similar prefix. Let’s say that the column stores values like “Memory”, “Memorably” and “Memorizer” within a page for different rows, then the SQL Server 2008 Storage Engine will store the value “Memor” only once in the Page and will refer to this value for all the other occurrences.
Different ways to Estimate Savings in Storage Space
In SQL Server 2008 there are two ways to estimate the savings in storage space for tables and indexes. The first method is to use sp_estimate_data_compression_savings inbuilt system stored procedure. And the second method is to use the Data Compression Wizard. The other important thing which DBA needs to see is whether the existing data is fragmented; you will be able to reduce the size of index by rebuilding it instead of using compression feature. However, Data Compression feature is available only in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition and Developer Edition.

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AspHostPortal - SQL Express 2008 Overview

MICROSOFT SQL EXPRESS 2008 WEB HOSTING
SQL Server 2008 is a powerful tool for turning your enterprise data into a competitive advantage. Industry-leading support for enterprise data management, developer productivity, and business intelligence includes all the functionality customers expect from an enterprise-class database management system. Learn more about the hundreds of features added or updated in SQL Server 2008.
FEATURES OF SQL EXPRESS 2008 WEB HOSTING
- Enterprise Data Management - SQL Server Express 2008 delivers a more reliable, secure, and productive data platform for line-of-business and analytical applications. This version of SQL Server is the largest release of SQL Server ever, as well as the most dependable and secure release.
- Developer Productivity - SQL Server Express 2008 provides an end-to-end development environment that includes many new technologies that empower developers and significantly increase developer productivity.
- Business Intelligence - The comprehensive analytical, integration, and data migration capabilities of SQL Server 2008 enable companies to extend the value of their existing applications, regardless of the underlying platform. BI solutions built on SQL Server Express 2008 put critical, timely information in the hands of all employees, empowering them to make better decisions faster.
SQL EXPRESS 2008 HOSTING IMPLEMENTATION
- Faster Results - A new Management Studio and integration with Visual Studio 2008 and the Microsoft .NET common language runtime helps you build, debug, and operate applications faster and more efficiently.
- Better Decisions - A comprehensive business intelligence platform for data integration, analysis, and reporting that helps you turn insight into action and make better decisions, faster.
- Trusted Platform - The highest performance, availability and security to run your most demanding applications with native data encryption, secure default settings, and password policy enforcement.

SQL EXPRESS 2008 OTHER FEATURES
- dbo_owner (database owner) Rights to SQL 2008
- Stored procedure support
- Full text search
- ASP.NET SQL Session
- T-SQL Enhancements
- XML Data Types
- SQLXML 4.0
- Stored procedure support
- Multiple Active Result Set (MARS)
- XQuery
- Triggers
- SQL Cache Dependency

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ASPHostPortal - Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2008

The following sections list the minimum hardware and software requirements to install and run SQL Server 2008.

The following requirements apply to all SQL Server 2008 installations:

1.Framework

SQL Server Setup installs the following software components required by the product:
- NET Framework 3.5- SQL Server Native Client- SQL Server Setup support files

2. Software

SQL Server Setup requires Microsoft Windows Installer 4.5 or a later version, and Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.8 SP1 or a later version. You can download MDAC 2.8 SP1 from the MDAC downloads Web site.

3. Internet SoftwareMicrosoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1 or a later version is required for all installations of SQL Server 2008. Internet Explorer 6 SP1 or a later version is required for Microsoft Management Console (MMC), SQL Server Management Studio, Business Intelligence Development Studio, the Report Designer component of Reporting Services, and HTML Help.

4. Display
SQL Server 2008 graphical tools require VGA or higher resolution: at least 1,024×768 pixel resolution.


For Installing SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition:

1. Processor :
Processor type: Pentium III-compatible processor or faster
Processor speed: Minimum: 1.0 GHz, Recommended: 2.0 GHz or faster

2. Operating System: Windows XP Professional SP2Windows XP SP2 Tablet
Windows XP SP2 Media Center 2002
Windows XP SP2 Media Center 2004
Windows XP Media Center 2005
Windows XP Professional Reduced Media
Windows Server 2003 Small Business Server R2 Standard
Windows Server 2003 Small Business Server R2 Premium
Windows Server 2003 SP2 Standard
Windows Server 2003 SP2 Enterprise
Windows Server 2003 SP2 Data Center
Windows Server 2003 Small Business Server SP2 Standard
Windows Server 2003 Small Business Server SP2 Premium
Windows Server 2003 SP2 64-bit x64 Standard
Windows Server 2003 SP2 64-bit x64 Data Center
Windows Server 2003 SP2 64-bit x64 Enterprise
Windows Vista Ultimate
Windows Vista Home Premium
Windows Vista Home Basic
Windows Vista EnterpriseWindows Vista Business
Windows Vista 64-bit x64 Ultimate
Windows Vista 64-bit x64 Home Premium
Windows Vista 64-bit x64 Home Basic
Windows Vista 64-bit x64 Enterprise
Windows Vista 64-bit x64 Business
Windows Server 2008 Standard (with and without Hyper-V)
Windows Server 2008 Web
Windows Server 2008 Data Center
Windows Server 2008 Data Center without Hyper-V
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise without Hyper-V
Windows Server 2008 x64 Standard
Windows Server 2008 x64 Standard without Hyper-V
Windows Server 2008 x64 Data Center
Windows Server 2008 x64 Data Center without Hyper-V
Windows Server 2008 x64 Enterprise
Windows Server 2008 x64 Enterprise without Hyper-V

3. Memory:
RAM:
Minimum: 512 MBRecommended: 2.048 GB or moreMaximum: Operating system maximum

4. Features and Disk Space Requirement:Database Engine and data files, Replication, and Full-Text Search : 280 MB
Analysis Services and data files : 90 MB
Reporting Services and Report Manager : 120 MB
Integration Services : 120 MB
Client Components : 850 MB
SQL Server Books Online and SQL Server Compact Books Online : 240 MB