Our data centre and flooding in York
Our York data centre is comfortably above the maximum level of flooding from a predicted 1 in 1,000 year event, according to an independent report that we commissioned before purchasing the building.
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Our York data centre is comfortably above the maximum level of flooding from a predicted 1 in 1,000 year event, according to an independent report that we commissioned before purchasing the building.
Read moreFive years ago, I purchased a £250 set of cookware that comes with a “lifetime guarantee” but after only a few years of use, the non-stick surface began to degrade…
Read moreIf you’ve ever struggled with the accuracy of your cheap digital watch, then you’ll know that electronic devices can be quite rubbish at keeping the time. Computer hardware is also terrible at keeping the time. Without constant correction, all our servers would gain or lose about one second per day. It’s essential that all our […]
Read moreDisposing securely of old hard discs is an important part of our data hygiene. Each time we retire a server, the discs are securely wiped before they’re removed or re-purposed. If they fail, are out of warranty or are otherwise basically useless, they need to be disposed of properly. Having them shredded is by far […]
Read moreWhen the first train left York station in 1839, rail travel was still very new. In fact, the first passenger railway between two stations (Manchester to Liverpool) had only been completed nine years before. Some say that the railway “saved York from stagnation” and it’s not hard to see the lasting impact that railways and […]
Read moreDid you know that YO26, Bytemark’s data centre in York, is included in the speedtest.net host directory? This means that you can carry out running connection and bandwidth tests to see how fast our services could work for you! What is speedtest.net? Speedtest is a third-party tool provided by Ookla. As the name suggests, it […]
Read moreEver since we got our hands on Raspberry Pis, we’ve been tweaking, testing and playing with them to explore their abilities. There’s already plenty of examples of how to set it up as a server. But setting up a basic server isn’t quite the same as creating a hosting environment, complete with the ability to […]
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