Our first recruits from this process are starting this week, and we’re still interviewing right now. It’s been an almost entirely positive experience, particularly compared to our previous rather casual recruitment methods.
Read moreAt the end of 2015, we updated the content across our entire website. Once we launched the changes, we noticed that our employment page was one area that could still use some improvements. That got us thinking, what can we do to improve our hiring process as a whole? There is no “cultural fit” We […]
Read moreOne of our manifesto principles is an ongoing commitment to transparency and clear communication. That’s why since 2005, we have detailed every outage affecting our products and network on our public forum. In 2015, we built on that commitment by launching a dedicated Bytemark Status site (https://status.bytemark.org) where we have continued to report all service interruptions […]
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 moreYou can now re-image your BigV VMs through the web control panel! This lets you install a fresh (or different) operating system, whilst keeping the VM spec and networking setup (IPs). Please note: Re-image wipes any attached discs, so please backup externally to keep data. You’ll be given a new root password You’ll likely get […]
Read moreAs you might know, if you’ve read the blog before, Bytemark’s data centre in York is right next to the East Coast Main Line (ECML). The ECML is one of the busiest lines on the UK rail network carrying passengers and freight up and down the east coast of the country. This gives us a […]
Read moreAs you may know, Bytemark bought its own building and built a data centre in York back in 2013. Previously, we had been renting data centre space in Manchester since 2008. Initially, we didn’t think we would go to the hassle of moving people across. Until we got our renewal quote from our suppliers in […]
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 moreLast week, I wrote a tutorial on using “git push” to deploy Ruby applications to your own server using Dokku, a tool that lets you create an environment similar to Heroku on your own server. I demonstrated an example using a simple Ruby app to test the system, which if you haven’t done is well worth running […]
Read moreIf you’ve used Heroku you’ll be familiar with the convenience of using “git push” to deploy your Ruby application. Here’s how you can do the same on Bytemark Cloud using Dokku – a simple system that allows quick deployment of packaged applications, or “buildpacks”. Dokku uses software called Buildstep and contains your applications using Docker. That’s a lot of buzzwords to put onto […]
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