Notice About Planned Server Upgrade and IP Change

Dear Sir,

We are notifying you via this email as a courtesy that we will be upgrading your Windows hosting server in order to improve performance. As a result, We are writing to inform you that a UPGRADE on your hosting server is coming up on Thursday, January 25, 2024, at 11:00 PM Time. Depending on traffic and volume, it could take as long as 2/3 days to finish.

For your records, the new shared IP address of the server will be 109.203.112.112. If your domains are registered through us, you will not need to make any changes to the name servers they use. However, if you are using private name servers then you are advised to update the IP addresses of your name servers as follows:

Date of Starting Update : January 25, 2024, at 11:00 PM

If you are using any third-party name servers or DNS hosting service then we request that you update any host records i.e. A, www or MX to the new IP address 109.203.112.112. You can also check the IP of your website from the new control panel at https://silver.specialservers.com:8443/

MSSQL connection string remains localhost. If you are using the server name in code for the MSSQL connection string then kindly update it to the localhost. The maximum size per Database and per email can't exceed a maximum of 400 MB space as usual.

If you using any old IP address in any Email clients like Outlook as an incoming and outgoing mail server, then please update it to silver.specialservers.com. We will be performing the following up-gradation and migration will take place to this server such as:

Enhancements in new servers are:

Mod Security is enabled on the new servers to safeguard site’s from attacks/injections
Latest Operating System
Latest Control Panel Plesk
Support of latest PHP version

From new server
Support of latest Node.js
Support of latest ASP.NET Core Microsoft .NET Core
Support of ASP.NET
MSQL upgraded
MySQL is now upgraded to MariaDB  by Plesk

The mail server now fully supports secure mail. You can use hostname red.specialservers.com with ports 465 (SMTP), 993 (IMAP), and 995 (POP3)

FTP Hostname: 109.203.112.112 OR your domain name

Plesk URL: https://silver.specialservers.com:8443/

We're constantly looking for new ways to improve the services we already offer and give our clients the greatest possible experience. This platform will increase the high availability, scalability, performance, and dependability of your current services.

Thanks for your continuous support with us. In case of any problem during the update, please contact our support team for further assistance.

Regards,

Orange Soft BD.

Level II System Administrator