Choosing a server
Bare metal vs VPS vs cloud instances
How bare-metal servers, virtual private servers and cloud instances differ in performance, isolation, control and cost predictability.
Knowledge Base
Guides for running your server.
Practical, vendor-neutral how-tos on choosing hardware, connecting, securing and protecting your data.
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Choosing a server
Which server line fits your workload?
A practical guide to choosing between Dedicated, Enterprise, Storage and Advanced servers based on what your workload needs most.
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Getting started
How to connect to your server with SSH
Step-by-step guide to connecting to a Linux server over SSH from macOS, Linux and Windows, and setting up key-based login.
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Security
First steps to secure a new Linux server
A checklist for hardening a new Linux server: updates, a non-root user, SSH keys, a firewall, brute-force protection and monitoring.
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Storage
Choosing a RAID level for your server
RAID 0, 1, 5, 6 and 10 explained: usable capacity, fault tolerance and performance trade-offs, and how to pick the right layout.
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Storage
Planning server backups with the 3-2-1 rule
Why RAID isn't a backup, how the 3-2-1 rule works, and how to plan versioned, off-site backups you can actually restore from.
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