Technical insights and best practices for Server Administration
Stop suffering from "noisy neighbors" on oversold OpenVZ nodes. We dissect Xen PV vs. HVM, kernel tuning for virtualized environments, and why hardware isolation matters for your Norway-based infrastructure.
Apache is eating your RAM and killing your latency. Learn how to deploy Nginx as a reverse proxy on CentOS 6 to handle 10x the concurrent connections without upgrading hardware.
Stop letting 'noisy neighbors' kill your application performance. We dive deep into the architecture of KVM virtualization, CPU steal time, and why real hardware isolation is critical for Norwegian enterprises.
Stop letting noisy neighbors steal your CPU cycles. We analyze the critical differences between OpenVZ containers and KVM virtualization, and why hardware isolation is the only viable path for serious systems in 2012.
Is Apache choking your RAM? Learn how to deploy Nginx as a reverse proxy to handle high concurrency, offload SSL, and stabilize your infrastructure using 2012's best practices.
Is your Apache server choking on RAM? Learn how to deploy Nginx as a high-performance reverse proxy to handle thousands of concurrent connections while keeping your backend logic intact. A battle-tested guide for 2012 infrastructure.
Apache is choking on concurrent connections? Learn how to deploy Nginx as a high-performance reverse proxy to offload static assets and reduce backend latency on your VPS.
It is 2012, and the 'Process vs. Event' war is defining server architecture. We benchmark Apache's new Event MPM against Lighttpd's lightweight architecture to see which daemon deserves your RAM.
RAID is not a backup. Stop relying on luck and start relying on Bash. This guide covers automated, encrypted off-site backups using rsync and mysqldump on Linux systems, ensuring your data stays safe within Norwegian borders.
Stop letting noisy neighbors steal your CPU cycles. We benchmark KVM performance, optimize the Linux I/O scheduler for SSDs, and explain why hardware virtualization is the only compliant choice for Norwegian businesses.
Stop your emails from hitting the spam folder. A complete 2012-era guide to configuring Postfix with SPF, DKIM, and TLS on a Norwegian VPS.
Manual backups are a myth. If it isn't in crontab, it doesn't exist. We dissect bash automation, rsync rotation, and MySQL locking strategies to survive data loss in a Norwegian server environment.
A no-nonsense guide to configuring Postfix on CentOS 6. We cover SPF, DKIM, and the critical PTR records needed to keep your mail flowing in the Nordic region.
Stop letting Apache kill your RAM. Learn how to deploy a battle-hardened Nginx reverse proxy architecture to handle massive concurrency while keeping latency low for Norwegian users. Includes production-ready config examples.
Is your Apache server choking on concurrent connections? We benchmark the industry standard against the lightweight challenger, Lighttpd, to see which web server architecture belongs on your Norwegian VPS in 2012.
Is your database crawling despite plenty of RAM? We dissect the hidden IOPS bottleneck in shared SAN architectures and explain why local SSD storage via KVM is the only viable path for high-performance hosting in Norway.
Is your Magento store ready for the holiday rush? We break down the Nginx, Varnish, and SSD tuning strategies needed to keep load averages low when traffic hits.
Stop relying on a single point of failure. Learn how to configure HAProxy 1.4 for high availability, tune the Linux kernel for thousands of concurrent connections, and why KVM isolation matters for production workloads.
Stop letting Apache kill your RAM. Learn how to deploy Nginx as a high-performance reverse proxy on CentOS and Ubuntu 12.04. Optimizations for latency, SSL offloading, and handling the C10k problem.
A battle-hardened comparison of Apache and Lighttpd for high-traffic environments. Learn how to configure MPMS, manage FastCGI, and reduce memory footprints on your Norway VPS.
Is your web application stalling despite low CPU usage? The culprit is likely Disk I/O. We analyze the state of storage solutions in 2012, from slow SANs to the rising SSD revolution, and how to optimize MySQL 5.5 for high-throughput architecture.
Client-side tracking misses 20% of your traffic. Learn how to deploy AWStats for pixel-perfect server-side analytics on CentOS and Debian, ensuring compliance with Norwegian data laws.
OpenVZ providers oversell resources and lock down your kernel. We analyze why Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is the superior architecture for performance-critical applications hosting in Norway.
Is OpenVZ the efficient champion of virtualization or a trap for oversold resources? A deep dive into user_beancounters, kernel sharing, and why your high-load database might deserve KVM instead.
Tired of your server crawling because another user on the node decided to compile a kernel? We dive deep into why KVM architectural isolation beats OpenVZ/Virtuozzo for serious workloads in 2012.
Tired of unpredictable latency on budget VPS hosts? We dive deep into the KVM vs. OpenVZ architecture, benchmark disk I/O on Enterprise SSDs, and explain why full kernel virtualization is critical for mission-critical deployments in Norway.
A raw look at the pros and cons of OpenVZ virtualization in the 2012 hosting landscape. We analyze why 'burstable RAM' might be killing your MySQL performance and when you should demand KVM.
RAID is not a backup. In this deep dive, we explore battle-tested strategies for automating server backups using rsync, MySQL dumps, and cron on Linux systems, tailored for Norwegian data compliance.
Stop guessing why your server crashed. A battle-hardened SysAdmin's guide to setting up robust monitoring on CentOS 6, differentiating between 'Is it up?' (Nagios) and 'Why is it slow?' (Munin), specifically tailored for Norwegian infrastructure.
A battle-hardened guide to Xen hypervisors, avoiding the 'noisy neighbor' trap, and optimizing disk I/O on CentOS 6. Essential reading for systems architects deploying in Norway.