A virtual private server (VPS) allows users to set up their own virtual machine without the need to pay for using the whole capacity of a bare metal server (i.e., vps hosting in a nutshell). Studying the technology behind a VPS is a good start towards understanding the cloud as a whole because VPS instances […]
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CentOS 8 Reached End-of-Life on December 31, 2021 With Red Hat officially ending support for CentOS 8, users are forced to migrate to a different operating system. While CentOS 7 remains supported till end of 2024, the life cycle of the newer CentOS 8 was cut short by Red Hat for the end of 2021.
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In this guide, we will walk you through the necessary steps to use your Contabo server. From accessing your Customer Control Panel for the first time to hardening your security, we’ll show you all the essentials to run a server. After you read this article, we recommend you dig deeper by following links to more
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The following guide will give you an overview on how to configure additional IPv4 addresses on the most popular operating systems. We designed this article to be helpful not only for our Contabo customers, but also for people using any other provider. In addition to learning how to configure IPv4 addresses, you may need to
In this guide I will show you how to connect to your VPS (or any server) using VNC. What is VNC and How Does It Work? VNC or Virtual Network Computing is a platform allowing you to control a remote computer, server or other device. It’s typically used to control your remote instance via graphical
Not all drives are made equal. There is a huge difference in price and performance between NVMe, SSD and HDD storage. In this article, we’ll guide you through different types of drives…
We are happy to announce a major upgrade to our High-Performance VPS series: All newly purchased VPS will be equipped with super-fast Gen 4 NVMe Drives. Get 10 x the speed at the same low price.
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Let’s celebrate together! America’s Independence Day and our launch of two additional US Data Centers: US (East) in New York City, NY and US (West) in Seattle, WA. Now everyone in the US and Canada has access to low latency servers at an affordable prices.
We talked with Jan-Jaap Jager, Chief Revenue Officer at Acronis, about the importance of Disaster Recovery Plans and what measures you should take to get prepared for an emergency.
Many of you have been waiting for this to happen, and today we’re happy to announce the opening of our first Data Center in Singapore. The launch marks an important step towards a truly global availability and we are now bringing German quality and incredible prices even closer to you.