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dedicated servers — written for people who actually run the machines.
dedicated servers — written for people who actually run the machines.
Latest articles

First Steps with Contabo: How to Get Your Server Up and Running
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…

Configuring Additional IP Addresses
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…

How to Connect to Your Server Using VNC
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…

NVMe vs SSD vs HDD Servers: Understand the Difference and Choose the Right Storage for You
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…

Introducing High-Performance VPS with NVMe 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…

Two New US Data Center Regions Launched Today
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.…

Let’s talk Disaster Recovery
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…

Hello from Singapore!
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…
