Insights, tutorials, and updates from the CoolVDS team
Step-by-step guide to setting up a modern CI/CD pipeline using Firecracker MicroVMs.
Practical tips to reduce your cloud infrastructure costs without sacrificing performance.
Discover why Firecracker MicroVMs are changing the serverless landscape with sub-second boot times.
Learn how to maximize your AI inference performance with GPU slicing technology on CoolVDS.
As the Norwegian digital landscape evolves in 2015, VDS hosting emerges as the superior choice for businesses seeking the power of dedicated servers with the flexibility of the cloud.
Synchronous code is the enemy of scale. Learn how to implement RabbitMQ to offload heavy tasks, why 'ulimit' matters, and why your message broker needs the low latency of a Norwegian VDS.
MySQL LIKE queries are destroying your load times. Here is how to deploy Elasticsearch 0.90 properly on a Norwegian KVM VPS without blowing up the JVM heap or hitting I/O bottlenecks.
Is your monolithic LAMP stack crumbling under traffic? Learn how to decouple services using Nginx and KVM without incurring massive latency penalties in the Nordic region.
Bash loops are dangerous and Puppet is bloatware. Discover why Ansible's agentless architecture is the superior choice for managing KVM infrastructure in Norway.
Is 'Integration Hell' eating your deployment window? Learn how to tune Jenkins on KVM infrastructure for reliable builds. We cover I/O bottlenecks, JVM heap tuning, and why local storage matters for Norwegian dev teams.
Stop throwing code over the wall. In 2013, the divide between Dev and Ops is costing you money and sleep. Here is how to fix it with Puppet, culture, and KVM.
Hypervisors are heavy. In a world demanding millisecond latency, Linux Containers (LXC) offer bare-metal performance with VM-like manageability. Here is why you should care.
Is your hosting provider burning cash on cooling? We explore how Norway's hydropower and low PUE reduce costs and improve stability for mission-critical VPS.
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.
It is 2012, and SQL Injection is still king. A battle-hardened guide to securing LAMP stacks, complying with Personopplysningsloven, and why KVM isolation matters more than raw MHz.
SOAP is dead. Mobile is eating the world. Learn how to architect low-latency JSON APIs using PHP-FPM, APC caching, and Nginx in a high-performance Nordic environment.
Relational databases are hitting a wall. Learn why MongoDB 2.0's document model is the future for agile development and why typical shared hosting kills NoSQL performance.
Is Apache killing your concurrency? We dive into deploying Node.js 0.6 on Ubuntu 12.04. Learn to handle the event loop, configure Nginx v1.2 proxies, and why latency to Oslo matters more than raw CPU.
Still dragging files via FileZilla? It's time to professionalize your workflow. Learn how to set up Git post-receive hooks for instant, atomic deployments on a Norwegian VPS.
Local environments lie. Learn how to build a production-grade development sandbox using KVM, Nginx, and Git hooks that mimics your live server perfectly, ensuring zero surprises at deployment.
RAID is not a backup. Don't let a typo destroy your database. Learn how to set up automated, incremental offsite backups using rsync and cron, ensuring your data stays safe under Norwegian privacy standards.
It's 2011 and LulzSec is on the loose. Default configurations are a death sentence. Here is the battle-tested guide to locking down CentOS 6 and Debian Squeeze.
Is your server load spiking despite low CPU usage? The culprit is likely I/O wait. We break down why 15k RPM SAS drives can't handle modern web apps and how SSD arrays change the math.
IANA officially ran out of IPv4 blocks in February. If you aren't dual-stacking now, your infrastructure is already obsolete. Here is the raw, terminal-level guide to deploying IPv6 without breaking your uptime.
Is your single Apache instance choking on traffic? We break down proven load balancing techniques from Round Robin to HAProxy, tailored for Norwegian latency requirements.
Disk latency is the silent killer of web applications. We benchmark Redis vs Memcached, explore the new persistence features in version 2.2, and explain why high-performance VPS hosting in Oslo is critical for Norwegian data handling.
It's 2011. MySQL finally made InnoDB default, and Postgres 9.0 has streaming replication. Which one belongs on your server? We break down the technical trade-offs.
Downtime is not an option. Learn how to architect a high-availability stack using DRBD, Heartbeat, and Nginx to keep your Norwegian services online when traffic spikes.
Stop forcing users to wait for 30 hops to Oslo. We break down how to pair a robust Norwegian VDS with a Content Delivery Network using Nginx and Varnish for sub-100ms loads.
Is your Apache server choking on max_clients? We analyze the shift to Nginx, the necessity of SSDs over SAS 15k, and why keeping data in Oslo matters for latency and Datatilsynet compliance.