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Building a CI/CD Pipeline on CoolVDS

Step-by-step guide to setting up a modern CI/CD pipeline using Firecracker MicroVMs.

5 Ways to Optimize Your Cloud Costs

Practical tips to reduce your cloud infrastructure costs without sacrificing performance.

Firecracker MicroVMs: The Future of Serverless

Discover why Firecracker MicroVMs are changing the serverless landscape with sub-second boot times.

Getting Started with GPU Slicing for AI Workloads

Learn how to maximize your AI inference performance with GPU slicing technology on CoolVDS.

Unlocking Potential: The Strategic Benefits of VDS Hosting for Norwegian Businesses in 2015

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.

Scaling Beyond the Monolith: Robust RabbitMQ Implementation on CentOS 6

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.

Stop Grepping Your Database: Implementing Elasticsearch 0.90 on KVM

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.

Decoupling the Monolith: High-Performance SOA Strategies on KVM

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.

Stop Writing Shell Scripts: Why Ansible is the Future of Configuration Management in 2013

Bash loops are dangerous and Puppet is bloatware. Discover why Ansible's agentless architecture is the superior choice for managing KVM infrastructure in Norway.

Jenkins CI: Architecting for Speed and Sanity in a Fragmented VPS Market

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.

DevOps is a Culture, Not a Script: Bridging the Gap in Norwegian Hosting

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.

Stop Wasting RAM: Why Linux Containers (LXC) Are The Future of High-Performance Hosting

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.

The Economics of Green Hosting: Why Efficient Watts Mean Faster Bits

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.

Surviving the Spike: High-Performance E-commerce Hosting Architecture for 2012

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.

Hardening the Stack: Defending Norwegian Web Apps Against the OWASP Top 10 (2012 Edition)

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.

Building Blazing Fast REST APIs with PHP 5.4: A DevOps Survival Guide

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.

Scaling the Unscalable: An Introduction to MongoDB on High-Performance VPS

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.

Scaling Real-Time Apps: Node.js v0.6 Production Guide on SSD VPS

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.

Stop Using FTP: Atomic Git Deployments for Serious Web Projects

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.

Stop Coding on Localhost: Architecting a Mirror-Grade Dev Environment on VDS

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.

Automate or Die: Bulletproof Remote Backups with Rsync on CentOS 6

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.

Paranoid Security: Hardening Your Linux VPS Against 2011's Threat Landscape

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.

Stop Watching 'wa' in Top: Why Spinning Disks Are the Bottleneck in 2011

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.

IPv4 is Dead: A Battle-Hardened Guide to Native IPv6 Deployment

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.

Scaling Past the C10k Problem: Real-World Load Balancing Strategies

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.

Stop Waiting on I/O: Supercharging LAMP Stacks with Redis 2.2

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.

MySQL 5.5 vs. PostgreSQL 9.0: The Database Architecture Battle for 2011

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.

Surviving the Slashdot Effect: Building Bulletproof HA Clusters with DRBD and Heartbeat

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.

Latency is the Enemy: Why Your Norwegian Stack Needs a CDN Strategy

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.

Surviving the Slashdot Effect: Architecture for High-Concurrency Norwegian Web Apps

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.