We use cookies and similar technologies to improve your experience, analyze site traffic, and personalize content. By clicking "Accept All", you consent to our use of cookies. You can manage your preferences or learn more in our Privacy Policy.
Privacy & Cookie Settings
We respect your privacy and give you control over your data. Choose which cookies you want to allow:
These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be disabled. They are set in response to actions made by you such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms.
These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This helps us improve our services.
Providers: Google Analytics, Plausible Analytics (privacy-friendly)
These cookies are used to track visitors across websites to display relevant advertisements and measure campaign effectiveness.
Providers: LinkedIn, Twitter/X, Reddit
These cookies enable the website to remember choices you make (such as your language preference or region) to provide enhanced, more personalized features.
Your Privacy Rights
Right to Access: You can request a copy of your personal data
Right to Deletion: You can request deletion of your data
Right to Object: You can object to processing of your data
Right to Portability: You can request your data in a portable format
Is your monitoring system generating more I/O than your actual application? We dive deep into migrating from check-based polling to metric-based streams using Graphite and Collectd on KVM architectures.
A deep dive into modern Kubernetes networking for Norwegian infrastructure engineers. We analyze eBPF performance, the shift to Gateway API, and how to optimize sysctl parameters to prevent conntrack exhaustion on production clusters.
Manual security hardening is a liability in 2025. Learn how to automate CIS benchmarks and GDPR technical controls using OpenSCAP and Ansible on sovereign Norwegian infrastructure.
It is January 2023, and conversational AI is booming. But sending Norwegian customer data to US APIs is a compliance minefield. Here is how to build a low-latency, privacy-preserving AI proxy layer.
A battle-hardened guide to RTO/RPO, GDPR compliance in Norway, and configuring automated failover on KVM infrastructure using tools available in early 2019.
With the GDPR deadline weeks away and user patience at an all-time low, simple uptime checks are obsolete. We dissect the specific monitoring stack (Prometheus, Grafana 5, ELK) required to maintain sub-100ms response times in Norway.
Vertical scaling has a ceiling. When your MySQL master starts choking on IOPS, it's time to shard. We explore practical strategies for partitioning data while keeping latency low and staying compliant with Norwegian data laws.
Migrating live production databases without killing your SLA requires military precision. Here is the exact replication strategy and my.cnf tuning we use to move heavy I/O workloads across the Nordic infrastructure.
Is your budget VPS silently killing your application? We analyze the architecture of OpenVZ containers, the dangers of 'Burst RAM', and why true hardware virtualization matters for Norwegian businesses.
Stop relying on angry customer emails to track downtime. We deploy a battle-tested monitoring stack using Munin for trending and Nagios for alerting, specifically tuned for the Nordic high-performance hosting market.
With the recent runc vulnerability shaking the DevOps world, it is time to harden your Docker stack. We analyze kernel isolation, immutable infrastructure, and why Norwegian data sovereignty matters for your cluster.
Microservices solved your code velocity problems but broke your network reliability. In this guide, we deploy Linkerd (v1.0) to handle service discovery and circuit breaking without polluting application code. Valid for March 2017.
With the GDPR enforcement deadline looming next month, relying on US-based public cloud serverless functions is risky. We explore architectural patterns for running high-performance, self-hosted Serverless (FaaS) using OpenFaaS and Docker on NVMe VPS infrastructure.
As we enter 2009, 'Cloud Computing' is shifting from a buzzword to a business reality. For Norwegian IT managers, the shift to VDS and Cloud Hosting offers cost efficiency, but security remains the primary barrier. This guide details essential security strategies, from data sovereignty under Norwegian law to hypervisor hardening.
Stop guessing why your server crashed at 3 AM. We break down the battle-tested combination of Nagios 3 and Munin to visualize load, alert on latency, and securing your infrastructure against failures.
CPU graphs lie. In 2020, 'it works on my machine' is a fireable offense. We dissect the Golden Signals of monitoring, configuring Prometheus on Ubuntu 18.04, and why placing your data in Norway is a latency imperative, not just a legal one.
Your API gateway is the bottleneck you're ignoring. Learn how to tune the Linux kernel, optimize NGINX workers, and leverage NVMe storage to handle thousands of requests per second without the jitter.
With the May 2018 GDPR deadline looming, a simple cron job isn't enough. We explore RTO/RPO strategies, Norwegian data sovereignty, and how to script robust failovers on KVM infrastructure.
In 2016, binary 'up/down' checks are insufficient. Learn how to move from basic monitoring to deep system introspection using ELK stack and high-IOPS infrastructure in Norway.
Manual file uploads are killing your uptime. Learn how to build a rugged, automated deployment pipeline using Git hooks and Jenkins on high-performance KVM instances.
Public WiFi is compromised. PPTP is dead. Learn how to deploy a battle-ready OpenVPN server with 2048-bit encryption on a Norwegian VPS to bypass surveillance and secure your traffic.
With the Oracle acquisition of Sun looming, is it time to switch? We benchmark MySQL 5.1 against PostgreSQL 8.4, dissect MyISAM vs InnoDB performance, and explain why hardware virtualization matters for database integrity.
Secure your team's communications against sniffing and interception. A battle-hardened guide to deploying OpenVPN 2.1 on Linux, managing PKI with easy-rsa, and configuring iptables for secure routing in the Norwegian hosting landscape.
Is your VPS actually giving you the RAM you paid for? We dissect OpenVZ architecture, memory barriers, and why /proc/user_beancounters is the most important file you aren't reading.
Backups are not a strategy; they are just files. This guide tears down the myths of DR, covering RTO/RPO enforcement, specific MySQL replication tactics, and why Norway's data sovereignty laws demand more than just an S3 bucket.
Default Docker settings are a security nightmare waiting to happen. In this 2018 guide, we dissect kernel isolation, drop capabilities, and secure the runtime to satisfy the Datatilsynet without sacrificing NVMe performance.
With the May 2018 deadline looming, manual security audits are a liability. Learn how to implement 'Compliance as Code' using Ansible and OpenSCAP on KVM architecture.
It is August 2016, and the old way of monitoring servers is dead. 'Is it up?' is the wrong question. We dive into the shift towards whitebox monitoring, ELK stacks, and Prometheus 1.0 to debug the 'unknown unknowns' on your VPS.
It is October 2015. The ECJ just invalidated Safe Harbor, and your Nagios dashboard says everything is fine while your users see 504 errors. Here is why the shift from simple monitoring to deep observability is critical for Norwegian CTOs right now.
Docker 0.9 has changed deployment, but networking across multiple hosts remains a nightmare. We dive deep into manual OVS bridging and GRE tunnels to build a scalable cluster before orchestration tools catch up.