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coolvds.com › Blog › Security & Compliance

FTP is Dead: Why Plain Text Protocols Have No Place in 2010

· CoolVDS Team

Sending passwords over port 21 is professional negligence. We analyze the packet-level risks of FTP and implement a chrooted SFTP solution using OpenSSH 5.x to secure your Norwegian infrastructure.

coolvds.com › Blog › Performance Optimization

Apache vs Lighttpd: Solving the C10k Problem on Your VPS

· CoolVDS Team

Is Apache 2.2 eating all your RAM? We pit the industry standard against the event-driven challenger, Lighttpd, to see which web server delivers the best throughput for high-traffic Norwegian sites in 2010.

coolvds.com › Blog › Performance Optimization

WordPress 3.0 Optimization: Architecting for Speed in a Post-LAMP World

· CoolVDS Team

WordPress 3.0 "Thelonious" has just dropped. It merges MU and brings custom post types, but it demands more than standard shared hosting can give. Here is the 2010 systems architect's guide to sub-second loads using Nginx, APC, and Varnish.

coolvds.com › Blog › Hosting Solutions

Escaping the Shared Hosting Trap: Why Your Growing App Needs a VPS

· CoolVDS Team

Is your site buckling under the 'Digg Effect'? We analyze the architectural bottlenecks of shared hosting and demonstrate why migrating to a Xen-based VPS is the only viable path for performance and compliance in 2010.

coolvds.com › Blog › Performance Optimization

Stop the RAM Bleed: replacing mod_php with PHP-FPM and Nginx

· CoolVDS Team

Is your server thrashing swap under heavy load? The traditional Apache stack is failing you. Learn how to implement the PHP-FPM patch with Nginx to handle thousands of concurrent connections without melting your CPU.

coolvds.com › Blog › Server Administration

Stop Guessing: Deep Server Log Analysis with AWStats on Linux

· CoolVDS Team

Google Analytics misses 30% of your traffic. Learn how to implement AWStats on CentOS/Debian to track bots, bandwidth thieves, and true server performance without killing your disk I/O.

coolvds.com › Blog › Server Administration

Apache vs. Lighttpd: Surviving the C10k Problem on Linux

· CoolVDS Team

Is your Apache server choking on keep-alive connections? We dissect the architectural differences between the industry standard Apache 2.2 and the event-driven challenger Lighttpd to determine which daemon belongs on your Norwegian VPS.

coolvds.com › Blog › Hosting Solutions

VPS vs Shared Hosting: Why Your Business Outgrew its $5 Plan

· CoolVDS Team

Is your site sluggish during peak hours? We analyze the technical limitations of shared hosting environments and why migrating to a Xen-based VPS in Norway is the only path for stability in 2010.

coolvds.com › Blog › Hosting Solutions

OpenVZ vs. Xen: Why "Burst RAM" is a Lie and True Isolation Matters

· CoolVDS Team

Is your budget VPS slowing down during peak hours? We dive into the kernel-level differences between OpenVZ containers and Xen virtualization to explain why 'guaranteed resources' are often anything but.

coolvds.com › Blog › Security & Compliance

Linux Server Hardening: Survival Guide for the Norwegian Sysadmin

· CoolVDS Team

The internet is a hostile environment. Learn how to lock down your CentOS or Debian VPS against brute-force attacks and script kiddies using tools like iptables and Fail2Ban, while keeping your data compliant with Datatilsynet standards.

coolvds.com › Blog › Performance Optimization

Stop Writing to Disk: Accelerating PHP Sessions with Redis 1.2

· CoolVDS Team

Is high I/O wait killing your web application? Default file-based sessions are a bottleneck. Learn how to implement Redis as a session handler to reduce latency and maintain persistence.

coolvds.com › Blog › Server Administration

OpenVZ vs. Xen: The Truth About "Guaranteed" Resources in 2010

· CoolVDS Team

Is your cheap VPS actually a trap? We dissect the OpenVZ architecture, expose the 'burst RAM' myth, and explain why serious sysadmins in Norway are moving to Xen/KVM for true isolation.

coolvds.com › Blog › Hosting Solutions

OpenVZ vs. Xen: The Dirty Truth About 'Burst RAM' and Overselling

· CoolVDS Team

Are your 'guaranteed' resources actually guaranteed? We analyze the architecture of OpenVZ containers versus Xen hardware virtualization and why /proc/user_beancounters might be the scariest file on your server.