All articles tagged with "system administration"]
Perimeter security is dead. Learn how to implement a Zero-Trust architecture using mTLS, WireGuard, and strict KVM isolation on CoolVDS to satisfy Datatilsynet requirements and modernize your infrastructure.
Migrating critical databases without killing your SLA is an art. We dissect a replication-based strategy for moving terabyte-scale datasets to high-performance NVMe storage in Oslo, ensuring GDPR compliance and minimal latency.
Alert fatigue is killing your DevOps team. Learn how to build a sovereign, high-performance observability stack using Prometheus, Loki, and OpenTelemetry that respects GDPR and leverages Norwegian infrastructure.
Physics doesn't negotiate. A battle-hardened guide to deploying low-latency edge nodes in Norway using K3s, WireGuard, and NVMe infrastructure to beat the speed of light.
Stop waking up for false positives. A battle-hardened guide to setting up Prometheus, Grafana, and Alertmanager on high-performance infrastructure in Norway, focusing on the Golden Signals and avoiding CPU steal time.
Stop relying on expensive, black-box cloud monitoring that exports your data abroad. Learn how to architect a GDPR-compliant, self-hosted OpenTelemetry stack using Prometheus and Grafana on high-IOPS NVMe infrastructure.
Hope is not a strategy. We dissect the anatomy of a compliant Disaster Recovery plan for 2024, focusing on immutable backups, Norwegian data sovereignty, and minimizing RTO with NVMe storage.
Stop routing local traffic through Frankfurt. We dissect the physics of latency, NIX peering, and practical edge computing configurations to achieve sub-5ms response times.
Hope is not a strategy. Learn how to architect true resilience using RTO/RPO frameworks, PostgreSQL streaming replication, and ZFS snapshots compliant with Datatilsynet regulations.
Stop managing machine learning experiments in spreadsheets. A battle-hardened guide to self-hosting MLflow with PostgreSQL and MinIO backends on high-performance infrastructure.
It's late 2019, and the orchestration wars are settling. We compare K8s against Swarm for Nordic deployments, analyze etcd sensitivity to disk I/O, and explain why your underlying VDS architecture matters more than your yaml config.
Stop relying on 5-minute polling intervals. Here is how to architect a high-precision Prometheus and Grafana stack on NVMe infrastructure while keeping Datatilsynet happy.
Backup is not recovery. In this deep dive, we architect a failover solution using MySQL replication and BorgBackup on Linux, specifically tailored for Norwegian data sovereignty requirements.
Cloud flexibility often masks financial inefficiency. Learn how to audit your Linux infrastructure, tune Nginx and MySQL 5.6 for lower resource usage, and why hosting in Norway offers a TCO advantage.
Docker is revolutionizing deployment, but managing it in production is the wild west. We compare Fig, CoreOS Fleet, and reliable configuration management for orchestrating containers on Norwegian infrastructure.
Docker is exploding in popularity across Norway's dev teams, but default configurations are a security nightmare. We dissect kernel namespaces, capability dropping, and why true hardware virtualization (KVM) remains the only safe harbor for production data.
Stop routing your Norwegian traffic through Frankfurt. A deep dive into deploying Varnish 4 and Nginx on local KVM instances to slash TTFB, optimize IOPS with PCIe SSDs, and dominate the NIX peering landscape.
Tired of managing Docker links and port conflicts? We dive deep into the revolutionary 'Flat Network' model of Google's new Kubernetes project, setup Flannel overlay networks, and explain why your VPS virtualization choice makes or breaks this architecture.
Hardware fails. Humans make mistakes. If your disaster recovery plan relies on a single RAID array or a manual FTP transfer, you are already down. Here is the battle-tested blueprint for automated redundancy in Norway's hosting landscape.
Docker 1.2 is here, but managing containers across multiple hosts is still the Wild West. We compare Fig, CoreOS Fleet, and the emerging Kubernetes to see what actually works in production.
Backups save files; Disaster Recovery saves businesses. A battle-hardened guide to replication, failover, and keeping your data inside Norway's borders using 2014's best practices.
In 2014, the 'cloud' is nebulous, but physics is constant. Learn how to leverage regional VPS in Norway to slash TTFB, utilize Varnish 4 caching, and comply with Datatilsynet requirements without sacrificing IOPS.
While PaaS promises a 'serverless' dream, the reality is often vendor lock-in and latency spikes. Learn how to architect true modular systems using Docker, Nginx, and low-latency NVMe VPS in Norway, ensuring compliance with Datatilsynet standards without sacrificing raw power.
Google's new Kubernetes project is rewriting the rules of cluster management. We dive deep into the networking primitives—namespaces, bridges, and overlays—that make multi-host Docker deployments possible today.
Docker 1.0 is here, but multi-host networking remains a nightmare. We dive deep into the pre-beta Kubernetes networking model, manual routing tables, and why you need KVM for the future of clusters.
It is April 2014, and Docker is changing how we deploy. But networking containers across multiple hosts remains a nightmare of NAT and port mapping. We explore manual bridging, Open vSwitch, and how to architect high-availability clusters on CoolVDS KVM instances.
When vertical scaling fails and your iowait hits 40%, sharding is the only path forward. We explore practical strategies using MySQL 5.6, PHP, and high-performance KVM architecture.
A pragmatic guide for CTOs on integrating local Norwegian VPS infrastructure with global cloud providers to solve latency issues and comply with Personopplysningsloven.
Manual server configuration is killing your uptime. Learn how to implement a 'commit-to-deploy' workflow using Git hooks, Puppet, and reliable KVM virtualization to eliminate snowflake servers.
Speed of light is immutable, but your server architecture isn't. Learn how to deploy Nginx and Varnish at the network edge to crush latency, satisfy Norwegian data laws, and serve dynamic content in milliseconds.