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  • Storage

    What to run on a big-disk storage VPS: offsite backups, media servers, file sync, S3-compatible storage, camera footage and archives.

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  • Game Servers

    How to host your own game server on a VPS: setup, RAM sizing, mods and keeping latency low for your players.

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  • VoIP and Video

    Self-hosted voice, video calling and live streaming servers on a VPS, where latency and jitter matter.

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  • VPN and Networking

    Run your own VPN and network services on a VPS: WireGuard, OpenVPN, Tailscale exit nodes, reverse proxies, DNS and SSH.

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  • Linux Server

    Practical guides to running a Linux server: security, databases, web servers, Docker and monitoring.

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  • VPS Guides

    Plain answers to common VPS questions: what a VPS is, how it compares, how big it should be and how transfer works.

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  • Cloud Costs

    Why AWS, Azure and Google Cloud bills grow, and how moving to a flat-priced VPS works.

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  • Boise

    VPS hosting in Boise, Idaho: what it is, who it suits, the IDACORE Boise facility and latency across the Northwest.

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