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Short and clear: which type of Nextcloud installation should I choose - LXC, VM or Docker?

Nextcloud is a popular solution for creating your own cloud data storage. In this article, we will look at various ways to install Nextcloud, their pros and cons. To begin with, there are several ways to install Nextcloud: directly on the server, in a virtual machine, in Docker manually or in Docker via the automatic AIO stack. You can also install Nextcloud in an LXC container. Nextcloud is a popular solution for creating your own cloud data storage. In this article, we will look at various ...
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Short and sweet: how to choose a RAID/HBA controller for the server

RAID controllers have not left and are not going to, on the contrary, hardware controllers for NVME and PCI Express drives (including M2 format drives) are entering the market. The abundance of drives and software features of RAID/HBA make you approach this choice as responsibly as possible, otherwise you may lose data. RAID controllers have not left and are not going to, on the contrary, hardware controllers for NVME and PCI Express drives (including M2 format drives) are entering the ...
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Server fans: what they are, how they work

Server fans play a key role in maintaining the temperature at an optimal level. They operate at high speeds to ensure sufficient airflow within the server system, thereby cooling it. Most server fans are designed to operate at different speeds, which significantly enhances their efficiency. This means that when the server system is under load, the server fans operate at higher speeds to increase cooling, and when the load is light, the speed decreases. The main function of server fans is to ...
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Lenovo ThinkAgile VX3320 review - a hyperconverged solution for simplified enterprise-wide vSAN deployment

... ideology of hyperconvergent solutions using VMware technologies has its advantages: ... selected equipment is compatible with VMware products in general, vSAN ... offers solutions for both AMD EPYC-based infrastructures and Intel ... quot; is interaction with BMC server systems, XClarity Controller, for ... not as a "server compatible with VMware", but as ... hybrid clouds in the company, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) can be ... VMware vSphere 7, VMware vSAN, VMware NSX-T, VMware vRealize Suite and VMware ...
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Review of ASRock Rack EPYCD8-2T server motherboard for AMD EPYC 7000

The good thing about the AMD EPYC 7000 platform is that a large number of PCI Express lanes are available to you in 1-socket format. This is a serious advantage for assembling a server with several GPUs, because the 1-processor layout allows you to assemble compact machines in the ATX form factor. The good thing about the AMD EPYC 7000 platform is that a large number of PCI Express lanes are available to you in 1-socket format. This is a serious advantage for building a server with several ...
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Quarkus deconstructed: building modernized Java for the future

Quarkus is driving Java-based applications and services into the future. More specifically, the Quarkus framework is helping to drive Java-coded assets into a future that is positively populated with the computing advantages that come from the use of serverless, cloud and Kubernetes environments. Quarkus is driving Java-based applications and services into the future. More specifically, the Quarkus framework is helping to drive Java-coded assets into a future that is positively populated ...
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Article about vertical wall-mounting of servers

An interesting solution for home laboratories, small test rooms or maintenance-free points where 1-2-3 pieces of equipment are placed, and every square centimeter is worth its weight in gold I often came up with the idea: why not place servers vertically, because if you do not have a special server rack, but have a 1U-4U machine, and even a full length of 655 mm, then this bandura will take up the entire room, the entire table or rack. No, I'm not saying that server cabinets are outdated and ...
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Threadripper vs. EPYC: testing three AMD 32-core processors in server applications

... use of gaming CPUs in Cloud hosting, but in my memory ... one of the ten largest cloud providers  in the world, it ... will be, because vMware has not even certified server EPYC 3000 . This does ... the cores of the first EPYC could not be overclocked simultaneously in ... best Turbo Boost plan one could wish for. In general, this ... , and repeating their methodology, I could not even come close to ... high-frequency 8-core EPYC 7252/7232P/7262 could be the best ...
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EPYC hosting: exploring how AMD is changing the VDS hosting market

... 64-core EPYC Model AMD EPYC 7702 AMD EPYC 7662 AMD EPYC 7742 Number ... free CentOS 7 hypervisor, unlike VMWare ESXi, does not know how ... generation of hypervisors (be it VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V or ... virtualization, so much so that VMWare recommends disabling it altogether. Of ... all interfaces that could be installed on this server. Of course, VeraCrypt ... temperature of the cold corridor in the server room was 21 degrees ... in an 8-processor server compared to the EPYC 7742. Finally, it ...
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How Good Is The AMD EPYC 3251? Review of ASRockRack EPYC3251D4I-2T Mini-ITX motherboard

... switched off, which has 2 server reboot modes: Reset and NMI ... AMD Zen, which is usually server motherboards you won't find ... and Windows Server 2016. I turned to my friend, a VMWare representative ... VMware: they need to sell their hypervisor in expensive cloud environments, and EPYC ... , but now I have an EPYC 7551p server under my desk, and ... an unsupported EPYC 3251 on my ... 10%, so if VMware is optimized for EPYC 3000, it may ... suited for an edge computing server or for use as a ...