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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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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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Synology FlashStation FS6400 review - testing speed and getting to know Synology branded SSDs

Synology's new flagship enterprise segment, a dual Xeon Silver model with 24 SSD bays and built-in virtualization. We will test how it works on it and get acquainted with the new branded SSD from Synology. In general, it's time to stop talking about Synology's top models as NAS-s for medium-sized businesses. A few years ago, the company set a course for unification and hyperconvergence, deciding that many customers will be able to transfer their local services to storage using virtualization ...
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Guide to buying used servers

Your business has already grown so much that you need your own server for CRM, MySQL or virtualization, but the prices for server hardware upset you? In this article, we will tell you how to save up to 100 times on buying used server hardware and not regret buying it. Server equipment has a huge safety margin, it can operate 24/7 for years and decades. And if you are not worried about the lack of warranty and support, but there is a desire to buy a top server at the price of a good mobile phone ...
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EPYC hosting: exploring how AMD is changing the VDS hosting market

Today, hosters can place up to 1024 virtual machines on one machine, which allows them to dump, increasing their client base in a highly competitive environment. We'll explore why AMD's 64-core EPYC processors are at the heart of a new look at VDS. The data center market demonstrates double-digit growth y/y together with the incessant exponential growth of information on the Internet. Today, own “VDS-point in the cloud” has become as commonplace for modern active people as a credit card ...
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Pros and cons of a private cloud compared to a public one

Many CIOs stated at the time that their data would never exist outside of their firewall. When moving to the cloud, it should have been their cloud in their data center: private cloud. VPC (virtual private clouds or virtual private clouds ) was created as a response from public cloud service providers in competition with private clouds such as OpenStack. Some companies didn't like the idea of putting their data in the public cloud, sharing the combined resources with other companies - perhaps ...
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What is Edge Computing and why edge computing is an escape from the cloud

Think of devices that monitor production equipment in a factory, or a video camera that sends real-time recording from a remote office. As long as there is only one device, it is quite easy to transmit them over the network, but with the growth of their number, there are already problems with delays. We recently wrote about how the oil and gas industry uses IoT to place hundreds and thousands of sensors on its facilities. With so much input data transmitted by all these multiple IoT devices, ...
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Secrets of professionals: how to scale datacenters of cloud providers

Have you always wondered how Data center operators choose and configure their equipment? Why, for example, do they install server "A" instead of "B", what do they rely on - the speed of the VM or the potential number of them in the rack, and how do they design computing power? You have probably seen many times epic photos from data centers, in which drains clogged with servers go over the horizon, powerful generators and air conditioning systems are installed. Many people ...
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QSAN XN8012R Storage Review: Virtualization + ZFS Onboard!

Many specialists of small organizations clearly understand the advantages of ZFS and can justify to the management the savings from software LZ4 compression and deduplication when buying a new storage system, but there were no inexpensive solutions for this file system. But a holy place is never empty, and QSAN decided to combine in one device everything that we love in Linux and everything that we value in ZFS. Today, many technical experts believe that ZFS is something that works only ...
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Zyxel GS1920-8HPv2 - test ot PoE switch with cloud management

Today we are looking at one of the most advanced managed switches on the market. Not so long ago, Zyxel built support for the nebula cloud management system into its professional devices, which allows you to configure and maintain the network on the site simply, and most importantly - remotely. Today we are looking at one of the most advanced managed switches on the market. Not so long ago, Zyxel built support for the nebula cloud management system into its professional devices, which allows ...