NVMe SSDs dramatically increase a server’s performance. When selecting them, you will be primarily interested in their read and write speed, bandwidth, and capacity, but what should you look for, and how do you use them effectively? The following article outlines what NVMe SSDs are, together with other tips for increasing your server’s performance and […]
When choosing a VPS, you should always consider what market you want to focus on first. For example, the location of the virtual server is often underestimated when, in reality, it is extremely important to the latency level and legislation side of the business. Find out why and what other aspects you should consider before […]
It does not seem much practical to store all data on a hard disk server. External data storages are hence a popular way to extent the server capacity. Nevertheless, their features and initial costs differ considerably. Therefore we summarise their pros and cons in order to make the choice easier for you.
The choice of the right firewall might be really tough; it depends on how you need to filter the traffic and what your security requirements are. To make it easier for you, we jotted down how the firewalls work, including the differences between pfSense, MikroTik and FortiGate solutions which are all provided by the MasterDC. […]
Disks with magnetic plates are done for. They are slow, they don’t take abuse well and their repair is half witchcraft, half alchemy – what other computer component can be fixed by baking it in the oven just as well as stashing it in the freezer? We should really get rid of them.
The new way to store data called solid-state drive or SSD has a lot going for it. It’s faster, lighter and more resistant to elements. Is it more suitable for server use than regular HDDs, though? That is the question we are trying to settle in this two episode comparison series. This one will see us go […]
They are a heart of every personal computer, server, tablet or a smartphone. Technological marvels that even most IT professionals understand only in a very general way. The CPUs.
This is a second part of our series about building your own data center. It picks up where we left off last time as we look at choosing the right hardware, ensuring high availability of all parts of the infrastructure and connecting all of the components into a modern computer network.
Would you like to try out a virus? You probably don’t hear an offer like this a lot. But now it’s time to seriously think about it – as a newly established Malware museum offers just that. It’s a collection of old viruses, worms and other malicious software hailing from the long-passed ages of DOS and it […]
In the previous article of this series, we furnished a data center with network technologies. But now the tech and fancy double floor is just collecting dust. How can we breathe life into the data center, make it host our company apps and thus fulfilling its purpose?