Resources

Resources: guides about servers

Practical guides to choose, secure, maintain and migrate servers. No filler jargon.

How to choose a VPS for your server

A guide to choosing the right VPS for a server: RAM, CPU, disk, operating system, network and provider, with clear criteria so you don't overpay or come up short.

What server maintenance includes

What good server maintenance covers: backups with an off-site copy, controlled updates, ongoing security, monitoring and incident response.

Server security basics: where to start

The minimum to keep a server from being an easy target: access, updates, firewall, brute-force protection, backups and monitoring. Explained simply.

How to migrate your server between hosts without losing data

Changing providers without losing anything: what gets forgotten, in what order to do it, how to test before shutting down the old one, and how to handle DNS.

Backups that work: the 3-2-1 rule

What the 3-2-1 backup rule is, why a copy on the same machine doesn't save you, and why testing the restore is the most important — and most forgotten — part.