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​Suppose you’ve made up your mind about creating a website, a mobile application, or any other project that should be accessible through the World Wide Web, to provide for this accessibility. In that case, you first and foremost need to find a decent server solution. While here on our website you can find a variety of hosting offers to suit any budget and any project, the problem of picking the right option for your particular project can still be daunting. In this regard, you can’t proceed without informing yourself about some of the basic concepts in the realm of hosting, where the distinction between a dedicated and a virtual server is probably the most basic and important thing to start with, therefore this is exactly what we want to dedicate our article to.

MySQL is a database service for storing any type of data. It offers different types of backup options, which can be chosen with data size, hardware specs, or storage capacity in mind.

​If you have hosted websites or applications on a server, you will face the expansion of their resource requirements eventually. Sometimes, the server you chose for hosting cannot provide the resources needed to sustain the proper processing of the traffic; in such cases, server migration might become necessary.

A protected virtual server meets higher security standards than a regular VPS. Such a server allows you to effectively protect your websites from virus attacks and intrusions due to built-in hardware and software solutions. Increased protection of the virtual server is achieved through the following advantages and features:

If you are looking for a detailed and clear instruction on how to find out the hosting provider of the website, then look no further. In this article, we've gathered all the most important information on the subject - and implemented it in a few simple step-by-step scenarios.

Here is a quick guide to help you understand how to check if a port is available and why it is needed. A port is an address used by multiple devices to exchange data, commands, etc. A port address is written as a 16-digit number with a value between 1 and 65,535. This range is divided into three types:

• System - have a range of 0 to 1023;
• User - ranging from 1024 to 49 151;
• Dynamic - from 49 152 to 65 535.

The port availability check is carried out for different reasons, but most often it is necessary to determine whether the computer or server is ready to accept incoming connections. Testing can be done remotely or locally.

"Notified means armed". This phrase could be the best explanation of the importance of constant comprehensive server monitoring - including VPS or VDS. After all, thanks to well-constructed monitoring of hardware performance, you can avoid a huge number of problems. The hitch is only in the words "well-constructed", because VPS monitoring requires a thoughtful approach… And although this topic is very broad, there are some basic points that must be considered in our article!

Automation of almost all spheres of business life has led to the fact that the bulk of information is stored digitally. And the fact that the safety of data largely depends on the reliability and efficiency of computer systems and servers raises certain concerns. One failure or hacker attack is enough to cause permanent loss of important archives. To reduce this risk helps to regularly back up your VPS. Having a backup copy of the site or database, the user can restore the information, if the data on the server is damaged or lost.

​DDoS attack is a common threat to cybersecurity, against which no website is protected without special measures applied. Although DDoS attacks are usually referred to with this single term, in fact, they include numerous types and dozens of variations, each needing a special approach. Although competent DDoS protection is tailored to recognize and mitigate all common types of DDoS attacks, which we do guarantee from our side as well, it won’t be superfluous either to have an idea about what we have to deal with. Let’s have a look at some common DDoS attacks as well as the methods applied to protect against them.

A successful web project begins with finding an optimal hosting solution. If you want to create a web project and you are searching for a good yet cost-efficient foundation for it, then a VPS is definitely what you need.