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Don't Say I Didn't Warn You: Is Slicehosting's Awesome Offer Too Good to Be True? Who Cares!

Slicehosting has tempting but probably suicidal pricing. Do you feel lucky?

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Don't Say I Didn't Warn You: Is Slicehosting's Awesome Offer Too Good to Be True?  Who Cares!

Silicom Network: Lifetime Shared and Reseller Plans Back in Stock for Germany, Singapore, and the USA!

I reviewed my own Silicom Network lifetime service, and now they're back in stock! Read on to learn about shared and reseller hosting lifetime offers from this Argentinian provider offering service in Germany, Singapore, and the USA.

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Silicom Network: Lifetime Shared and Reseller Plans Back in Stock for Germany, Singapore, and the USA!

eWallHost: 2GB RAM for $5.39/Month in the US, with Global Options!

eWallHost is back with some cheap deals on servers in the US, Germany, and Finland, with options all over the globe!

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eWallHost: 2GB RAM for $5.39/Month in the US, with Global Options!

BEFORE YOU SHIP: How to Prepare Your Server for Colocation - A Community Checklist

Thinking of colocating a server? Awesome. Here's some quick tips to make sure your experience is a happy one.

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BEFORE YOU SHIP: How to Prepare Your Server for Colocation - A Community Checklist

Turning Off VPS Systems was a Major Hassle Until I Stopped Forgetting This Important Step!

Turning off a system? Make sure you get everything cleaned up and avoid future hassles with this checklist.

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Turning Off VPS Systems was a Major Hassle Until I Stopped Forgetting This Important Step!

What Does Your Road Warrior Kit Look Like? Here's How I Setup to Go On the Road

Let's talk home access, remote access, VPNs, and other tricks to make life on the road more tolerable (in a digital sense).

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What Does Your Road Warrior Kit Look Like?  Here's How I Setup to Go On the Road

Setup a Highly Available Wordpress Site From Scratch, 2024 Edition! Part 4: Gluster

Three years ago, we published a series on building a highly-available Wordpress site from scratch. Now we're going to refresh the technology stack and bring it up to date for 2024. In part four, we're installing GlusterFS and getting it working on all three nodes.

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Setup a Highly Available Wordpress Site From Scratch, 2024 Edition!  Part 4: Gluster

Setup a Highly Available Wordpress Site From Scratch, 2024 Edition! Part 2: Ordering the VPSes

Three years ago, we published a series on building a highly-available Wordpress site from scratch. Now we're going to refresh the technology stack and bring it up to date for 2024. In part two, we'll step through provisioning these VMs at Hetzner.

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Setup a Highly Available Wordpress Site From Scratch, 2024 Edition!  Part 2: Ordering the VPSes

Luxvps: Less Than €6/Month for 4 Cores/20GB RAM in Frankfurt, Germany!

It's time for another big RAM offer from Luxvps! On offer is =big RAM system for very cheap in Frankfurt, Germany.

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Luxvps: Less Than €6/Month for 4 Cores/20GB RAM in Frankfurt, Germany!

MetalVPS: Clueless Administrator, No Billing Panel - What the Heck?

Do you want a VPS from a clueless administrator? Maybe you do! Check out Not_Oles' pet project.

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MetalVPS: Clueless Administrator, No Billing Panel - What the Heck?

PikaPods: Spin Up Tons of Apps for Cheap on This Awesome Service! Let's Do a Deep Dive

One of my favorite services is PikaPods, which allows you to effortlessly spin up nearly 80 apps (and growing) including development, database, monitoring, collaboration, note-taking, and more. Let's dive in!

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PikaPods: Spin Up Tons of Apps for Cheap on This Awesome Service!  Let's Do a Deep Dive

Binary Racks: Cheap VPS and an Awesome Dedicated Server Deal in London, UK!

Hey there, Binary Racks! Some hosts constantly want to be featured, and some only dip in for special offers they know will delight our audience.  Binary Racks is one of the latter providers, and we ha...

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Binary Racks: Cheap VPS and an Awesome Dedicated Server Deal in London, UK!

Luxvps: Cheap VPS Deals (€4.05 for 4GB!) PLUS an Important Question for You

Luxvps has some fantastic deals and a special discount code for their Gen2 KVM Rootservers. Plus they're looking for feedback from YOU on where they should go for their next datacenter location.

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Luxvps: Cheap VPS Deals (€4.05 for 4GB!) PLUS an Important Question for You

Is America's Power Shortage the Fault of Data Centers?

Are our idling VMs to blame?  Well, probably not the idling ones but maybe all those systems you're using to mine crypto, power game servers, and serve web apps.

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Is America's Power Shortage the Fault of Data Centers?

Summit US Hosting Firm Announces Acquisition of Deft

Deft, a comprehensive supplier of data center and managed cloud services, was bought by Summit, a major provider of virtual servers and cloud-based application hosting in the United States and Canada....

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Summit US Hosting Firm Announces Acquisition of Deft

The Story of How I Broke LowEndTalk This Week

I took LowEndTalk down this week due to a very simple change gone awry. This is the story.

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The Story of How I Broke LowEndTalk This Week

Texas Brownouts On the Horizon: The Power Crisis is Here, and Governor Greg Abbott is Underestimating It

Governor Greg Abbott of Texas is calling for a growth in the state's energy grid at a clip of 10-15% per year. He's off by a factor of ten.

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Texas Brownouts On the Horizon: The Power Crisis is Here, and Governor Greg Abbott is Underestimating It

How Does Your Provider Handle Bandwidth Overages? It Can Get Weird

Most prepaid VPS services come with a bundle of bandwidth.  For example, if you buy a 1GB VPS, you might get 1TB bandwidth. That seems straightforward, but you may want to understand exactly what it means before you sign up, and what happens if you go over your allotment.

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How Does Your Provider Handle Bandwidth Overages?  It Can Get Weird

Virtono's Web Site is Having Issues, Customer Systems OK: Please Stand By

Customer services on Virtono seem to be working normally, but there's been a mild panic because their web site has been having issues over the last 24 hours.

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Virtono's Web Site is Having Issues, Customer Systems OK: Please Stand By

Limewave's Middle Finger to Customers: See Ya, Don't Let The Door Hit Ya Where the Good Lord Split Ya

Just yesterday we were asking what the heck was going on at Limewave, given that customers were clamoring on LowEndTalk about their services disappearing with now explanation. Well, now we know.

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Limewave's Middle Finger to Customers: See Ya, Don't Let The Door Hit Ya Where the Good Lord Split Ya

Republic Day Celebrations Continue with eWallHost's Shared Hosting Special Offer!

Republic Day celebrations continue!  Congratulations to India on the 74th anniversary of enacting their Constitution in 1950. eWallHost would like to bring you a special shared hosting offer to honor this holiday. Check it out!

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Republic Day Celebrations Continue with eWallHost's Shared Hosting Special Offer!

LowEndLore: A Community Glossary for the Confused

Over the years, our community has organically created a ton of slang and terminology, some of which is obscure in origin and some of which is completely incomprehensible to the newcomer.  I mean, if you go up to someone on the street and ask them what a Summerhost, Cest Pit, or LowEndBox is, they'll give you a blank stare. Get hip to the lingo with this guide!

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LowEndLore: A Community Glossary for the Confused

How to Backup Your DirectAdmin Reseller Automatically Even If You Don't Have Shell Access

If you've been following my journey with Directadmin, I signed up for a DirectAdmin reseller account with Silicom Network. They perform backups, but I'd like my own backups. How can I automate them, including MySQL, when I don't have a shell account?

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How to Backup Your DirectAdmin Reseller Automatically Even If You Don't Have Shell Access

Pay Once, Host Forever: Silicom Network's LIFETIME Deal is Here!

Buying a lifetime offer is always a bit of a gamble, but the odds are stacked in your favor with this deal from Silicom Network. They've been around since 1998 and I think this is their best offer yet!

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Pay Once, Host Forever: Silicom Network's LIFETIME Deal is Here!

Providers Under Attack! WHMCS Modules Meltdown!

Providers running WHMCS need to watch their systems carefully because LowEndTalk is on fire with report on hacks and compromises through flawed modules.

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Providers Under Attack!  WHMCS Modules Meltdown!

LowEndBash: Wow, Get a 4GB RAM VPS in Coventry, UK for Only $5.50/Month from Layer!

The price in this special offer is incredible! Wow! Thank you, Layer, for this wonderful deal in Coventry, UK.

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LowEndBash: Wow, Get a 4GB RAM VPS in Coventry, UK for Only $5.50/Month from Layer!

LowEndBash: Super Cheap Shared Hosting from Limitless! As Cheap as $2.40/YEAR!

LowEndBash week continues - check out this awesome dirt cheap hosting offers from UK-based Limitless Hosting! Get cheap DirectAdmin or cheap cPanel shared hosting in USA, EU, Singapore, or Australia. Reseller, too!

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LowEndBash: Super Cheap Shared Hosting from Limitless!  As Cheap as $2.40/YEAR!

"MXroute failed, and I'm sorry": Jar Posts a Detailed Narrative of His Recent Man vs. Storage Array Combat

Read a harrowing tale of man-versus-RAID-array combat as MXroute battles to recover one of its servers.

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