A ramdisk - or if you prefer, RAMdisk - is a method of taking a section of memory and treating it as disk. If you think about it for a moment, the pros/cons should be obvious: RAM is much faster than even the fastest disk, so operations on the ramdisk are much faster than when using NVMe, SSD, and certainly spinning disk. However, RAM is also volatile. If the server reboots or crashes, anything on the ramdisk is lost. R...
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Sure, you come to LowEndBox to get great deals, but did you know you can also learn a thing or two here? We have over 250 tutorials we've published over the years on topics such as Linux VPS administr...
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Periodically I've had auditors come to me and say "can you tell me what this user on this system did between such-and-such dates/times" and my answer is usually no. By default, Linux systems don't log...
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Hosting a game server may not be easy through a terminal, though even experienced cannot handle the game servers through Command Line Interface when hosting a large number of game servers. In this cas...
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This article was contributed by Dustin Cisneros at RackNerd, a web hosting and infrastructure as a service provider which was recently voted #1 by the LowEndTalk community! If you are looking for a Li...
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If you need a highly available database configuration where the loss of one node doesn't result in loss of service and changes on one node are replicated to other nodes, you would probably reach for M...
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Since very early in its history, Unix systems have supported file and directory permissions. This security mechanism allow users to make their files private from other users, and for administrators to...
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There's nothing more frustrating than knowing that a file exists on your system but not knowing where it is. It's like losing your car keys or misplacing your phone. Sometimes you'll have contextual c...
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I was editing it just a minute ago... Ever lose something on a filesystem? It can be tricky to move around directories tryin to find it. In this video, we shown you two ways to quickly find any file o...
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Services like Mailinator allow anyone to setup disposable webmail accounts for easy filtering of disposable emails. If you are hesitant to give your email to web sites or organizations because you kno...
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LowEndBox is pleased to announce the launch of LowEndBoxTV, the official YouTube channel of LowEndBox and LowEndTalk! This channel will feature technical tu...
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Database tuning is an art, rather than a science. I speak as someone who's worked as a professional DBA for over 15 years and is certified in multiple commercial RDBMS techologies. There is no set of...
Read MoreIn this tutorial, we'll show you how to setup your own private, encrypted, self-hosted video conferencing solution. You'll be able to hand out a URL (and optionally a password) to people and have them...
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Setting up your own OpenVPN VPN on both server and client is very easy to do. In this tutorial, we'll walk through setting up an OpenVPN server on a VPS you own, and then configuring Windows and macO...
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In this tutorial, we're going to get up and running with OpenBSD on a KVM VPS. What is OpenBSD OpenBSD is one of the three primary BSD-based operating systems. While FreeBSD focuses on x86 architectur...
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In this tutorial we'll show you how to setup your very own Internet radio station using Icecast. Icecast is a flexible, FOSS server that allows you to stream sound and music both to and from the serve...
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Secure Shell, or SSH, is an encrypted protocol that is used for logging on to your remote servers. It is meant to replace the more traditional way of using a password to provide authentication. In thi...
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In this tutorial, we'll show you how to setup a Minecraft game server on a Debian 10 VPS. But we won't stop at just starting the server but also will cover setting it up in systemd so it automatically...
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In this tutorial series, we are setting up a highly available Wordpress web site from scratch. Part 1 - Introduction, Considerations, and Architecture Part 2 - Setting Up the VPSes Part 3 - Setting Up...
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This article was contributed by Dustin B. Cisneros from RackNerd, a seasoned contributor of the hosting industry for 12+ years. Consider checking out all of the KVM offers recently posted on LwoEndBox...
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In this tutorial series, we are setting up a highly available Wordpress web site from scratch. Part 1 - Introduction, Considerations, and Architecture Part 2 - Setting Up the VPSes Part 3 - Setting Up...
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