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With limited server resources, optimization is necessary. Why pay more if you can optimize your existing VPS to run faster and serve more visitors?Besides for performance, optimizing also serves as a security countermeasure to prevent unexpected incidents. Although it is not possible to get into details in this short blog post, here are a few [...]
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If you own a managed VPS, you can simply ask VPS provider for installing ffmpeg. If it is an unmanaged VPS? You have to install on your own. Here are the installation steps that I have done successfully many times on some VPSs.
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Continue ReadingThere are several ways to benchmark your VPS. VPS providers will not show the power of VPS although with the same configuration provided. Based on SSH, you can benchmark for the strength of your VPS.You must have the root privilege of the VPS. First, login to the VPS via SSH: ssh root@yourIP
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Continue ReadingOnce you own a VPS or a dedicated server, the first is that you should update the server to the latest version. Here are some basic steps do initially to update and upgrade server softwares. They will be the basis for regular updates in your server management. 1. Check the version of the OS Check [...]
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It is necessary to check information of CPU, RAM of VPS. Providers rarely fully inform. Sometimes they are also limited VPS resources to create many more VPS per one server. Simply, information of CPU will be displayed by using the following command via SSH:
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Continue ReadingLike a dedicated server, a VPS provider will generally assisn each VPS with a set amount memory (ram). More RAM allocated, more processes can be run. You will probably notice that there are two types of memory listed: Guaranteed Ram : Guaranteed RAM is the lowest amount of RAM that you will ever have available [...]
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Continue ReadingThe following article explains how to manage the users on a VPS server through an SSH connection. You are able to add users as well as update passwords for existing users. * To create a new user, please follow these steps: In the SSH Console you logged into, type the following syntax: [root]# useradd username .p password [...]
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Continue ReadingDedicated server is the good choice for guarantee, but VPS is not bad. Via some important features, you may see VPSs is better than dedicated servers. Trust me? CPU is burstable. When all the virtual servers are fighting for CPU, you might feel like running on the same speed as a AMD 2600+. However, when [...]
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