Digital Puppet: pulling the strings of your server If you’ve ever had to set up and maintain a server, the list of tasks can seem endless. You’ve got storage configuration, user account creation, and setup of... read more
Servers What is Ceph? You might be asking yourself "what does Ceph mean?" Well, Ceph is an open-source software that provides a scalable and reliable clustered storage solution. In a clustered storage... read more
Servers A guide to XAMPP An important part of web development is in testing. A developer could code what they think is a beautiful and functional web application, but once it gets handed over for... read more
Cloud What are software containers? It’s easy to ignore the latest industry buzzwords, but the concept of ‘containerisation’ is very much worthy of your time. Over the last few years, container loading software has... read more
Servers Linux compression: all about compromise Linux compression is an incredibly useful tool for file storage, archiving, and transferring information within your computer. It reduces the amount of storage space required, improves bandwidth, and can even... read more
Servers REST vs SOAP web services When it comes to building APIs and web services there are two main contenders: * REST - Representational State Transfer * SOAP - Simple Object Access Protocol What is REST web service?... read more
Cloud The best platform for hosting resellers? Cloud computing has a huge range of practical uses. With the latest web hosting technology, you can build and manage pretty much any online project you can imagine. An obvious... read more
Servers What is an API? In our technologically driven world, not a day goes by where we're not scrolling away on our phone's apps or surfing all corners of the web.... read more
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Servers How random access memory works Together with a computer's processor [https://www.fasthosts.co.uk/blog/evolution-cpu-too-much-process/] and storage [https://www.fasthosts.co.uk/blog/advantages-ssd-storage/], random-access memory is a crucial element in... read more
Servers Evolution of the CPU: too much to process? Whether it’s a laptop, desktop PC, or a high-powered server, microprocessors are the key component at the core of all types of computer hardware. Essentially, the central processing unit... read more
Cloud NGINX vs Apache Your web server responds to client requests and delivers web content through the internet to the user’s browser, making it crucial for any website or VPS project. Your chosen... read more
Security How to upgrade your version of PHP If you’re running websites with an out-of-date version of PHP, we recommend that you upgrade to PHP 8 or beyond. A newer version is more likely to be protected... read more
