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The storage trilemma: Speed vs Size vs Costs

When crafting your ideal personal computing setup, a few key elements take center stage; among them, "speed" reigns supreme. In today's landscape of diverse computing systems and devices, the CPU's capabilities are nearly maxed out, and expanding...

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Get ready for Black Friday. Prep your VPS for high load days!

Are you ready for hectic days at the office? Frantically trying to make everything in order for Black Friday? Will your website, or your client’s websites, be able to handle the peaks in traffic?...

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Backup strategy: tips for backing up your VPS

When hosting a VPS, it’s just as important to back up regularly. Of course, it’s possible to do this manually every now and then, but we recommend doing it automatically (eg. every night) as well....

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5 trends to watch for in Linux Land

The Linux landscape today is so vast that it is impossible to list all the major trends and developments here, but we are happy to share 5.

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Turning feedback into better products

A business, as you may know, never remains the same. Tilaa isn't any different. Every day, we strive to improve and come up with new ideas. Almost all of our efforts are self-initiated or initiated...

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Why and how to secure your network with pfSense

pfSense is a FreeBSD-based open-source router/firewall suite that also allows you to quickly set up a VPN or load balancer. It's very useful for system administrators who wish to increase their...

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Hosting in EU vs US: what about your privacy?

When looking for a hosting service, there is much more to consider than just the lowest pricing. What about resources or expansion options, for example? And, more specifically, why is it wise to...

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Brexit and VPS hosting: this is what has changed

With the United Kingdom leaving the EU, lots has changed in 2021 already. What does this mean for our customers in the UK? We’ll tell you all about it in this short update.

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The importance of maximum uptime

There are 60 minutes in an hour, 24 hours in a day and 30 days in a month. At Tilaa we guarantee 99.99% uptime. But, what does that really mean and what have we done to possibly guarantee such a...

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Understanding and interpreting CPU Steal Time for your VPS

Virtual machines (VMs) report on different types of usage metrics, such as server load, memory usage, and steal time. And people often ask about steal time – what is it, and why is it reported on...

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As suspected: Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Google are way too powerful

The House Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust ruled that big tech companies Amazon, Facebook, Google and Apple are way too powerful. The report recommends that the tech giants (Big Four) should not...

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