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Dedicated Server Security Checklist: Practical Steps Before You Go Live

Use this dedicated server security checklist to reduce avoidable risk before launch, from account access and updates to firewall rules, backups and monitoring.

High-Availability Hosting Plan: How to Reduce Single Points of Failure

Learn how to build a practical high-availability hosting plan by mapping dependencies, defining recovery targets and testing failover for critical workloads.

Server Capacity Planning for Product Launches and Seasonal Traffic

Plan dedicated server capacity for launches and traffic peaks with workload measurements, headroom, load testing and a clear scaling plan.

Unmetered Server Bandwidth: Questions to Ask Before Ordering

Understand unmetered bandwidth offers by checking port rates, traffic policies, sustained usage terms and workload-specific performance.

CDN Cache Rules for Websites With Logins and Customer Panels

Plan CDN caching for public assets while keeping account pages, private responses and payment workflows out of shared caches.

Server Monitoring: What to Track Before Customers Report Problems

Build useful server monitoring around customer availability, application errors, capacity trends and alerts with clear response steps.

How to Choose a Server Location for Your Audience

Compare hosting locations using real audience measurements, network routes, support needs and operational dependencies rather than distance alone.

Dedicated Server Migration Checklist for a Safer Cutover

Move an application between servers with an inventory, tested data copy, controlled cutover and a rollback plan that protects new customer activity.

A Dedicated Server Backup Plan You Can Actually Restore

Build a practical server backup plan with recovery targets, isolated copies, database consistency and scheduled restore checks.

NVMe, SATA SSD or HDD: Choose Storage for Your Server

Compare server storage by latency, capacity, endurance and recovery needs instead of choosing a drive solely from its headline speed.

Streaming Server Capacity: Estimate Viewers and Bitrate

Plan streaming bandwidth from concurrent viewers and delivered bitrate, then account for transcoding, storage, peak demand and CDN caching.

1 Gbps vs 10 Gbps: Calculate Your Server Bandwidth Needs

Understand port speed, monthly transfer and real throughput with clear bandwidth calculations for downloads, backups and busy websites.

How to Size a Dedicated Server for Your Application

Choose dedicated server CPU, RAM, storage and network capacity using workload measurements, peak demand and a practical upgrade plan.

How to configure a firewall using iptables

This article demonstrates how to configure a basic firewall using iptables. Using the iptables program, you can explicitly grant and deny access to selected services running on your server, as well as to selected IP addresses.<br /> <br /> The information in this article only applies to the products listed in the Article Details sidebar. You must have root access to the server to follow the procedures described below.

SpeedTest Offshoreserver.org

Benchmark and test the performance of your server through our official speedtest server.<br /> <br /> Welcome to the speedtest service of OffshoreServer. While its main purpose is to serve our access network customers a platform to validate their available bandwidth, we happily like to serve users from all over the world. This server is directly backbone-connected via a 40 Gbit link

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