Choose between two-disk RAID 1 and four-disk RAID 10 by comparing usable capacity, growth headroom, disk failure tolerance and rebuild demands. Follow a hypothetical WooCommerce scenario from capacity planning to quote and delivery checks.
Understand how load balancers use health checks, sticky sessions, TLS termination and failover to distribute traffic safely across servers.
Assess the device-to-cloud path, compare a dual-stack edge, IPv6-first SaaS/API services and IPv6-only labs, then test representative cohorts and record recovery before expanding.
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Clear, plain-language explainers for hosting, domain, server, and web technology terms — find our ‘what is’ guides in this category.
VPS Provider Mergers: What They Mean for Your Servers and What To Do Next
VPS provider mergers are no longer rare headlines you can ignore. Consolidation is reshaping the hosting market: brands disappear, platforms are unified, data centers are closed or opened in new regions, and pricing models quietly change. If your business runs on virtual servers, every one of these moves can affect uptime, latency, support quality, compliance…
5 February 2026
IPv4 Address Shortage and Price Surges: What You Need to Know Now
IPv4 addresses have quietly turned into one of the most valuable resources in hosting and networking. If you manage websites, servers or an online product, you have probably seen line items like “IPv4 surcharge” or “additional IPv4 address” creeping into quotes and invoices. That is not a marketing trick – it is the direct result…
3 February 2026
ICANN Policy Changes for New gTLDs and What They Mean for You
New generic top-level domains (new gTLDs) are no longer an experiment. They are a permanent part of how the DNS and the domain market work. ICANN has been revisiting almost every rule that governed the first new gTLD round, and this is now turning into concrete policy changes for the next wave of extensions. If…
2 February 2026
SSL Certificate Automation Tools: How to Choose and Implement Them Safely
SSL certificates no longer live in a spreadsheet and a calendar reminder. If you are running more than a couple of domains, manual renewal quickly turns into a risky, time‑consuming job. Modern browsers, stricter compliance rules and short‑lived certificates mean you need a repeatable way to issue, deploy and renew certificates without depending on someone…
2 February 2026
IPv6 Team Training: Labs, Pilots and Skills Plan
Assign practical IPv6 tasks to network, systems, security and support teams. Review lab evidence to define pilot scope, acceptance criteria and recovery steps.
2 February 2026
ICANN New gTLD Applications: Process, Costs and Strategy
ICANN's new gTLD application rounds are one of the most misunderstood topics in the domain world. Many teams hear "you can apply for your own .brand" or "there will be thousands of new domain extensions", but very few actually know what the application process looks like, what it costs, and who it realistically makes sense…
2 February 2026
