The HQserv blog
Practical guides to choosing, sizing and running dedicated servers, VPS and colocation.
Latest articles
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When do I need to consider dedicated hosting?
Dedicated hosting gives one customer a whole physical server. Here are the signs it's time to move off shared hosting or a VPS, and the cases where you don't need one yet.
4 min read
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Shared hosting, VPS or dedicated server: which do you need?
All three put your website on a server. What changes is how much of that server is yours. A plain-language comparison with a side-by-side table.
2 min read
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How to choose a dedicated server: CPU, RAM, storage and bandwidth
Cores, memory, disks and bandwidth: what each one does for your workload, how to estimate what you need, and where it's worth spending more.
3 min read
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Moving from a VPS to a dedicated server: a migration checklist
Plan it, build it, copy it, switch it, and keep the old server until you're sure. A practical checklist for a move with minimal downtime.
2 min read
Older articles
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Hard drive RAID benefits
RAID combines several drives to improve speed, redundancy or both. A look at how each configuration trades one against the other.
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Datacenter
The internet feels weightless, but every page lives on a physical server. How businesses use data centers to keep their files online and reachable.
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