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How to choose a dedicated server in 2026
A practical guide to choosing a dedicated server in 2026, from CPU and memory channels to NVMe, RAID, network ports, location, delivery and budget.
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In-depth, tested tutorials written by engineers: choosing hardware, securing Linux, Proxmox, software RAID, GPU sizing for LLMs and game server performance.
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Comparison
Bare metal vs VPS vs cloud: which one do you need?
Bare metal, VPS or public cloud? Compare isolation, noisy neighbors, performance consistency, elasticity, egress pricing and real cost at steady load.
Security
Secure a new Linux dedicated server in 15 minutes
A 15-minute hardening baseline for Ubuntu 24.04 and Debian servers covering updates, a sudo user, SSH keys, firewall, fail2ban, monitoring and backups.
Virtualization
Install Proxmox VE on a dedicated server
Install Proxmox VE 9 on a dedicated server from the one-click image or the ISO, then set up repositories, ZFS or LVM-thin, networking, firewall and backups.
Storage
Software RAID 1 on NVMe with mdadm
Check, create, monitor and repair mdadm RAID 1 and RAID 10 on NVMe servers, replace a failed drive step by step, and keep both disks bootable with UEFI.
AI
Sizing a GPU server for LLM inference
Work out how much VRAM an LLM needs from weights, KV cache, batch and context, with formulas, vLLM commands and what fits on L40S and RTX PRO 6000 GPUs.
Gaming
Hosting game servers on dedicated hardware
Why clock speed and cache decide game server performance, how to estimate instances per server, and how to run game servers on Linux with DDoS protection.
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