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Server Rental Rates for Business Explained

· 5 minuti di lettura
Customer Care Engineer

If one provider quotes $18 a month and another quotes $180 for what sounds like the same server, the difference usually is not marketing fluff. Server rental rates for business depend on what is actually being rented: raw compute, managed operations, storage speed, backup coverage, monitoring, response times, and how much risk stays on your side of the contract.

For small and mid-sized businesses, that difference matters more than the monthly line item. A cheap server that creates outages, patching delays, or backup gaps gets expensive fast. A well-scoped server plan can reduce admin time, shorten incident response, and keep customer-facing systems stable without forcing your team to babysit infrastructure.

How Much Does a VPS Cost in 2026?

· 5 minuti di lettura
Customer Care Engineer

If you're comparing hosting plans and seeing VPS prices all over the map, you're not imagining it. How much does a VPS cost depends on more than RAM and storage. The real price is shaped by performance, management level, backup policy, support quality, and how much operational risk you want to carry yourself.

A very cheap VPS can look fine on paper and still cost more in downtime, slow support, or missing backups. On the other side, an expensive plan is not automatically better if you're paying for resources or services you will never use. The useful question is not just what a VPS costs per month. It's what you're actually getting for that monthly bill.

ULTIMATE GUIDE: Setting Up Your Server for Reliable Email Delivery. PART 2: How to prevent outgoing emails from going to spam

· 8 minuti di lettura
Customer Care Engineer

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DNS records are a set of technical parameters of a domain that determine where to route different types of traffic: web, mail, FTP, etc.

They link the domain name to IP addresses and other servers so that browsers and mail systems know where to connect when working with your website or email.

In Part 1 of this guide, we configured the firewall and opened the necessary ports for mail delivery. Now that we have made sure that messages are being sent from your server, we need to check that the DNS records are configured correctly. Gmail, Outlook, and other major mail services strictly verify MX, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, and PTR before delivering messages to the primary inbox. Correct records sharply increase the chance that messages will land in the Inbox folder instead of Spam (or be completely rejected).

In the following steps, we will describe how to check the current DNS records of each type and provide recommendations on how to configure them correctly.

ULTIMATE GUIDE: Setting up your server for reliable email delivery. PART I: Firewall

· 10 minuti di lettura
Customer Care Engineer

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Firewall  is software (or a hardware-software appliance) that controls which connections to the server are allowed and which are blocked. In the vast majority of modern Linux server distributions, some form of firewall is available out of the box.

Reliable email delivery to the recipient depends not only on the mail server itself, but also on correct DNS records and firewall configuration. If something is wrong with those, your messages are very likely to land in the Spam folder - or not be delivered at all.

This article outlines the key steps that will allow you to achieve nearly 100% reliable delivery of messages sent from your server. In Part 1, we will walk through the possible firewall-related issues in detail; in Part 2, you will find instructions for configuring DNS records.

The information in this article applies only to mail servers running on Linux distributions. Debian 12 and Rocky Linux 8.10 with the FASTPANEL control panel are used as examples.

WordPress error establishing a database connection: what it means and how to fix it

· 4 minuti di lettura
Customer Care Engineer

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If you’ve ever seen the “Error establishing a database connection” message on your WordPress site, you know how unpleasant it is. The site stops working, visitors see nothing but a white screen with that phrase, and anxiety gradually rises. In reality, this is one of the most common WordPress issues, and it can be fixed without panic or hiring outside specialists.

What is S3 storage and why your website needs it

· 2 minuti di lettura
Customer Care Engineer

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If you’re familiar with the term S3, you probably associate it with large, expensive cloud solutions like AWS, aimed at big projects with solid budgets. However, that’s not always the case. This protocol is more accessible than it seems and can be extremely useful for small projects and even personal use. In this article, we’ll demonstrate that clearly.

Why you need a VPN and why it’s better to have your own

· 2 minuti di lettura
Customer Care Engineer

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A VPN stopped being something exotic long ago. Some people turn it on to use the internet safely while traveling, others to work from home with corporate services, and for many it’s simply a familiar way to stay safe online.

At its core, a VPN isn’t about “circumventing geo-blocking” so much as about control: you decide which server your traffic goes through and who can see it. That raises the question - what should you choose: a ready-made VPN service or your own server with a VPN?