Keeping a small VPS tidy
A short list of habits that keep a single-core box responsive: log rotation, unattended upgrades, and not running things you forgot about.
Notes on servers, networks and self-hosting.
A short list of habits that keep a single-core box responsive: log rotation, unattended upgrades, and not running things you forgot about.
Percentiles beat averages. If p99 is fine and p50 is not, you have a different problem than you think.
An untested backup is a rumour. Restore drills are cheap; surprises are not.
Automate issuance, monitor expiry, and stop renewing things by hand at 2am.