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Reseller Hosting Margins: The Arithmetic Nobody Publishes
Most guides explain what reseller hosting is and stop. The interesting question is whether the arithmetic works at your scale. Here are the per-account costs written out, plus the operational costs that never appear in a comparison table and decide the margin.
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OpenCart Hosting Requirements: What the Official Docs Get Wrong
OpenCart's requirements page is short, which is usually a good sign and here is not. Read it carefully and two of the four required PHP settings have not existed since 2012. Here is the list as published, what is wrong with it, and the sizing work it never attempts.
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Offsite Backup Storage: Sizing and Costing the Third Copy
Every backup plan reaches the same awkward question: where does the copy that survives this building live, and what does it cost to keep? A sizing and costing guide for the third copy, with the arithmetic written out and the restore-cost trap named.
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PrestaShop Hosting Requirements: Sizing a Server for PrestaShop 8 and 9
PrestaShop's official requirements tell you what will install, not what will hold up when a newsletter lands on a Tuesday morning. Both are here: the verbatim requirements including the PHP compatibility chart most upgrades trip over, then the sizing work the docs do not attempt.
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Storage Server or Storage VPS? Sizing Bulk Storage for Backups, Media and Archives
“We need more storage” hides four different problems that need four different machines. Work out which one you have, then size against usable capacity rather than raw — and against the restore you hope never to run.
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NIS2 and Your Hosting Provider: What Directive (EU) 2022/2555 Actually Requires
Most NIS2 material implies you can buy compliance and never says what the Directive requires. This is the version with the article numbers in it — scope, the ten Article 21 measures, Article 23's 24-hour clock, Article 34 fines, and seven questions to put to a hosting provider in writing.
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Vienna or Sofia? Two Different Answers to Central and South-East European Hosting
“Eastern Europe” hides at least three different network markets. Vienna and Sofia get confused with each other constantly, and they answer different questions — one is DACH-adjacent with eastward routes, the other aggregates the Balkans. Peering data, distances and a side-by-side table.
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Ashburn Dedicated Servers: When European Teams Should Put Capacity in Northern Virginia
A quarter of your traffic is North American and someone asks whether the servers should follow. This is the analysis that shortens the argument: the physics floor on transatlantic latency, why Ashburn specifically, the GDPR transfer position today, and what two regions actually cost to run.
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Dublin Dedicated Servers in 2026: Transatlantic Reach and the Grid Reality
Ireland is the one European hosting market where the first question is about electricity, not latency. Four years of effectively frozen capacity ended in December 2025 — here is what the CRU framework means if you are renting rather than building, and what Dublin's network position actually is.
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Milan and Marseille: Southern Europe's Two Network Gravity Wells
Southern Europe is usually treated as a latency problem to be solved from Frankfurt. It has two network gravity wells of its own, and they do different jobs — Milan exchanges Italian traffic, Marseille lands intercontinental cable. Choosing correctly starts with knowing which one you need.
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Warsaw Dedicated Servers: What Poland Gives You That Frankfurt Doesn't
Warsaw is not the thin regional market most European hosting plans assume it is: four exchange platforms, the largest recording more connected networks than DE-CIX Madrid. Here is what that buys you, when it does not, and how to check it before you commit.
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Madrid or Frankfurt? Choosing a Server Location for Iberian and Latin American Traffic
Frankfurt is the European default for good reason, but it is not the right answer for every audience. This is the network case for Madrid — measured peering data, the EllaLink route to Brazil, and a decision table for when Spain beats a German deployment.
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Dedicated Server DDoS Protection: Buyer Checklist for High-Risk Workloads
Choosing a dedicated server with DDoS protection is not just about CPU, RAM, or price. This buyer checklist explains how high-risk workloads can evaluate bandwidth, mitigation quality, location, latency, routing, monitoring, and support before choosing European dedicated hosting.
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Website DDoS Protection: Practical Guide for Ecommerce, SaaS, and High-Traffic Sites
Learn how DDoS protected web hosting helps ecommerce, SaaS, gaming, and high-traffic websites stay reachable during malicious traffic spikes. This guide explains how to choose the right mitigation setup, bandwidth, uptime protection, server resources, and scaling strategy without overpaying.
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How to Turn a VPS into a VPN Gateway: Configuration, Benefits, and Limitations
Commercial VPNs ask you to trust someone else’s logging policy. Building your own VPS VPN Gateway puts you in full control, giving you a dedicated IP, encrypted traffic, and zero corporate middlemen. This guide walks through the complete OpenVPN setup, plus the real advantages and limitations to…
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Understanding RAID
Choosing the right RAID level depends on your workload, drive size, performance needs, and failure tolerance. This guide explains RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10 in simple terms, including why RAID 5 is risky for large drives and when RAID 6 or RAID 10 is the safer choice.
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cPanel vs DirectAdmin vs Plesk
Compare cPanel, DirectAdmin, and Plesk in this complete 2026 hosting control panel guide. Learn how each panel differs in pricing, performance, features, security, and best-use cases so you can choose the right solution for your hosting setup.
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When a 10Gbps Dedicated Server Actually Makes Sense
A 10Gbps dedicated server makes sense when bandwidth pressure is real, not theoretical. It is best suited for high-traffic SaaS platforms, gaming servers, media delivery, file downloads, reseller hosting, and workloads where traffic spikes, DDoS exposure, or slow delivery can directly affect users…
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How a DDoS Protection Proxy Works: Inside WorldShield v7
Learn how Nexonhost’s WorldShield v7 DDoS protection proxy filters attacks before they reach your server using kernel-level blocking, nginx edge rules, anti-bot challenges, and real-time behavioural detection. This guide explains how remote DDoS protection keeps your origin hidden, clean traffic…
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VPS vs. Dedicated Server: Which One Should You Choose?
Not sure whether to go with VPS vs Dedicated Server hosting for your next project? This guide breaks down the real differences in performance, cost, and scalability, then shows you exactly which option fits your workload. Get the decision framework and NexonHost pricing to choose with confidence.
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How to Install a Production Ready LAMP Stack on Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04 & 26.04
Learn how to install LAMP stack on Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04 & 26.04 the production-ready way. This guide covers Apache, MariaDB, and PHP setup with security hardening, performance tuning, and best practices.
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How to Protect Your Website from Slowloris Attacks Using a Layer 7 Proxy from Nexonhost
Remote Layer 7 DDoS protection helps shield Apache, Nginx, WordPress, and Linux servers from HTTP floods, Slowloris attacks, bots, and malicious requests before they reach the origin server. NexonHost’s proxy-based protection filters traffic at European scrubbing centers, keeps real users…
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LiquidWeb Alternatives: Best Bare-Metal Hosting Options
A strong LiquidWeb alternative should provide more than dedicated hardware. Businesses need the right balance of bare metal performance, European server locations, bandwidth flexibility, DDoS protection, and a scalable path from VPS to dedicated infrastructure. The best choice depends on workload…
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Cloudddos Alternatives: Europe DDoS Servers
Cloudddos alternatives for Europe should be judged by more than basic DDoS filtering. The right provider should offer European routing, scalable VPS and dedicated server options, clear bandwidth policies, and protection that matches the workload’s real downtime risk. For SaaS, gaming, eCommerce,…
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