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Website backup crippled by 1.6MB Friends GIF that was replicated 246,173 times, breaking Linux's EXT4 filesystem limit

By Mark Tyson Published

A single reaction animation, frequently duplicated in chats by community members, added 377GB to a site's backup quota.

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The web's infrastructure has a concentration problem, exposing us all to crushing outages

By Chris Stokel-Walker Published

Premium First it was AWS. Then Azure went down – and with it, large chunks of the web, apps and services we use every day. Are hypescaler cloud providers a victim of their own success?

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Best VPS Hosting Providers 2025: Virtual Private Servers Tested

By Avram Piltch Last updated

We benchmarked the leading VPS plans to help you find the right one.

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A2 Hosting VPS and Shared Hosting
A2 Hosting VPS and Shared Hosting Review

By Avram Piltch, Christian Cawley Published

We test A2 hosting's VPS and shared plans to see if they're worth the money.

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Inmotion Web Hosting
Inmotion Hosting VPS and Shared Hosting Review

By Avram Piltch, Christian Cawley Published

Inmotion Hosting provides a variety of VPS and shared hosting plans, suitable for various requirements and budgets. Unfortunately, our experience testing the VPS was particularly poor.

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Liquid Web
Liquid Web VPS Hosting Review: Very Fast

By Christian Cawley Published

Among a wide collection of different hosting dynamics, Liquid Web’s Managed VPS stands out, with both a high price and superior performance over most competitors.

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How to use SSH to connect to a Linux terminal on your web hosting service

By Avram Piltch Published

Get to your hosting server's command prompt using SSH.

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DreamHost
DreamHost Review: VPS and Shared Hosting Tested

By Christian Cawley Published

We benchmarked a VPS and a shared hosting plan from DreamHost. This California-based provider covers the basics but has a lot of drawbacks.

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Namecheap VPS Hosting
Namecheap VPS and Shared Hosting Review

By Christian Cawley Published

Namecheap is a great choice for those on a budget, with the shared plan offering incredible value.

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GreenGeeks
GreenGeeks Review: VPS and Shared Hosting

By Christian Cawley, Avram Piltch Published

GreenGeeks plants a tree for every plan sold and buys wind energy credits to make up for its data centers’ energy consumption. It also has some really good hosting plans.

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