Journal
Practical notes for your VPS
Remote desktops, Linux servers, backups, and performance. Search or filter by topic, then open the article that matches what you are working on.
14 articles
14 posts in the journal
Performance
3 articles
- Performance
VPS hosting for Minecraft: how to choose a server
Edition, player count, mods, region, and backups matter more than a brand name on the plan.
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Common VPS performance bottlenecks
CPU steal, RAM, disk queues, and chatty apps. Measure before you upgrade.
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Eight signs you should upgrade the VPS
Swap, load average, RDP lag, and queue depths. The plan names are not a loyalty ladder.
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Security
2 articles
Windows & RDP
1 article
Operations
4 articles
- Operations
VPS management tools that fit a small team
SSH, a panel if you need one, monitoring, and backups. You do not need a dozen agents.
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Designing high availability around a VPS
One VM is not HA. Redundancy lives in DNS, a second region, and tested failover.
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Uptime monitoring tools worth running in 2026
Probe from outside the guest. Name and status are enough for a public board.
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Set up automated backups for your VPS
Snapshot the data, not the hope. Store copies somewhere that is not the same disk.
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Guides
4 articles
- Guides
Windows vs Linux VPS for a business workload
Herald through Sovereign support Windows or Linux, installed from the control panel after delivery.
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Common VPS issues and what to try first
Cannot connect, disk full, expired Windows eval, and DNS you forgot to change.
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Windows VPS for RDP in the USA: what actually matters
A dedicated Windows guest with Administrator RDP — not a shared farm. USA NVMe, honest sizing, and a clean first hour.
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Linux NVMe VPS in the USA for ops and self-hosting
Root SSH, transparent Herald–Sovereign pricing, and NVMe that does not pretend to be a mystery cloud.
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