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Guides, product updates and deep dives on high-performance infrastructure, low-latency networking and Solana hosting.
Windows OS Templates Updated: Patched, with Auto-Restart Disabled
Our Windows Server 2019 and 2022 templates are now fully patched, with automatic updates and restarts disabled by default. Why that matters for uptime.
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VPS vs Bare Metal for Solana: Which Should You Choose?
A clear, practical comparison of VPS and bare metal for Solana workloads - what each is best at, where the line sits, and how to decide.
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How to Secure Your Windows VPS: A Complete Hardening Guide
A practical, step-by-step guide to hardening any Windows VPS against the most common attacks - RDP lockdown, firewall, updates, accounts, and monitoring.
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Self-hosting a Yellowstone Geyser gRPC node: hardware and setup
A concrete, honest guide to running your own Yellowstone Geyser gRPC node on Solana, covering hardware sizing, the default port and config, version pinning, and the bandwidth that makes this the heavy part of the job.
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