Hands-on benchmark of a v6Node Netherlands KVM instance with 4 vCPU AMD EPYC, 8GB RAM, and a 10G port for €69/year. Includes detailed YABS results showing mixed disk R/W peaking at 17GB/s, strong 7 Gbps uplink to European nodes with low latency, plus full system specs, bandwidth, streaming unlock, and OpenAI access tests for value assessment.

In-depth benchmark of the HostBrr 3TB high-capacity storage VPS double-space plan at $72/year (promo ended). Covers 20%/40% recurring discount coupons, NAT IPv4 plus IPv6/64 configuration, along with real-world CPU, memory, disk I/O performance benchmarks, network routing, speed tests, and streaming unlock results for Netflix, YouTube, Disney+, TikTok, and more.

bytrvirt JP 618 Mystery Box benchmark: outbound to Japan over CN2 9929, LXC with dedicated IPv4+IPv6, US$16.88 per draw for two different mystery box options with separate probabilities. Memory, disk, and bandwidth are randomized independently. Includes real‑world CPU, IO, and streaming unlock benchmarks; routing optimization appears incomplete for now.

A comprehensive benchmark of Austrian cloud provider Alwyzon, covering KVM VPS, large storage VPS, and dedicated servers hosted in the Interxion Vienna campus with excellent European peering. Focus on a storage-optimized 2 vCPU / 2 GB instance with nearly 1 TB disk, achieving fio peaks of 7.33 GB/s. Includes real-world streaming unlock results for IPv4/IPv6 (Austria region), Netflix Originals-only, Disney+ unlocked, plus detailed network, routing, and IP quality data.

This post analyzes common reasons behind ChatGPT bans and explains how browser requests to sentry.io can leak your proxy IP, increasing risk-control and collateral ban probability. It then walks you through adding a DOMAIN-SUFFIX rule in Clash for Windows to block sentry.io, and shows how to verify that the rule is effective.

Hands-on benchmark of Oracle Cloud lightweight instances in Singapore and Osaka, covering AMD and ARM configurations. Includes detailed CPU, memory, and disk performance (lemonbench/yabs), network routing back to major Chinese carriers, Speedtest results, IP reputation scores, and comprehensive IPv4 streaming unlock tests for Netflix, Disney+, YouTube, TikTok, OpenAI, and more.

Hands-on Hetzner 7950X3D VPS benchmark under Debian and Ubuntu/KVM: single-core performance, memory bandwidth, dd and fio disk IO scores, plus YouTube/Netflix/Disney+ (Germany) and OpenAI access checks. Includes fraud-score/IP quality, China backhaul routes, and global throughput for quick web hosting and service deployment evaluation.

This guide walks through deploying Elasticsearch 7.10.1 with Docker: mounting configuration, data, and log directories; enabling single-node mode and tuning JVM memory; preparing host directory permissions and a sample elasticsearch.yml; and enabling xpack security with interactive password setup for a secure, production-ready ES instance.

This guide walks you through deploying Kibana 7.10.1 with Docker: mounting a custom kibana.yml, preparing directories and permissions on the host, configuring Elasticsearch endpoints and secrets, and launching the container with a single docker run command. Suitable for quick setup in production or testing environments.

This post compares Hetzner CAX31 (ARM) and CPX31 (x86) instances using PassMark, Geekbench 5/6, UnixBench, and various Phoronix Test Suite workloads (PostgreSQL, Nginx, Apache, PHP, Redis, MariaDB, 7-Zip), plus fio disk benchmarks. It analyzes single-core vs multi-core performance and price-to-performance, concluding that x86 wins in single-core, while ARM offers stronger multi-core throughput and better overall value, with selection advice for different workloads.

Hands-on benchmark of a Romania-based 6TB “big storage” VPS: E5-2670 v2 with 4 vCores / 6 GB RAM, Debian 11, KVM. Disk IO peaks around 700 MB/s, memory throughput is normal. Streaming: Netflix Originals only, Disney+ and YouTube Premium available. Suitable for large-capacity storage and offline downloads, with detailed CPU, memory, IO and streaming unlock benchmarks attached.

This post walks through setting up a single-node RabbitMQ 3.8 with the management UI and rabbitmq-exporter using Docker and Docker Compose. It covers installing Docker/Compose, configuring a registry mirror, composing services, port mapping, data persistence, and initializing secure RabbitMQ accounts to quickly build an observable message queue on one host.