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VPS Selection, Pricing & Buyer GuidanceHelp buyers understand VPS hosting, evaluate pricing and infrastructure models, compare providers, and choose the right virtual server for their workload, budget, and operational needs.
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VM Sizing, Performance & Scaling
Help teams choose VM classes, size workloads, diagnose performance bottlenecks, and plan vertical or horizontal scaling using workload evidence rather than guesswork.
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Developer Environments & Application DeploymentCover developer workflows, cloud development environments, application deployment patterns, reverse proxies, and release automation on virtual infrastructure.
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SaaS Production Architecture
Guide SaaS teams through production architecture decisions including topology, service separation, workers, databases, and deployment strategies.
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Startup Infrastructure, Cost & ReadinessHelp startups plan cloud infrastructure, control costs, prepare for production, and understand infrastructure maturity transitions.
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Small Business Cloud, Migration & Self-Hosted ApplicationsHelp small businesses evaluate cloud servers, replace aging local infrastructure, migrate websites and applications, adopt self-hosted business software, and plan recovery and operational ownership without unnecessary cloud complexity.
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Managed Databases, Caching & Database OperationsHelp small teams choose database engines and operating models, run PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, Redis, and Valkey workloads, and plan database reliability, backups, recovery, monitoring, and migrations.
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Storage, Backup & Recovery
Help teams design production storage and recovery across VM disks, block volumes, object storage, snapshots, database-aware backups, retention, restore testing, and disaster recovery.
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App Platforms & Deployment WorkflowsChoose, deploy, scale, and migrate web apps, workers, cron jobs, preview environments, and managed services on a developer PaaS.
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Cloud Networking, Private Networks & Load BalancingHelp teams design public and private traffic boundaries, VPCs, DNS entry, load balancing, and hybrid connectivity for cloud applications.
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Cloud Security, Identity & Secure AccessHelp teams secure cloud workloads through server hardening, firewall exposure control, administrative access, identity governance, secrets management, API protection, and software supply chain security.
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SSH & Administrative AccessCover public and private administration models, SSH identity, bastion hosts, VPN access, MSP administration, multi-factor authentication, restricted file transfer, and secure cloud server management workflows.
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Database Reliability & OperationsHelp small teams operate production databases with monitoring, replication, failover, backups, recovery testing, incident readiness, and clear operational ownership.
Deploy Laravel on a Raff Ubuntu 24.04 VM with Nginx and PHP-FPM. Covers PHP extensions, Composer, permissions, HTTPS, and production verification.
Host an app on a VPS with Cloudflare on a Raff Ubuntu 24.04 VM. Covers Nginx reverse proxy, DNS records, HTTPS, UFW firewall, and production checks.
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Learn how to safely set up block storage volumes on Linux VMs with disk checks, mount paths, fstab, permissions, backups, and restore planning.
Learn local server vs cloud server trade-offs for small businesses, with a 5-factor framework for cost, access, uptime, security, and control.
Understand infrastructure readiness for fundraising with a diligence framework for security, reliability, cost, documentation, data, and recovery.
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Considering AWS Lambda? Raff Functions offers free requests and egress, active-CPU pricing, and jobs beyond Lambda's 15-minute limit.
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