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Understand n8n self-hosted automation, when self-hosting makes sense, and how to plan security, backups, scaling, private access, and recovery for production.
Understand cloud VM machine classes, compare General Purpose, CPU-Optimized, and high-memory profiles, and choose the right fit for real workloads.
Understand Microsoft SPLA for hosted Windows VMs, how it differs from BYOL, and what to verify for Windows Server, RDS, SQL Server, and production use.
Learn how small teams use Raff API keys safely for infrastructure automation, CI/CD workflows, inventory checks, backups, and repeatable cloud operations.
Compare microservices vs monolith for small teams, including modular monoliths, scaling, ownership, data boundaries, operational cost, and migration signals.
Compare object storage, block storage, and VM disk by access model, workload fit, scaling, and recovery needs to choose the right cloud storage layer.
Compare managed and unmanaged VPS hosting by responsibility, support scope, security, backups, control, and the true cost of operating a server.
Compare VPS and dedicated servers by cost, performance, isolation, scaling, recovery, and the workload signals that justify upgrading to physical hardware.
Learn how VPS and VDS differ in CPU allocation, isolation, performance, storage, cost, and terminology—and what to verify before choosing a server.
Learn the difference between VPS, cloud VM, and cloud server, when the terms overlap, and how to choose the right virtual server for apps, websites, and workloads.
Learn cloud server right-sizing with a practical framework for choosing VM CPU, memory, and storage without overpaying or underbuilding.
Understand cloud vendor lock-in with a decision framework for portability, data, cost, contracts, and control across small-team infrastructure choices.
Learn why Microsoft licensing matters when choosing a Windows VM provider, including SPLA, BYOL, RDP, SQL Server, Office, and SMB workload planning.
Understand when small teams should use Windows VPS hosting for RDP, business software, IIS, MSSQL, and remote access, with sizing and licensing guidance.
Decide when a SaaS app should stay on one VM or separate its application, database, workers, files, cache, and traffic routing across multiple systems.
Compare environment variables, vaults, and managed secret stores for cloud apps. Learn when each fits, how to rotate secrets, reduce exposure, and avoid secret sprawl.
Compare stateful and stateless applications, decide where application state should live, and prepare sessions, files, jobs, databases, scaling, deployment, and recovery.
Learn single-server vs multi-server architecture for growing apps. Compare cost, complexity, scaling signals, and when to split workloads on Raff.
Learn the cloud security fundamentals small teams need across identity, network exposure, server hardening, secrets, recovery, monitoring, and incident response.
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