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A cloud server with an attached block volume alongside a bucket holding user uploads and archives
Storage & Data

Block Storage vs Object Storage: Which Does Your App Need?

Block volumes look like disks and object stores look like APIs, and most applications need both. This guide compares the…

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Layered cloud backup strategy with snapshots, machine images and an encrypted off-site repository
Storage & Data

Cloud Backup Strategies: Snapshots, Images and Off-Site Copies

Snapshots protect against the failure your provider already handles. This guide sorts cloud backup layers by the disaster each one…

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A cloud VM with local NVMe scratch storage alongside a network attached block volume
Storage & Data

NVMe Storage on Cloud VMs: What Performance to Expect

NVMe names a protocol, not a speed. This guide separates ephemeral local NVMe from network attached volumes, explains the stacked…

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A PostgreSQL primary on a cloud server with a connection pooler and an archived write-ahead log
Storage & Data

Running PostgreSQL on a Cloud Server

Self-hosting PostgreSQL is reasonable, and it is a real responsibility. This guide follows the sequence a careful operator uses on…

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An application reading through a Redis cache to a database with eviction and expiry policies applied
Storage & Data

Redis Caching in the Cloud: Managed vs Self-Hosted

A cache stops work happening twice, and most Redis problems start when that line blurs. This guide covers the three…

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Buckets and database contents being copied from one cloud provider to another with verification
Storage & Data

Moving Data Between Cloud Providers

Copying data between providers is mostly a planning problem. This guide covers the four questions to answer first, taking a…

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Regional cloud deployments with data flows pinned inside a single jurisdiction
Storage & Data

Data Residency and Sovereignty: Choosing Where Data Lives

Residency is where the bytes sit, localisation is a legal border, and sovereignty is about whose courts can compel access.…

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A database base backup combined with archived transaction logs replayed to a chosen timestamp
Storage & Data

Database Backups and Point-in-Time Recovery

Point-in-time recovery shrinks acceptable data loss to seconds by separating a full base copy from a continuous log of changes.…

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Several cloud servers mounting the same NFS export over a private network
Storage & Data

Shared File Storage and NFS in the Cloud

Shared file storage answers one requirement: several machines reading and writing the same files through ordinary filesystem calls. This guide…

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