With the KVM virtualization you get: 1. Faster and more reliable technology 2. Faster storage 3. Higher end CPUs The migration process involves: 1. A backup of the current VM which can later be converted…
This easy 3-step guide will show you how to increase or decrease resources in your Monthly Cloud. Prerequisites A Monthly, Quarterly, Semi-Annual, or Annual billing Cloud Plan All current invoices Paid If you need increased limits for an Hourly Cloud, please submit a ticket to the Sales team. Note: If you plan to Downgrade…
This easy 2-step guide will show you how to scale the NVMe Disk on a virtual server. Disk size can be increased on all servers, but only Linux VMs can decrease disk. Hint: Decreasing the size of a Windows is not possible, but you can add a separate Disk instead, (e.g.; D:\, E:\). If you…
This easy 2-step guide will show you how to scale RAM and CPU cores on a virtual server. RAM and CPU can be increased or decreased at any time from your client area. Do you need to scale a Disk too? Check out our Scaling A Virtual Server’s Disk tutorial Prerequisites An active Virtual Server…
In the past, we showed you how to use OVA support for building a VM. This article is an easy step-by-step tutorial that will show you how to create a Virtual Server (VPS) in a Togglebox Cloud. Prerequisites An active Cloud Service Available resources to create the new server Step 1) Open the Create…
One of the many benefits to our recent OnApp upgrades is extended support for CPU flags, which increases the features that are supported directly by the CPUs. The AES flag in particular is a great addition as it is integral to AES-based encryption, including VPNs and SSL.…
Fun Fact: MySQL (MY-ES-KYOO-EL’ [maɪˌɛsˌkjuːˈɛl]) was developed by a Swedish company called MySQL AB in 1994. Sun Microsystems then took full ownership of MySQL in 2008. Then Oracle obtained MySQL in 2010 and has owned it ever since. For our purposes and it’s general definition, MySQL is a free and open-source database, and one of…
Creating a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) for your SSL Certificate is the first step in getting the certificate activated. A CSR is a message sent from an applicant to a certificate authority in order to apply for a digital identity certificate. To generate your CSR please follow the guides provided: Cpanel IIS7 (Windows)…
Cloud VDC use redundant SANs (Storage Area Network) to store the virtual machine’s data. The SANs are large disk appliances that are not physically attached to the host node that the virtual machine is on. What this does is allow for your VM to be booted on a spare hardware node in the event…
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