For a few years, a dedicated server with a 1Gbps uplink has been standard. Prior to that, most dedicated servers were limited to either 10mbps or 100mbps uplinks. As bandwidth usage trends continue to rise each year, with the advent of streaming media and other bandwidth intensive applications becoming the norm, it’s important to be

In my first article to launch the 1GServers Blog, I wanted to discuss a question that frequently gets brought up: Should I use RAID 5/6 on my dedicated server? The answer to that, in my opinion, is a hard NO, and I’ll elaborate further on why I think that. It might be tempting to want