Author: ProHoster

Anycast vs Unicast: which is better to choose in each case

Many have probably heard about Anycast. With this method of network addressing and routing, a single IP address is assigned to multiple servers on a network. These servers can even be located in data centers that are remote from each other. The idea of ​​Anycast is that, depending on the location of the request source, the data is sent to the nearest (according to the network topology, more precisely, the BGP routing protocol) server. So […]

What to Expect from Proxmox Backup Server Beta

On July 10, 2020, the Austrian company Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH provided a public beta version of a new backup solution. We have already covered how to use native backup methods in Proxmox VE and perform incremental backups using a third-party solution - Veeam® Backup & Replication™. Now, with the advent of Proxmox Backup Server (PBS), the backup process should become […]

Incremental backup in Proxmox VE using VBR

In one of the previous articles in the series about the Proxmox VE hypervisor, we already talked about how to backup using standard tools. Today we will show you how to use the excellent Veeam® Backup&Replication™ 10 tool for the same purposes. “Backups have a clear quantum nature. Until you try to restore from a backup, it is in superposition. He is both successful and not.” […]

British Graphcore has released an AI processor that outperforms NVIDIA Ampere

Created eight years ago, the British company Graphcore has already been noted for the release of powerful AI accelerators, warmly received by Microsoft and Dell. Accelerators developed by Graphcore are initially aimed at AI, which cannot be said about NVIDIA GPUs adapted for solving AI problems. And the new development of Graphcore, in terms of the number of transistors involved, eclipsed even the recently introduced king of AI chips, the NVIDIA A100 processor. NVIDIA A100 solution […]

Sharkoon Light2 100 backlit gaming mouse is an entry-level gaming mouse

Sharkoon has released the Light2 100 computer mouse, designed for users who enjoy gaming. The new product is already available for order at an estimated price of 25 euros. The entry-level manipulator is equipped with a PixArt 3325 optical sensor, the resolution of which is adjustable in the range from 200 to 5000 DPI (dots per inch). A wired USB interface is used to connect to a computer; polling frequency […]

The component for submitting package information will be removed from the base distribution of Ubuntu

Michael Hudson-Doyle of the Ubuntu Foundations Team announced the decision to remove the popcon (popularity-contest) package from the main Ubuntu distribution, which was used to transmit anonymized telemetry about package downloads, installations, updates, and removals. Based on the collected data, reports were generated on the popularity of applications and the architectures used, which were used by developers to make decisions about the inclusion of certain […]

Mozilla VPN officially launched

Mozilla has launched the Mozilla VPN service, which allows up to 5 user devices to work via VPN at a price of $4.99 per month. Access to Mozilla VPN is currently open to users from the US, UK, Canada, New Zealand, Singapore and Malaysia. The VPN app is only available for Windows, Android and iOS. Support for Linux and macOS will be added later. […]

Chrome Release 84

Google has unveiled the release of the Chrome 84 web browser. At the same time, a stable release of the free Chromium project, which serves as the basis of Chrome, is available. The Chrome browser is distinguished by the use of Google logos, the presence of a system for sending notifications in case of a crash, the ability to download a Flash module on request, modules for playing protected video content (DRM), a system for automatically installing updates, and transmitting RLZ parameters when searching. The next release of Chrome 85 […]

Zextras launches its own version of the Zimbra 9 Open Source mail server

July 14, 2020, Vicenza, Italy - The world's leading open source extension developer Zextras has released its own version of the popular Zimbra mail server with download from its own repository and support. Zextras solutions add collaboration, communications, storage support, mobile devices, real-time backup and recovery, and multi-tenant infrastructure administration to the Zimbra mail server. Zimbra is […]

Apache & Nginx. Linked by one chain

How Apache & Nginx is Implemented in Timeweb For many companies, Nginx + Apache + PHP is a very typical and common combination, and Timeweb is no exception. However, it can be interesting and useful to figure out exactly how it is implemented. The use of such a bundle is, of course, dictated by the needs of our customers. Both Nginx and Apache play a special role, each […]

Notebook cheat sheet for fast Data preprocessing

Often, people entering the field of Data Science do not have a completely realistic idea of ​​\uXNUMXb\uXNUMXbwhat awaits them. Many people think that now they will write cool neural networks, create a voice assistant from Iron Man, or beat everyone in the financial markets. But the job of a Data Scientist is about data, and one of the most important and time-consuming things is […]

Death Stranding reached 32 peak players on Steam on release day

The number of players in Death Stranding on Steam exceeded 32,5 thousand people on the day of release. This is reported by the statistical service Steam DB. A sharp increase in players occurred in the first few hours after the release. Along with this figure, the number of Death Stranding viewers on Twitch soared - up to 76 thousand people. At the time of writing, the figures had dropped to 20,6 thousand and […]