As a tech company, many of our systems are developed in-house, and we take much interest in development related topics. Read news and how-to’s in these blogs.
In a world where businesses demand agility and efficiency, managing containerized applications can be a daunting task. Traditional infrastructure management is manual, error-prone, and inflexible, making it difficult to scale applications and adapt to changing demands. Understanding our customers’ needs, we have picked up the gauntlet and developed Leaseweb Managed Kubernetes. Now out in beta, […]
In today’s business world, operational efficiency is more than a buzzword; it’s a philosophy that guides companies towards excellence. At the heart of this philosophy are concepts such as process optimization, Six Sigma and Lean Management. These concepts, though powerful, are amplified by the integration of modern technologies. IT tools and automation bring a new […]
Patching is a tedious but necessary task when it comes to keeping your systems updated and protected from vulnerabilities. Patching effectively and regularly can be the difference between a smooth experience for your customers, and a frustrating one. But more importantly, it keeps your data safe from security breaches and ransomware attacks that could devastate […]
Virtual machines report on different types of usage metrics, such as server load, memory usage, and steal time. Customers often ask about steal time – what is it, and why is it reported on their virtual machines? Read on as we explain how steal time works to better understand what it means for your virtual […]
Organizing infrastructure and the various teams involved can create confusion and headaches. Terraform is an excellent tool for managing infrastructure as it gives you easy control over all your infrastructure from one place. As part of our effort to provide customers with more tooling to help them manage their infrastructure in a simple and reliable […]
Monitoring your IT infrastructure is a critical part of ensuring both internal and external performance. Just as your business continues day-in and day-out, your services need to be provided in the same fashion. If something goes wrong, you need to know about it and fix it as quickly as possible. The best practice is to […]
This blog is a short introduction to the two different types of SATA SSD and NVMe SSD drives Leaseweb offers its customers. If you want to optimize your costs by selecting the right type of drive, this article is for you. For many years, Leaseweb has been offering SSD drives to its customers. Our customers […]
Application container technology – such as Docker and Kubernetes – is revolutionizing application development and bringing previously unimagined flexibility and efficiency to the application software development process. Application containers like Docker containers are lightweight with rapid provisioning (we’re talking milliseconds) and provide an alternative to virtual machines that can consume a high amount of system […]
I joined the Apache CloudStack community in 2012 and became a committer in 2013, eventually becoming a PMC (Project Management Committee) member in 2017. My journey to becoming a PMC was both physical and literal and included several forks in the road. The forks presented themselves in all aspects of my journey – although the […]
What is pfSense? pfSense is a free and open-source program that provides the same (and oftentimes more) functionality as common commercial-grade firewalls. It is based on the FreeBSD operating system with a custom kernel and includes free third-party software packages, adding even more functionality to the program. The program utilizes an intuitive web interface that does not require any UNIX knowledge or the need to manually edit […]