Common OpenVZ Commands for System Administrators

By | 2019-08-22T13:08:20+00:00 February 25th, 2019|

  OpenVZ is a container-based virtualization technology for Linux and it is free open source software, available under GNU GPL. OpenVZ creates isolated, multiple secure Linux on a single physical server. Each container is also known as VPSs (Virtual Private Servers) and it performs and executes exactly like a standalone server. a container can be [...]

When should you upgrade from Shared Hosting to VPS?

By | 2019-08-24T07:03:25+00:00 March 30th, 2017|

Do you have a shared hosting plan with us? When should you upgrade from shared hosting to a vps? Before we start, you should know the difference between a shared hosting plan and a vps plan.   Shared Hosting Plans These are our most affordable and budget friendly web hosting plans. Shared web hosting means [...]

A Beginners Guide to OpenVZ

By | 2019-08-22T10:16:16+00:00 November 11th, 2016|

OpenVZ is an OS level virtualization technology for Linux. It allows a physical server to run multiple operating systems on it. We can call these platforms containers or VPS. OpenVZ is a container which holds an operating system. We can install multiple operating systems on their containers. OpenVZ containers have no kernel, so it uses [...]

About Server Virtualization

By | 2019-08-22T10:21:52+00:00 October 28th, 2016|

What is virtualization? As the name indicates, virtualization means creating virtual version of something and not real ones. Virtualization can be done on hardware, operating systems, storage devices and computer network resources.   What is Server Virtualization? Server Virtualization can be defined as the masking of server resources. These resources will include number and identity [...]

What is TUN/TAP? How to enable it in OpenVZ?

By | 2019-08-24T08:30:12+00:00 October 28th, 2016|

TUN/TAP is used to provide packet reception and transmission for user space programs. TUN stands for network TUNnel) is a network layer device and TAP stands for network TAP and it is a link layer device and both of them are virtual network kernel devices. TUN/TAP kernel module is needed to be enabled in VPS [...]

What is RAID? RAID Tips, Levels and Benefits

By | 2019-08-24T07:30:42+00:00 October 28th, 2016|

In this tutorial, we can discuss more about rai, raid tips and its levels and benefits. RAID stands for redundant array of inexpensive disks or redundant array of independent disks. It is a data storage virtualization technology that provides a way of storing the same data in different places on multiple hard disks. It improves [...]

About Microsoft Hyper-V

By | 2019-08-22T10:21:24+00:00 September 22nd, 2016|

What is Microsoft Hyper-V? To learn about the Microsoft Hyper-V, we must know what a hyper-visor is and the types of the hyper-visors available.   What is a hyper-visor? A hyper-visor is a program that enables the virtualization. It allows multiple operating systems to share a single hardware and each operating system will appear to have [...]

About KVM ( Kernel-based Virtual Machine )

By | 2019-08-22T10:20:17+00:00 September 8th, 2016|

Overview KVM (Portion based Virtual Machine) is the main open source complete virtualization arrangement on x86 equipment and it underpins all major working frameworks including Linux and Windows. KVM empowers associations to be light-footed by giving strong adaptability and versatility that fit their particular business requests. KVM changes over the Linux bit into an exposed [...]

df shows no file systems processed

By | 2019-08-22T16:51:39+00:00 October 23rd, 2015|

A df -m command on the system shows: df -m df: no file systems processed on Openvz file systems are mounted on the hostnode. In order for openvz to know about the filesystems it reads /etc/mtab (which shows the data from /proc/mounts). To fix the issue run cat /proc/mounts > /etc/mtab   If you need [...]