A proxy is a computer software component that acts as an intermediary by placing itself between two hosts to facilitate or monitor their exchanges. In computer networks, a proxy is then a program serving as an intermediary to access another network (usually the network is public Internet). By extension, we also call a hardware proxy when such as a server set up to ensure the operation of … [Read more...]
How To Get Notification Email of Server Load Average
Unmanaged servers are great because they cost us less. But there are certain risks. To decrease the risks, we need some automation and of course, regular SSH to physically check what is going on. Your web host can ban you if your cloud/VPS instance create an odd, sustained increase of load average. There are various reasons which may increase the load average. For example, a some WordPress … [Read more...]
How Server-Based Gaming (SBG) Works
The casino industry uses the server-based gaming (SBG) hardware system to operate Video Lottery Terminals slot machines. General non-casino gaming systems differ from the casino systems in various ways. Server-Based Gaming (SBG) is built upon the server-centric gaming technology borrowing the principles from thin client. Reliability, scalability and stability are few of the requirements in the … [Read more...]
What Are the Drawbacks of Serverless Computing?
Serverless computing or FaaS provides a platform which allows the developers to execute code upon call of events. The serverless platform separates infrastructure services from the applications running on top of the platform. Automatic scaling functionality of FaaS not reduces the compute cost but and operational management overheads. In the serverless solution, we pay for the managed servers, … [Read more...]