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VPS as a cure for quarantine boredom

When you constantly work remotely, work gradually takes up the entire amount of free time. And this is karma, which is difficult to get rid of. However, when you worked, worked in the office and suddenly had to (like all of us) sat at home, unexpectedly a lot of free time was discovered, which was completely at the expense of the current tasks of the company. After a couple of days of delightful gluttony in front of the monitor with the series it becomes hellishly boring and I want to move something already. Brains, for example. If so, you need to use the new free interval in order to not only watch movies and increase a couple of kilograms at the waist, but in order to fulfill some of your dreams and aspirations. How, for example, about setting up a smart home, creating a site about your hobby, new knowledge in development and administration? Time needs to be invested competently. Well, technology will help you.


In all apartments in Russia (and the world): a computer, food, a bed, everything together

When you are at work, the question of using VPS does not seem to be at all: this technology of access to computer capacities has long been familiar to any business. Someone puts test virtual machines on VPS, someone deploys demo databases for clients, someone supports a blog or website, hosts a telephony server, and so on. 

Is quarantine VPS needed? How can it help? We did a short retrospective of our experience and found some of the most interesting ways to use VPS during forced isolation. And you know, this greatly expands the narrow world of our work-home PCs.

IoT - here's a new twist


If you have a new set of sensors for a smart home or an old one, but fragmented and installed somehow, it's time to debug the sensor system in your home (in the apartment or at the cottage) and do centralized monitoring and data collection, rather than just executing individual commands .

VPS is a great hub for IoT and smart home devices. You can transfer data to a remote server, analyze it and accumulate it. This method has a good advantage over the old laptop in the role of the “brain” of the entire system: VPS cannot be physically lost, broken, broken, it will not fail at the most inopportune moment. accordingly, all data will be collected and routed 24/7 without freezes and complex settings.

To control your zoo of devices, it’s enough to create a VPN network based on high-quality VPS - all data will be collected and interpreted within this network. On the VPS, you can place smart home controls and provide continuous monitoring.

If you use video surveillance in a smart home system, then VPS is simply a must have for storing records of any historical depth. In addition, in case of trouble, all records will be saved on the server, and will not be destroyed along with the physical media stored at home. 


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Wolves from Wall Street


Now is an incredibly interesting time: besides the fact that there is a real pandemic around the world, exchange markets (securities and currency) are in a fever behind it. On the one hand, shares of online services are growing, on the other, the oil industry and the auto industry are falling, and the third in a period of protracted uncertainty are securities of pharmaceutical companies. And this exchange fever will end much later than the end of the pandemic - at least two years of real roller coasters in the stock markets are waiting for us. 

No, this is not a reason to take all the money to the broker (just in case, we remind you that you need to enter the stock market with money that is free: not borrowed, accumulated and those that will not be needed for at least a year). But this is an occasion to learn from a wide variety of situations, understand the laws of this complex market, and even start algorithmic trading using robots.

So, on VPS you can place a trading adviser, specialized systems and trading platforms. The advantage of VPS for working in the stock market over a PC and a physical server is the speed of operation, fault tolerance, stability and scalable power. In addition, you can access your trading infrastructure on VPS from any device. 


A professional trader remotely provides resiliency from home. And would rent a VPS, would sit waddle

Study, study and study again


Now is a good time to learn something new, for example, learn how to make websites, start developing a new application, or even master the administration of operating systems and test exploits to go into testing, system administration, information security, or just go into IT. VPS will be your test sample, test environment and just super range for any technical experiments.

You can simply purchase VPS and dig into the admin panel, in the settings and configurations, and returning to the office, finally update the IT infrastructure and show the boss what real cost savings are. Unless, of course, you have already done so.

Make portfolio


I don’t know about you, but the author of this article, who is quite experienced in the IT field, carries out a bunch of small orders after hours and still does not have a neat portfolio. And this is unpleasant: it’s extremely embarrassing when the client asks for examples of work, and you send either the folder on Yandex.Disk, the link to GitHub, or the Google Doc in general. And no matter how cool or busy a professional you are, your order will be lured by a boy or a girl who tried and gash a high-quality structured portfolio.

On VPS you can place your portfolio in absolutely any form: from a simple site and gallery of works to a complex quest, game or demonstration of ready-made applications. It will look professional, solid and businesslike, and not like a freelancer of the early 2000s. By the way, in the same way you can post your unusual resume and impress the employer from the first link.

Website as a hobby and work


Do you have an idea for your website, blog or online store? 2-3 weeks is enough for you to outline the first version using CMS and templates or to develop a minimal "skeleton" of a web service from scratch. As a rule, buying a hosting service in the same place where you chose a domain is not a good idea (at least for security reasons). Therefore, VPS is suitable for these tasks.

VPS for a web developer is an excellent solution, which is worth choosing if there is not enough shared hosting, and VDS is redundant so far. Unlike shared hosting, VPS gives the owner all rights with root access and SSH, has no restrictions on the number of sites, mailboxes, and provides extensive configuration options. 

By the way, on VPS you can store backups of valuable home information and media files. There are specialized solutions for the corporate sector, but just right for home use. 




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VPS for business on the remote


If you suddenly have not yet organized the work of a remote team, VPS will take on the workload of the entire distributed IT infrastructure. Here's what you can place on it:

  • VPN and FTP for work needs - employees will be able to seamlessly connect to the network, share files; this is especially valuable for companies that “drive” heavy media files and spreadsheets 
  • mail server and employee mailboxes - you can flexibly configure all the parameters and ensure transparency and security of corporate correspondence, which is vital in a remote environment
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And most importantly, VPS provides high-speed connections, easily scales (you can change the configuration settings for any new or lost needs) and is inexpensive, which in the current environment of austerity of business is literally in the first place. Well and, of course, VPS from a good provider is always reliable, stable and safe under any external conditions.

You and I have already managed to get scared, then actively resist, then reconcile and be sad, then panic, and now it is as if we are returning to an updated working rhythm, when each of us is at home, but all the same - a team. But at home, in addition to work and loved ones, there is also yourself. Come on, cheer up and start working on yourself and your cool future. It’s about, about. 

Do you use VPS for any work tasks? Tell us what we still missed (for example, about game servers).

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