Bare Metal Servers

Jumbo Frames and MTU in Bare Metal Cloud

June 26, 2024

The default MTU value on phoenixNAP's BMC servers is jumbo frames (9000 bytes). Learn about MTU and jumbo frames, and how to adjust it in Windows and Linux.

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How to Install Ansible on Ubuntu

June 5, 2024

Ansible is a management system that helps you manage a large number of servers without the need for any specialized tools or formats.
This guide covers the steps for installing Ansible on Ubuntu.

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How to Install Ansible on Windows

May 30, 2024

Ansible is a Linux-based app used for monitoring and managing remote severs. There are several ways you can make Ansible work on Windows. This tutorial provides a step-by-step guide to three of them.

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How to Restart Windows Server

May 28, 2024

When a computer runs for a long period of time, applications and operating system features can become unstable. An unstable operating system might have application crashes, hanging applications, or memory leaks. Sometimes even basic system functions become unresponsive.

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How to Generate SSH Key in Windows 10 or 11


This article explains three methods of generating SSH keys on a Windows system. Create SSH keys using the PuTTY tool, OpenSSH client utility, or via WSL.

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How to Install Proxmox VE

May 21, 2024

Follow this tutorial to install and configure Proxmox, an open-source server platform for enterprise virtualization.

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Setting Up Machine Learning Environments on Bare Metal Cloud GPU Instances


Learn how to deploy and set up a Bare Metal Cloud GPU server to run a machine learning environment. Utilize the Intel openAPI library to optimize the machine learning workload, and choose between setting up TensorFlow or PyTorch.

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Bare Metal Cloud Storage Management via Portal and API

May 8, 2024

This guide provides instructions on how to set up and use the BMC Network File Storage (NFS) feature through the BMC portal and API.

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How to Format USB Drives in Linux

April 30, 2024

USB formatting is done for several reasons, such as deleting data or changing the file system. In this tutorial you will learn how to format a USB drive, wipe it, or recover data from a formatted drive.

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How to Create Partitions in Linux

April 25, 2024

Disk partitions allow users to set up multiple file systems on the same machine, simplify the backup procedure, and improve system security. This step-by-step tutorial teaches you to create a partition in Linux using the parted and fdisk commands.

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