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Operator notes. No marketing fluff.

Bandwidth math, panel migrations, BGP communities, postmortems from the AS209155 NOC. Written by the engineers who run the racks — not the marketing team.

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29 мая 2026 г.·11 min read

How big should your storage server be? Sizing for catch-up, VOD, tube and file hosting

Operators obsess over bandwidth and CPU, then casually order "64 TB, that'll be plenty" — and six months later they're migrating catch-up off a saturated RAID-6 at 03:00. Same napkin-math approach as our IPTV-bandwidth and GPU-sizing posts: four numbers decide whether one 120 TB box is plenty or you're already cooked.

Hostfory

Editorial

17 мая 2026 г.·11 min read

How much GPU do you actually need? Sizing for AI, ML and rendering

Most teams pick a GPU on a Discord recommendation, not on data. Here is the math: VRAM sizing per model, memory-bandwidth vs compute bottlenecks, and when dedicated rental beats cloud per-hour.

Hostfory NOC

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16 мая 2026 г.·7 min read

How much bandwidth does a 50K-line IPTV head-end actually need?

Most IPTV operators undersize their pipe by 2-3x. The four-number formula every panel operator should know — and a worked example for a 50K-subscriber mixed EU panel.

Hostfory NOC

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