Industry
AMD EPYC Dedicated Server or VDS? Which One to Rent
Shopping for an AMD EPYC dedicated server? When renting the whole box is right, and when one-to-one EPYC vCPUs on a VDS cost less and run sooner.
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THE NOBULL NETWORKS BLOG
THE NOBULL NETWORKS BLOG
Engineering notes, pricing math, and company news from the people who rack the hardware and answer the tickets. No ghostwriters, no filler posts, no ads for someone else's product.
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Straight talk from the people who run the platform
Every post is written in-house: what we built, what it costs, what broke, and what we fixed. When we publish a how-to, it lives in the Knowledge Base instead, where it stays updated.
Industry
Nextcloud vs Google Drive: When Switching Pays
Nextcloud vs Google Drive, priced out: when per-user Google bills lose to one flat server, when Google still wins, and the work self-hosting adds.
Industry
n8n Self-Hosted vs Cloud: Where the Math Flips
n8n self hosted vs cloud, priced out: what Cloud execution limits cost, the work self-hosting adds, and the point where a VPS wins.
Industry
How Much Does Colocation Cost? The Line Items Behind a Quote
How much does colocation cost? The line items behind a quote: rack space, power per kilowatt, bandwidth billing, IP space, and the costs buyers miss.
Game Servers
Vein Server Hosting Requirements: Why Memory Comes First
Vein server hosting requirements start with memory: why the server needs 8 GB before a crowd joins, how zombie settings add load, and what causes lag.
Game Servers
Icarus Server Hosting Requirements for a Crew of Eight
Icarus server hosting requirements by crew size and map: how much RAM eight players need on open world, why storms spike CPU, and what causes lag.
Game Servers
CS2 Server Hosting Requirements for a Clean Match
CS2 server hosting requirements by match size: how much RAM 10 or 16 players need, why one fast CPU core matters most, and what makes a server lag.
Game Servers
Terraria Server Hosting Requirements, Sized Honestly
Terraria server hosting requirements by party, world size, and mods: how much RAM Calamity needs, why one fast core matters, and what causes lag.
Industry
Seattle VPS Hosting: Who a Seattle Server Is Fast For
Seattle VPS hosting, judged on latency: which users a Seattle server is fast for, the physics behind the numbers, and how to test a host before you buy.
Game Servers
Enshrouded Server Hosting Requirements for a Full Crew
Enshrouded server hosting requirements by crew and build size: how much RAM 16 players need, why edited terrain adds load, and what causes lag.
Engineering
Dedicated CPU VPS: What You Are Really Paying For
What a dedicated CPU VPS actually reserves, how CPU steal tells you whether you need one, and a live side-by-side of shared and dedicated plans.
Industry
How Much RAM Do You Need for a VPS? Size by Workload
How much RAM do you need for a VPS? Sizes for WordPress, WooCommerce, n8n, Nextcloud, and cPanel, plus the three signs your server is really short.
Game Servers
7 Days to Die Server Hosting Requirements, Sized Honestly
7 Days to Die server hosting requirements sized for blood moon night: what RAM and CPU a 7DTD server needs, and what world size and mods add.
Company News
Correction of Errors: Our Support Email Import Failed for 109 Days
For 109 days our WHMCS email to ticket import failed while outbound mail kept working. What broke, who it affected, and what we changed.
Industry
Is a Hosting Business Profitable? What It Costs to Keep Running
Is a hosting business profitable? An operator on where the margin really goes after launch: support load, abuse handling, churn, and being on call.
Game Servers
Satisfactory Server Hosting Requirements, Sized Honestly
Satisfactory server hosting requirements by factory size, not player count: how much RAM and clock a megafactory needs, and what makes tick rate fall.
Engineering
IPv4 for a New Hosting Company: Lease, Buy, or Borrow
IPv4 for a hosting company, explained by an operator: why a /24 is the floor, what ASN and RPKI involve, and whether to lease or buy addresses.
Industry
How to Start a Hosting Company: What It Costs Before Your First Customer
How to start a hosting company, costed honestly: the hardware, rack space, transit, IP space, and licences you buy months before anyone pays you.
Game Servers
Valheim Server Hosting Requirements, Sized Honestly
Valheim server hosting requirements by build size and crew: how much RAM and clock a ten player world needs, and what actually makes it stutter.
Game Servers
Palworld Server Hosting Requirements, Sized Honestly
Palworld server hosting requirements by guild size and base count: how much RAM a dedicated server really needs, and why it climbs while you play.
Industry
Discord Bot Hosting: What a Bot Actually Needs
Discord bot hosting without the guesswork: what a bot really consumes, why free tiers keep dropping it, and how small a server you can honestly buy.
Game Servers
Rust Server Hosting Requirements, Sized Honestly
Rust server hosting requirements by world size and population: how much RAM and CPU a wipe cycle really needs, and what makes a server stutter.
Industry
KVM VPS vs OpenVZ: What You Are Actually Buying
KVM VPS vs OpenVZ: what full virtualization gives you that a container cannot, from your own kernel to a real console, and how to tell which you bought.
Engineering
Self-Hosted AI Agent: Why It Needs Its Own Server
What a self-hosted AI agent actually is, why its learning loop only compounds on an always-on server you own, and how much access to give it.
Industry
How Much Does a Game Server Cost?
How much does a game server cost? Live monthly prices by game, what really drives the number, and the charges cheap hosts add after checkout.
Game Servers
Minecraft Server RAM Requirements, Sized Honestly
Minecraft server RAM requirements without the guesswork: what vanilla, plugins, and modpacks really need, and why more memory is often not the fix.
Industry
VPS vs Cloud Hosting: What the Bill Looks Like
VPS vs cloud hosting compared on the only line that matters: the invoice. Egress, add-ons, flat pricing, and when the cloud is genuinely worth it.
Industry
Shared Hosting vs VPS: When It Is Time to Move
Shared hosting vs VPS: the symptoms that mean you have outgrown shared hosting, what replaces the control panel, and what the move really costs.
Industry
Game Server Hosting vs VPS: Which One Should You Buy?
Game server hosting vs VPS: what a managed game panel does for you, what root access buys you, and how much RAM each game actually needs.
Engineering
Seattle Colocation: Why a Downtown Carrier Hotel Beats a Suburban Cage
Why Seattle colocation in a downtown carrier hotel beats a suburban cage: what 1000 Denny Way gives your racks, and when colo beats renting a VDS.
Engineering
Virtual Dedicated Server Resources Explained
What the resources on a virtual dedicated server really mean: one-to-one vCPUs, reserved RAM, RAID-10 storage, and when a VDS beats a VPS or bare metal.
Engineering
AMD EPYC VPS Hosting for Real Workloads
What AMD EPYC VPS hosting delivers under real load: guaranteed cores, high clocks, NVMe RAID, and the benchmarks to verify every claim yourself.
Industry
Domain Renewal Cost: The Price After Year One
Why your domain renewal cost jumps after the first year, the charges nobody mentions, and the registry rules that decide when you can leave.
Company News
From Federal Way to 1000 Denny: The Engineering Behind Our March 6th Move
How NoBull Networks moved every server and switch to 1000 Denny Way in Seattle: the plan, the 16-hour night, and what the move means for latency.
Engineering
Windows VPS Hosting: What the License Really Costs
Windows VPS hosting without the surprise: 180-day evaluation images, bring your own license, the disk Windows really needs, and when Linux is cheaper.
Industry
How We Build Honest, Competitive Pricing for our AMD EPYC VPS Plans
The cost model behind NoBull Networks VPS pricing: fixed costs, variable costs, and an honest margin, with the current Performance lineup shown live.
Game Servers
Best Minecraft Server Hosting in 2026: Seven Honest Picks
The best Minecraft server hosting in 2026, ranked by clock speed, modpacks, backups, and ping, including where NoBull Networks wins and where it does not.
Industry
The Cheap Hosting Trap: Pay Less Now, Pay Twice Later
What bottom-dollar VPS hosting really costs: overselling, hidden fees, and downtime math, and how to spot the trap before you buy.
Industry
Why We Use Stock Control to Deliver Uncompromised VPS Performance
Stock control means a hard cap on how many VPS run per node. Why NoBull Networks stops selling before performance slips, and what that buys you.
Setup guides live in the Knowledge Base now.
Two blog how-tos were rewritten as maintained articles:
Enable Two-Factor Authentication and
Reset Your Console Password. The old blog URLs redirect there.
See it for yourself. Performance VPS on AMD EPYC, stock-controlled so the specs on the card are the specs you get.