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Infrastructure guides
Understand latency, routes, protection and the hardware behind your services.
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Collect evidence from the application and the network at the same time. Route traces, resource graphs and service logs each describe a different layer. Learn what each measurement can establish before drawing a conclusion about a server or location.
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Networking
- How to Read MTR Results Without Mistaking ICMP Loss for an OutageSeparate router reply limits from end-to-end loss and collect a useful network report for a hosting investigation.3 min read
- When a Site Works on IPv4 but Fails on IPv6Test address families separately and compare DNS, listeners, firewall rules and routing.2 min read
- Port Speed vs Monthly Transfer: Reading Hosting Network LimitsDistinguish how fast traffic can move from how much traffic is included over the billing period.2 min read
Latency & routing
- BGP, AS Numbers and Hosting Routes ExplainedUnderstand why Internet paths change and what route evidence can—and cannot—tell you about a hosting connection.3 min read
- Anycast vs Unicast: What It Means for Game Server LatencySeparate the route to a distributed ingress from the location and state of the game simulation behind it.3 min read
Hardware
More guides and support
- Lag spikes: how to run a WinMTR testCapture the network route to your server while lag spikes happen, then send the results to EnderHost support.3 min read
- How to Choose a Dedicated Server CPU for Your WorkloadCompare serial performance, parallel capacity, memory and I/O using a workload worksheet instead of a core-count ranking.3 min read
- NVMe vs SATA SSD for Servers: What Changes Your Workload?Compare latency, concurrency, durability and capacity instead of treating one headline throughput number as application performance.3 min read
- What Does DDoS Protection Cover for a Hosting Service?Distinguish network filtering, application protections and recovery responsibilities before interpreting a protection claim.3 min read
- Diagnosing latency and lagTell a network problem apart from a server performance problem.1 min read
- Choosing the right regionWhy distance decides latency, and how to handle a split community.1 min read
