Farbyte

Farbyte Cloud Brief

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Farbyte Cloud Brief is the no-BS podcast for UK sysadmins, IT managers, and business owners navigating VPS, cloud hosting, and server infrastructure decisions. Each episode breaks down real hosting comparisons, pricing traps, and technical setup guide - straight from the team at Farbyte, a UK cloud infrastructure provider serving SMEs since 2006. Expect short, focused monologues (5-10 minutes) that cut through vendor marketing and give you the facts: What does a Virtual Data Centre actually cost? When should you ditch your on-prem server room? How do you avoid bill shock on bandwidth? No inter...

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The Power of Triple Replication in Farbyte Cloud VPS Hosting 09.03.2026 5:09

What this episode covers A practical explanation of why triple-replicated storage matters for uptime, and how it helps you run Linux workloads with fewer “hardware drama” incidents and less operational risk. (see the generated image above) Key points (in plain English) RAID is useful, but it mainly protects within a single server; it doesn’t remove the “one box” failure domain. (see the generated...

The 30-Day Backup Trap - Why Standard Hosting Puts Business Data at Risk 20.02.2026 7:37

In this episode of the Farbyte Tech Brief podcast, we expose a critical vulnerability in the web hosting industry that most business owners overlook until it’s too late: the "standard daily backup" myth. We break down why the industry-standard 30-day rolling backup window is insufficient for protecting against modern threats like dormant malware, accidental data deletion, and gradual database corr...

The UK SME Virtual Data Centre Guide 18.02.2026 11:37

Moving your on-premise servers to the cloud shouldn't mean drowning in complexity or overpaying for "enterprise" features you don't need. In this episode, we break down the real-world differences between three major UK cloud options for SMEs: Farbyte, Katapult, Node4, virtualDCS and Exponential‑e. We strip away the marketing fluff to compare them head-to-head on: Pricing Models: Who charges for ba...