Using Antsle for Factory Systems Automation
Factories and manufacturing plants of all shapes and sizes are focusing getting faster and smarter. Faster production through automation and smarter production through data capture and analysis. All the systems running in a plant have to be controlled by software running on-prem. The public cloud just isn’t an option, primarily because of latency but also […]
Continue readingWhat hardware is needed for the perfect Private Cloud Server?
It took us many months to test and select different hardware components until we had a winner! Finding the perfect case to allow for a fanless design; selecting the right base OS or file system – when developing Antsle, we went through countless iterations until we came up with the best combination of hardware parts for […]
Continue readingWhat SSDs do we use in Antsle servers?
One question we’ve been getting recently is why we chose certain hardware parts to be used in Antsle. Let me explain with the example of our SSD drives why it’s so important to choose the right brand if you want a good experience when managing a Private Cloud Server. So why did we choose the […]
Continue readingHillary 101: The Pros and Cons of Running a Home Server
Hillary Clinton did it. She ran, maybe still runs, at least one Internet-connected home server. Why did she do it? Here’s my – hopefully “educated” – guess: She wanted to be free, independent and autonomous. So should you, too, run your own server? What would be the pros and cons? Running one of the Internet’s […]
Continue readingWhat’s the Difference Between Your Home and Your Server?
Short answer: There is no difference. For both your home and your server, you want to own, not rent. Long answer: Well, not all situations are equal, and there are definitely cases where renting makes sense, for homes as well as for servers. When I say servers here I’m referring to the computers that make […]
Continue readingThe Top Seven Mistakes When Building a Home Server
I’ve tried building a home server many times in the past few years. Here are my top seven mistakes for you to learn from: Building a Home Server No 1: Fans Fans are just a no-go in your home. You want the server connected to your router with a LAN cable, not via WiFi. That means […]
Continue readingDecentralized Computing: Will servers still be around by 2030?
We’re obsessed with ever smarter personal devices. Mobile, small, smart. That’s the trend. Few people ever talk about servers. At least if they’re not considered geeks. How will that trend towards ever smaller mobile devices look like, extrapolated over the next 15 years? Will all capacity – computational, storage, communications – be handled by our “client” […]
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