xTom

Name: xTom
Address: Kreuzstraße 60, Düsseldorf, 40210, DE
Telephone: 6466876888
Price range: £££

Windows and Linux
Cloud hosting
Dedicated servers
Network
Datacenter service
VPS

xTom is based in Düsseldorf, Hong Kong, Osaka and Sydney where we own and operate our facility and network. With enterprise networking equipments and latest Dell, HP and Supermico servers, we deliver the performance you need.

08/07/2026

There is no single best hosting location.

The right choice depends on where your users are, what laws apply to the data, how good the local connectivity is, and whether one region is enough.

How to choose:

There's no single best place in the world to host your servers, but there is a best place for your project. Here's how location shapes speed, compliance, and reliability, and how to pick the right one.

07/07/2026

Need your own IP addresses?

Request IPv6 through an RIR, wait for limited IPv4, lease IPv4 for flexibility, or buy IPv4 for long-term control. The right path depends on time, budget, routing, and ownership.

Getting your own IP addresses can mean going straight to a Regional Internet Registry for next to nothing, or paying to lease or buy space on the open market. Here's how each route works, what it costs, and which one actually fits your situation.

06/07/2026

IPv4 pricing in 2026 is a market story, not a fixed number.

Small blocks like /24s can cost more per IP than larger blocks, leasing and buying tell different stories, and 2026 is showing signs of a rebound.

IPv4 prices went through one of the sharpest corrections on record in 2025, and 2026 is showing the first real signs of a turnaround. Here's what the latest market data says an IP address actually costs this year, and what's driving the numbers.

05/07/2026

A Point of Presence is where networks meet.

PoPs are the routers, switches, transit links, peering sessions, and edge systems inside data centers that decide how close your network feels to users.

Why PoPs matter:

A point of presence (PoP) is the physical spot where one network meets another and hands off traffic, and it quietly shapes how fast your sites and apps feel. Here's what a PoP actually is, what lives inside one, and how to check a provider's PoP footprint before you commit.

04/07/2026

Manual backups fail because people forget.

Automated Linux backups with rsync, cron, rotation, database dumps, offsite copies, alerts, and restore tests are the difference between an incident and a disaster.

Losing data on a Linux server is painful, and it's almost always preventable. This guide walks you through setting up automatic Linux backups using tools like rsync, cron, and tar, so your data is protected without you having to think about it.

03/07/2026

A CDN is not just a speed feature. It is an infrastructure layer.

CDNs cache content at edge locations, reduce latency, offload origin traffic, terminate TLS, and absorb spikes.

When do you actually need one?

A content delivery network (CDN) is a globally distributed system of servers that delivers web content to users faster by serving it from a location close to them. This article explains what CDNs are, how they work under the hood, and when you actually need one.

02/07/2026

RIRs are the organizations behind IP addresses and ASNs.

ARIN, RIPE NCC, APNIC, LACNIC, and AFRINIC allocate internet number resources and shape how networks get address space.

How the system works:

Regional Internet Registries are the organizations responsible for allocating IP addresses and Autonomous System Numbers across the globe. Understanding how they work is useful for anyone managing infrastructure, requesting IP space, or thinking about internet routing.

01/07/2026

GeoDNS routes users by location at the DNS layer.

Instead of returning the same IP to everyone, it can send Europe to a European server, Asia to an Asian server, and North America to a North American server.

GeoDNS lets you route users to the server closest to them based on their location, cutting latency and improving reliability. Here's how it works and when you should use it.

30/06/2026

Git on Linux does not need to be mysterious.

Install it with your distro package manager, set your name and email, then learn the everyday loop: status, add, commit, branch, pull, push, and undo.

Starter guide:

Git is the standard version control system for developers and sysadmins alike, and getting it running on Linux takes just a few minutes. This guide walks you through installation, basic configuration, and the everyday commands you'll actually use.

29/06/2026

IPv4 /24, IPv6 /48, /64, /32 - the numbers matter.

CIDR block sizes decide how networks are allocated, subnetted, and announced over BGP. Learn why /24 matters in IPv4 and why IPv6 thinks in much larger blocks.

IP address blocks are the backbone of how networks are organized and routed across the internet, but the differences between IPv4 and IPv6 allocations can be confusing. This guide breaks down block sizes, CIDR notation, and what it all means in practice.

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Kreuzstraße 60
Düsseldorf
40210

Telefon

6466876888

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https://xtom.com/

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