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What is a Virtual Private Server or Virtual Dedicated Server?
VPS or VDS Advantages
What Hardware do we use?
VPS Data Security
Supported Operating Systems
VPS Plan Types
What is a Virtual Private Server or Virtual Dedicated Server?
A virtual dedicated server or virtual private server is a tightly isolated software container that can run its own operating systems and applications as if it were a physical computer. A virtual server behaves exactly like a physical server and contains its own virtual (ie, software-based) CPU, RAM hard disk and network interface card (NIC).
An operating system can’t tell the difference between a virtual server and a physical server, nor can applications or other computers on a network. Even the virtual server thinks it is a “real” computer. Nevertheless, a virtual server is composed entirely of software and contains no hardware components whatsoever. As a result, virtual servers offer a number of distinct advantages over physical hardware.
Virtual Dedicated Servers can be used for all applications, including but not limited to:
Web Hosting Providers,
Corporate Servers providing:
Email Services,
Database Services,
Websites,
VoIP, and more.
Offsite Backup Servers
Hosting Custom Application (ASP), and much more.
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Virtual Private Servers (VPS) also know as Virtual Dedicated Servers (VDS) offer many advantages over standard dedicated servers:
- Full Administrator/Root access to the operating system.
- No rebuild required to move to the latest server technology,
- Hardware upgrades happen in seconds keeping downtime to a minimum:
- RAM Upgrades,
- Extra HDDs, and
- Additional CPUs.
- Enhanced remote management without additional expensive hardware,
- Utilizes enterprise grade redundant hardware for less cost than any basic dedicated server,
- Same day server provisioning, and
- No Contracts.
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Dot Info Hosting only uses the best available redundant server hardware. Not cheap custom built PCs. This means that you get all the advantages of RAID6 SAS hard drives, redundant power supplies and multiple core CPU's that would cost 3 times or more in a standard dedicated server.
Our host servers have the following minimum specs:
- Dual Quad Core AMD Operton CPUs,
- RAID6 Hot Plug Redundant SAS Storage,
- Redundant Power Supplies, and
- Redundant Network Adaptors.
This ensures that you have the maximum uptime possible.
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Your server data is stored in highly available RAID6 battery backed storage arrays. This ensures that your data access is fast and always available.
Full Daily Backups of your servers including all application data are included as part of the service. You also have the ability to create server checkpoints through the VPS Portal. Checkpoints allow you to revert your server to a previous point in time in case of corruption or dataloss. Checkpoints can also be used before major software upgrades to allow rollback if the upgrade fails.
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Dot Info Hosting Virtual Private Servers (VPS) currently support the following operating systems on all of our VPS Plans:
- Windows Server 2008 Web Edition Full & Core x86 *
- Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition Full & Core x86 *
- Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition Full & Core x86 *
- Windows Server 2003 Web Edition x86
- Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition x86
- CentOS 5.1 x86
* Requires a minimum of 512MB RAM
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Unlike most VPS providers we provide you with the option of a customised base server and allow you to upgrade and extend as your needs grow.
We also have a set of pre-defined VPS Plans with Unlimited Bandwidth to make getting started with your new VPS even easier.
You will have full control over the amount of Disk Space, RAM, and Internet Bandwith and can choose to upgrade any item as you go. Upgrading is a painless task and involves either no downtime or only a few seconds as your server reboots. There are no upgrade fees, so you only pay for the new resources.
If you are unsure of your requirements please Contact Us and we will help you to build a solution that will suit your exact requirements.
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