Miniserver VM® Virtual Server / VPS Packages - Virtual Servers
Memset® first launched their Miniserver VM® Virtual Servers (also called VPS or VDS) in 2002, and have remained leaders in the field since. Each virtual server comes with dedicated resources (RAM, CPU & Disk) and is operationally indistinguishable from a normal dedicated server. The host servers are powerful Dell PowerEdge R310 servers with a Quad Core Xeon processor and RAID1 disks. We typically put around 15 VMs on each server.
| Guaranteed CPU cores (X34xx series Xeon) |
| Dedicated RAM |
| RAID disk space |
| Disk transactions/sec |
| Opt. 1: Unmetered connection |
| Opt. 2: Inclusive transfer |
| IP addresses included |
| cPanel/WHM with Fantastico |
| Windows 2008 Server R2 |
| Uptime guarantee |
| Basic Port Patrol™ monitoring |
| Approx. lead time from payment |
| Cancellation notice period |
| Setup charge |
| Monthly Price |
| Customise |
| VM1000 |
|---|
| 1 x 0.20GHz |
| 512 MBytes |
| 40 GBytes |
| 10 |
| 5Mbps 10:1 |
| 50GB (20Mbps) |
| Up to 2 |
| £7.50/mo |
| n/a |
| 99.995% |
| Included |
| <20 mins |
| 7 days |
| £0.00 |
| £9.95 |
| Select |
| VM2000 |
|---|
| 1 x 0.40GHz |
| 1024 MBytes |
| 80 GBytes |
| 20 |
| 5Mbps 5:1 |
| 100GB (20Mbps) |
| Up to 2 |
| £7.50/mo |
| £4.50/mo |
| 99.995% |
| Included |
| <20 mins |
| 7 days |
| £0.00 |
| £14.95 |
| Select |
| VM4000 |
|---|
| 2 x 0.40GHz |
| 2048 MBytes |
| 160 GBytes |
| 40 |
| 10Mbps 7:1 |
| 150GB (20Mbps) |
| Up to 2 |
| £7.50/mo |
| £7.50/mo |
| 99.995% |
| Included |
| <20 mins |
| 7 days |
| £0.00 |
| £24.95 |
| Select |
| VM8000 |
|---|
| 2 x 0.80GHz |
| 4096 MBytes |
| 320 GBytes |
| 80 |
| 10Mbps 4:1 |
| 250GB (20Mbps) |
| Up to 2 |
| £7.50/mo |
| £12.00/mo |
| 99.995% |
| Included |
| <20 mins |
| 7 days |
| £0.00 |
| £39.95 |
| Select |
Easy multiple-site Web hosting with cPanel/WHM
If you are looking for a comprehensive, easy-to-use way to host one or many Web sites with all the trimmings, but without needing systems administration expertise, then a Miniserver VM® Virtual Server with cPanel/WHM with Fantastico is exactly what you need, and only costs an extra £7.50/mo.
In combination cPanel/WHM takes away the need for any in-depth sys admin skills and makes hosting one or multiple domains, sites, email & databases easy. It is also ideal for Reseller Web hosting - you can use it to give each of your Web hosting clients their own control panel. Here are some of the features:
- Unlimited Web sites. *
- PHP, CGI, Perl.
- MySQL databases. *
- Frontpage extensions.
- Comprehensive master & client control panel. Demos: Web Host Manager, cPanel.
- Email with Web mail interface.
- Spam filtering. *
- Web logging.
- Free Magento installer tool.
* Package required will be dependent on resource requirements due to volume/size of traffic.
Operating systems
We offer Linux-based operating systems including Debian (our recommendation)
and CentOS at no extra charge.
We also offer a choice of Windows 2008 Server R2 Editions for all ®Minserver VMs with at least 1 GB of RAM.
We are currently offering an incredible Windows Hosting deal.
What is a Miniserver VM® Virtual Server?
Using Miniserver VM® virtualisation allows us to divide a single powerful server into many smaller Virtual Servers (sometimes called 'Virtual Private Servers', or 'VPS') each with its own dedicated resources. Although several Miniserver VM® Virtual Servers may exist on one physical server, they are as secure as if they were separate machines on the same network, and the resources are partitioned in such a way that one Virtual Machine's activities cannot negatively affect the others.
Why use Miniserver VM® Virtual Servers?
As most ISPs and Web professionals know, web site or email hosting is in fact a very low intensity activity for a server - that is why many cheap web hosting providers are able to squeeze thousands of sites onto one physical machine. However, for a site to perform well, it does needs a powerful machine, but it only needs the resources in short bursts.
That is where a Miniserver VM® Virtual Server comes into its own. You get all the benefits of a powerful servers resources when you need them, but cut the cost by sharing those resources when you are not using them (which is most of the time). As well as those powerful resources, the technology allows us to give you other facilities such as Raid Disk space at no additional cost.
Also, unlike other "virtual private server" / VPS or "virtual dedicated server" / VDS technologies such as Virtuozzo, vserver or vmware, Miniserver VM® technology gives true hardware-level para-virtualisation so you are not sharing resources with other users.
For more information on why Miniserver® technology is superior to that of the other main-stream products such as Virtuozzo, have a look at your Miniserver VM® virtualization technology page.
Miniserver VM® Snapshots
In conjunction with our Memstore™ cloud storage solution, Miniserver VM® snapshots allow you to take a complete snapshot of your miniserver's disk at a particular point in time. The resulting image (which is stored in your Memstore™ instance) can be downloaded to your own desktop for backup or be used to re-image an existing miniserver.
Technical support
The prices shown are for self-managed virtual machines. We will look after the host hardware of course, and will provide basic monitoring, but if you need assistance with managing your Miniserver VM® then you should consider our Memset®-managed SLA.