Virtual Server Hosting

Solutions First now offers a premium virtual machine hosting service in Australia. This may be an excellent substitute for any role you would otherwise dedicate a new physical server to, but without the hardware and running costs. It is also ideal to suit very specific hosting requirements, providing all the flexibility of a dedicated server.

Features

• Get full, unrestricted root access on a virtual server running Ubuntu Linux
• Avoid the expense of keeping a physical server in a datacenter
• Open Source technology
• Multiple IP addresses available

Performance

Each virtual machine:

• Runs on 64-bit processor platform
• RAM is pre-defined according to your requirements
• Processor is variable; each VM has, at minimum, an equal share of the processor time available when other VMs are busy. At quiet times, the VM can take advantage of the full power of the host hardware.

Solutions First hosting facilities are colocated within the Sydney Equinix data center, boasting first-class networking and excellent physical and network security and redundancy.

The Many Names Refer To The Same

This type of hosting service is relatively new and is known by many terms including Virtual Private Server (VPS), Virtual Dedicated Server (VDS), virtual server hosting, virtual colocation or semi-dedicated server.

Pricing

The monthly cost for a machine is defined by how many “slices” it occupies, where one slice has 64MB RAM and 3GB disk space.

A slice	$33/month
Data transfer (inbound+outbound)	$4/GB

More Information

Contact us for more information about setting up a new virtual server, or if you’d like to talk to a consultant about implementing virtualisation technology inside your own network.