Dedicated Virtual Servers: 1.5GB Dual Core Special Offer!
Virtual Private Server special offer - 1.5GB memory, 50GB SAN disk, Dual Core vCPU, Unlimited bandwidth, 4 IP addresses, and High
Availability- all for the great price from just £25 per month!
True “cloud based computing” servers where you only pay for the resources you use, where your server runs
in a dynamic server farm, and where you can upgrade your server resources at any time.
1.5GB Special Cloud Virtual Machine (VPS)
 | Easy setup | 3 steps to choosing your server |
| Lead time | Next working day |
| Processor | Dual core vCPU @ 3.2GHz (Physical CPU AMD Phenom II) |
| Dedicated Memory | 1.5GB |
| SAN Storage | 50GB |
| "Naked server" | Install your own OS, fully manage your own build |
| Linux OS | CentOS or Fedora |
| Windows OS | Windows Web Server 2008 R2 SP1 or Windows Server Standard 2008 R2 SP1 |
| High Availability | Your server deployed on clustered hardware |
| IP Addresses | 4 included, extras available |
| Bandwidth | Unlimited bandwidth, 10Mbit connection |
Features
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Costs
- Linux based VPS: £25 per month
- Windows based VPS: from £30 per month
3 steps to a Cloud VM Server
There are 3 steps to choosing your Cloud VM Server at the Sheffield Data Centre - Choose your server, OS,
and Options:
Step 1 - Choose the Dedicated Virtual Server and Operating System
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- Dual core vCPU
- 1.5GB memory
- 50GB SAN disk
- 4 IP Addresses
- Unlimited bandwidth
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| £25 per month (Linux) £30 per month (Windows) |
| H.A.: Included FREE |
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Choose from either:
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- CentOS 5 Server: +£ FREE
- Fedora 12 (Unite): +£ FREE
- Windows Web Server 2008 R2 SP1 (Web Edition): +£ included
- Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Standard Edition: +£7 per month
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Step 2 - Choose your Options
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SAN Disk Options
- Add extra disk space up to 250GB: +£2.50 per month per 25GB
- 500GB iSCSI data disk: +£45 per month
- 1000GB iSCSI data disk: +£90 per month
Connectivity Options
- Extra IP Address: +£1.50 per month
- Managed NAT Firewall: +£5 per month
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Step 3 - Sign up!
High Availability (H.A.)
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Not just the name of the Company!
With Cloud VM Servers, reliability is built in. A standard virtual hardware set ensures only
known drivers are loaded, reducing the chance of an OS crash. However even the best physical
hardware can sometimes have problems - this is where High Availability (H.A.) comes in.
With H.A. - virtual server placement is automatically managed on the underlying physical nodes to
optimise resources, and in the slim (but not impossible) event of a node failure your server will
be restarted automatically on another node. You need not worry about hardware failures again!
High Availability is included FREE with the Special Offer 1.5GB Cloud VM Server!
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Console Access
Your VM Cloud Server can be rebooted, stopped, started and paused, or it's console checked anytime by using our
Hosting Control Panel, running on WebsitePanel.
If you need to mount ISO images or interact with the console itself, we also give you access to the
Microsoft
System Center Virtual Machine Manager Self Service Console (SCVMM SSC). From here you can access a fully interactive
console session if your Operating System becomes unresponsive.
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Physical Servers / VPS / Why a "Cloud"?
All Virtual Machines run on a combination of HP ProLiant and custom built hardware clusters - these are the "nodes".
The nodes themselves run either Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008R2 or VMware ESX 3.5, and are managed by Microsoft
System Centre Virtual Machine Manager. The nodes are cross-connected to our HP StorageWorks iSCSI SAN, with dual
controllers, redundant PSU's, and RAID5 arrays with online spare disks.
"Cloud Computing" has many interpretations (depending who you ask). How we see it is your VM Server runs
"somewhere" in the cluster, it's physical location isn't important. Your server can also be moved round the cluster,
much like a cloud moving through the sky. "Clouds" are also shown in network diagrams to show complex networks, the
idea being when it enters the "cloud" it just works!
VPS - VPS means Virtual Private Server, the same as Virtual Server, Virtual Machine, Cloud Server.
Contact us
We've been selling VM and VPS servers for 3 years - talk to the experts!
To get your Virtual Dedicated Server at the Sheffield Data Centre, click on the
sign up buttons above.
If you want to contact us - call us on 0114 228 0022 or use our
online contact form.
All prices exclude VAT.
1.5GB special offer for Virtual Servers from the Sheffield Data Centre - 1.5GB memory, 50GB disk, unlimited bandwidth, Windows and Linux, from £25 per month!