I recently received a virtual private server (VPS) for free from the fine folks at Host1Plus. Admittedly, I am impressed and pleased with their service.
As a developer that pretty much knows his way around servers, it took me few minutes to install a LEMP stack and to migrate a web project of mine to it.
If you are coming from the shared hosting world, you might find a virtual private server (VPS) daunting.
A VPS provides freedom and power to use a server as you deem fit. Access to everything is granted from root, the OS of choice etc All managed from the command line or a control panel such as plesk and cPanel
In this article, I am going to show us the awesome features of their VPS hosting service and why you should seriously consider them when deciding on a VPS solution.
International Data Centers
Their VPS hosting data centers are located in strategic parts of the world namely: USA (Chicago, Los Angeles), Germany (Frankfurt), Brazil (Sao Paulo), and South Africa (Johannesburg).
When choosing a location, you should consider the proximity of your target market to a specific location, as the distance between the server and the user affects your website loading time albeit minimal.
Thus, I ended up choosing a server location in South Africa since the targeted users of my project will be Africans.
HDD + SSD Cache:
Running a large blog, e-commerce store, or a custom application that requires a lot of database I/O operations.
As your site grow in popularity and traffic, hard drives will start getting more and more concurrent I/O requests. During peak viewing times, the amount of I/O requests can slow down the recall of information from your database.
Host1Plus VPS storage is based on the principle of caching the most needed files (for example OS files, most frequently looked at files) by using SSD drives. The main files, which are not frequently accessed is stored on HDD drives. This makes the most frequently used files load a lot faster.
DDos Protection (Staminus)
Staminus is an industry-leading DDoS mitigation and secured hosting services technology.
When you purchase an Host1Plus VPS, you get staminus server protection.
cPanel / WHMCS licenses available as add-ons
For the not-so-geeky ones, you can purchase and install cPanel or WHMCS (GUIs for managing servers) in few clicks from the addons page.
Variety of OS selection
There are varieties of operating systems to choose from. Want Debian, Ubuntu, Open SUSE, fedora, centOS? They got you covered.
Pricing
It is relatively cheap with pricing ranging from $2.5 to $45 monthly depending on the server location and resources of the VPS you are choosing. See the pricing page
Great Support
24/7 technical support available in English, Portuguese, Spanish and Lithuanian languages.
Conclusion
If you are currently looking for a good VPS hosting or ever will in the future, be sure to consider Host1Plus VPS solution.
Don’t just take my for it, take Host1Plus VPS for a spin and you will be happy you did.