A Review of Web Hosting Services by ProVPS

ProVPS hosting is a division of NDC Host, which is one of the most popular hosting companies in business. The one and only focus of Pro VPS hosting is that on Virtual Private Servers solutions. The company has deployed a proprietary control panel that is based on the Internet. It is possible to install various Linux distributions, remotely start or shut down the virtual machine, and even check the consumption of resources of the virtual machine and your allowed bandwidth. The main plan consists of five tiers.

Unique Benefits
• Multiple file system options allow you to administer disks efficiently
• Various Linux distributions to choose from
• Reverse DNS service
• Dual Xeon hosts mean that virtual machines would never be short of resources

Key Features
• Unique web based control panel to access your machine from anywhere
• Dedicated resources means that virtualization is never sluggish
• Remote console access for speedy administration
• Free setup for your account

Editor's Comments:

For the people who have outgrown shared hosting but think that they are still not in the need of a dedicated hosting service, this can be a great option. It provides you the control of a dedicated hosting service but you are not charged heftily for that. It is a great option if you want to prepare for the services of a dedicated hosting company. The company only provides VPS services so it is one of the best in this area. The service is available for just $19.95 a month which means that the money is charged at par with those of shared hosting services.

Uptime Guarantee:

ProVPS claims that it can provide 99.99% service uptime.

Basics: What you need to know?
The data center of ProVPS is equipped with Dual core Xeon CPUs. Each server has a quad CPU configuration which means that there are a total of eight processing cores active for every server. Storage is configured in SATA RAID 10. This is a great choice as you get redundancy and performance in the same go. A multi honed bandwidth infrastructure means that connectivity would never be an issue. For power management, the company has deployed batteries with UPS and generators in case of long outage periods. Physical security of the server farm is ensured by video surveillance.

Service Offerings:
The company provides a fixed IP address and the servers are capable of symmetric multiprocessing. The company uses only the best hardware solutions. You can opt for various upgrade option including and hard disk. The company has deployed a troop of highly capable engineers to take care of the network the user can remotely administer his machine. He can perform machine booting and shutdown, remote log on and a number of other tasks because of complete root privileges. In order to ensure complete security of the system, the clients get a firewall solution. NAS solutions are available for battery backup. Charges are $2.5 for every GB up to 10 GB. Above that charges are a dollar per GB.

Sample Server Plans
VPS 128: 10 GB storage, 50 GB bandwidth, and 128 MB RAM, with dedicated resources is available at $19.95 per month (maximum of 40 VPS customers per physical server)

VPS 512: 30 GB storage, 250 GB bandwidth, and 512 MB RAM, plus cPanel included free, is priced at $79.95 per month (maximum of 10 VPS customers per physical server)

Customer Profiles

ProVPS is perfect for web hosts, application hosts, development and test environments, and educational outposts (among many other great uses).

• Virtual Private Server allow you the power of dedicated hosting at price comparable to shared hosting
• Applications which are mission critical in nature and resource intensive
• Data Storage as a cloud based remote backup
• Application Service Providers who run online programs
• Gaming server hosting