Windows Virtual Servers (VPS)

Features of Windows Virtual Servers (VPS)

• XenServer or VMware hypervisor
• Windows Server: version to be chosen from the latest during configuration
• Choice of control panel

VMware VPS: Geographic Business Continuity

All virtual servers on VMware hypervisors are characterised by Geographic Business Continuity: the servers are located on a VMware cluster, distributed over Florence and Rome thanks to the SnapMirror Business Continuity function of our NetApp storage systems, certified by VMware. In fact, the storage systems are configured in synchronous replication between Florence and Rome and the cluster nodes access the geographically closest storage node: in the event of a fault, the servers restart in the secondary data center without loss of data and with the same IP address.

XenServer VPS: Geographic Security Replication

Available among the additional services is the geographic security replication of the VPS server on XenServer Hypervisor in one of our colocation sites in Rome or Siziano (Stack Emea). The replication is performed asynchronously on an hourly basis and keeps the history of the last 6 hours.

Advantages of our solution

Technologies

Our solution is characterized by the use of different physical and logical technologies that contribute to creating a safe and versatile platform:

• Redundant and distributed cluster infrastructure
• PowerEdge DELL servers equipped with Intel Xeon Octa Core CPU or higher.
• Storage on NetApp Enterprise-class Full SSD SAN (Storage Area Network)
• Virtualization technology: XenServer or VMware (vSphere 6)

For a detailed description of the infrastructure of our virtual servers, consult How our Virtual Servers Work - Infrastructure and uses.

More space, more traffic and more resources for your websites

Our VPS services provide dedicated and guaranteed resources for your websites and web projects. The large amount of space provided, together with unlimited traffic, make our VPSs a particularly suitable environment for developing your online business. Besides being flexibly scalable thanks to the latest virtualisation technologies, our solutions provide separate mail servers to host the email accounts associated with the virtual server's domains; in this way, email traffic will not affect the performance of the VPS server.

Management tools

On Hosting Solutions’ VPS servers it is possible to install (on request) one of the most commonly used and well-known control panels, such as, for example among the free ones, WebMin and ISPConfig (Linux servers), and among the paid ones, the panels Plesk – 30 domains or Plesk – unlimited domains (Linux and Windows).
Also, a set of direct commands for starting, stopping and restarting the server and a console for remote management is available from ServerMate, Hosting Solutions’ control panel.

Flexible protection

By default, we apply all standard firewalling policies, which can be changed according to specific requests.

Off-site backup

The backup service is always performed in a different geographical location (off-site) from where the infrastructure is located, so as to ensure that the data replication is in a Data Center physically separate from the virtual server location (e.g. VPS in DC 2 TIER IV in Florence and backup in the DC in Rome). In the specific case of VMware virtual servers with Geographic Business Continuity, the backup will be performed in a third data center different from the two data centers of the virtual server and its geographical replica (e.g. VPS in the DC 2 TIER IV in Florence, geographical replica in the DC in Rome and backup in the DC Stack EMEA TIER IV in Siziano).

The ideal service for backing up virtual servers is Acronis Backup, which has an intuitive web interface to easily plan all operations, choosing between different modes (operating system only, data only, complete device/server image) and different frequency (hourly, daily, weekly backup, etc.), and monitoring the status in real time through customized notifications.

Customized configurations

In addition to the services listed, Hosting Solutions can provide customized configurations. For information or for a quote, please contact our sales offices at 055 30312626 or write an email to commercialehostingsolutions.it.

Fully Managed VPS and Control Panels

The features of our servers, technical support and SLA guarantee very high performance, stability and continuity of service.
For an even higher level of management (Fully Managed Server) and customization, we offer the following add-on options that can be purchased as additional services to the VPS server.

To order an additional service, it is necessary to log in to the Control Panel, then click on Ordina Servizi Add-On (Order add-on services) in the menu on the left.

PLEASE NOTE

• The purchase for 12 months includes a 3% DISCOUNT.
• The service can be renewed for periods of 1, 3, 6 or 12 months before it expires. It is possible to set automatic monthly renewal using the PrePay payment method, .
• The service fee includes the registration or transfer of a domain with one of the extensions listed in the Extensions price list, which can be identified by the green tick () in the 'Included in hosting' column. For domains with different extensions, registration and maintenance must be purchased separately.
• Features marked "Optional" can be purchased separately when ordering or after activation of the service.
• The service will be activated within 24 hours from the purchase if the payment is made by credit card or PayPal, on weekdays. To activate the service purchased by bank transfer or postal order, it is necessary to send us a copy of the payment receipt by fax, to the number 055 30312210, or by email to amministrazionehostingsolutions.it, indicating the name of the domain associated to the service purchased.
• After the subscription, you will receive an automatic order confirmation email containing all the necessary documentation to complete the activation of the service. Once the service has been activated, you will receive an activation confirmation email containing access credentials for service administration.

Licensing Microsoft

IMPORTANT By purchasing services that include Microsoft software, the customer automatically subscribes to the Microsoft EULA License. We invite our customers to view it by consulting the following page on our website: Regulation: Microsoft Licensing

Cloud management software with Hosting Solutions

For a specific offer for the world of management software, please also see the section of our website Cloud Management Software, where it is possible to see all the solutions (cloud, VPS, dedicated server) that Hosting Solutions has specially created to bring your management software into a secure and scalable environment, of which you retain total control at an extremely low cost .