GPLHost

VPS Plans

Package Memory Storage Monthly Transfer IP Address Monthly Cost
Xen VPS Package 1 64MB 1GB 3GB 1 USD$16
Xen VPS Package 2 128MB 3GB 10GB 1 USD$25
Xen VPS Package 3 192MB 8GB 20GB 1 USD$35
Xen VPS Package 4 256MB 15GB 30GB 1 USD$42
Xen VPS Package 5 384MB 25GB 50GB 1 USD$70
Xen VPS Package 6 512MB 50GB 80GB 1 USD$98

Network

From GPLHost's Sydney Australia's network page:

Location Sydney
Network Verizon, Pacific Internet (via sublime//ip)
Data Centre Global Switch

Server Hardware

From GPLHost's page:

Our platform uses the latest intel P4 servers with 800 MHz FSB and HT at more than 3GHz, with 2GB or 4GB of RAM, and 2×200 or 2×300 GB SATA drive using soft RAID1 and LVM, under Linux Debian Sarge (200GB or 300GB of data with RAID1 redundancy) for xen dom0. We currently don't use expensive dual-core xeon platforms, as the cost of a single processor (currently arround 1000 USD) would double the overall retail price. We are convince that the consumer product (the newest P4 with HT and dual FSB) are perfect, as they offer you the best deal with the maximum power.

From /proc/cpuinfo on a Xen VPS Package 4 server:

processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 15
model           : 6
model name      :               Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 3000.104
cache size      : 2048 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 1
core id         : 1
cpu cores       : 0
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 6
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm syscall nx lm constant_tsc pni monitor ds_cpl vmx cid cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
bogomips        : 6003.58
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 128
address sizes   : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management:

Virtualisation

Xen 3 is used. From GPLHost's page:

We use Xen virtualisation system because it's simply the state of the art in virtual hosting. With Xen, end users enjoy short cpu, hard drive and network latencies thanks to accurate scheduling (note: this is totaly different from other virtualization technologies like UML, vServer or Virtuozzo). Memory is not shared and not burstable among users, the physical memory is simply split a slice that we rent to you, the same way we do with LVM HDD slices.

Operating Systems

  • Debian
  • CentOS
  • Gentoo
  • NetBSD

Reviews

 
gplhost.txt · Last modified: 2008/05/28 16:10 by scotty