Virtual Server Details

OpenVPS uses Linux VServer as the virtualization technology. Linux VServer's virtualization method is best categorized as separation and provides native performance levels as opposed to true virtualizers such as Xen or UML.

Each VPS contains preinstalled software commonly used in hosting environments, which is not counted against your space utilization. Our package selection includes the most popular languages, databases and other tools, the complete list is available on our packages page.

For security reasons most of the installed services with the exception of SSH, Apache and SSL-only dovecot are by default disabled.

Servers are preconfigured with Webmin as a Web-based control panel for easier administration, click here for some screen shots.

Because our virtual server environment is based on CentOS which is an open-source binary-compatible alternative to RedHat Enterprise Linux platform, any appropriate version RPM should install without problems.

The Virtual Servers are based on the Linux VServer project (the latest 2.0 branch). We believe that the Linux VServer technology provides the best performance and resource sharing capability delivering user experience superior to any other existing Linux virtualization technology.

Our Infrastructure

Our equipment is located in a carrier-class underground datacenter operated by Digital Realty Trust with redundant power and cooling and 24x7 physical security monitoring. Simply put, this is one of the best facilities on the East Coast.

Our network provider Above.net directly connects with over 430 providers at more than 1000 interconnections across the world. More information on the above.net network is available at this link.

Our servers are high quality multi-processor Xeon machines with ample memory, SAS drives and hardware RAID.