Managed dedicated servers

Our managed dedicated servers are perfect if you want the power of our server setup and control panel on your own server without the hassle of setting it up and maintaining it. Here is what you get with our managed dedicated servers:
  1. We setup the server just like our shared servers, with Centos6-64bit plus hundreds of our own packages that don't come with Centos6
  2. You have access to our control panel for easy app installation, site configuration, email management etc.
  3. We apply frequent security patches for you to keep the server secure at all times
  4. We backup your data to remote servers every day
  5. We monitor your server availability from multiple points around the globe and handle alerts within minutes
  6. Your server runs "bare metal" (no virtualization layer) so you have access to all the server's power
Here are some other advantages of our managed dedicated servers:
  1. 1h server activation**
  2. No setup fees
  3. Available in both the US and in Europe (Amsterdam)
  4. If you have a shared account with us we can migrate it for you to a dedicated server***

     Dedicated 1           Dedicated 2           Dedicated 3     
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Price (paid monthly) $250/month* $350/month* $500/month*
Delivery time 1 hour** 1 hour** 1 hour**
Processor Dual-core 2.8Ghz Quad-core 2.6 Ghz Two Quad-core 2.3Ghz
RAM 4GB 8GB 16GB
Hard drives 2 x 500GB
RAID-1
2 x 500GB
RAID-1
4 x 1TB
RAID-10
Bandwidth per month 2TB 4TB 6TB
Server location Choice of USA or Europe (Amsterdam)
Software Centos6-64bit, MySql-5.5, Postgresql-9.1 plus hundreds of packages which we build and maintain ourselves because they don't come with Centos6.
Full SSH and SFTP access to the server Yes
Access to our control panel for easy websites and email configuration Yes
Access to our email platform with all its features Yes
Full backup of all your data to remote servers every day Yes
Monitoring of your server from several locations around the world and handling of alerts within minutes Yes
Application of frequent security patches to your server's operating system to keep it secure at all times. Yes
Migration of your shared account to your dedicated server if you have a shared account with us.*** Yes
Dedicated 1 Dedicated 2 Dedicated 3
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* For all customers in the UK (including the Isle of Man) and customers in the EU without a VAT registration number, VAT will be added at the prevailing UK rate (currently 20.0%). Countries in the EU for VAT purposes are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden

** The 1h activation period starts once your payment has cleared our fraud checks. If for some reason we are unable to provision the server within 1h we will email you immediately and will give you the option to either get a $50 refund as compensation or to cancel the order and get a full immediate refund.

*** If your shared account is on a Centos-5-32bit server there may be post-migrations steps which you will have to do yourself. See this page for more information.

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Sign up FAQ:

Do I get root access on my dedicated server?

You don't get root access. The reason is that it is a managed dedicated server: we make sure that your server runs smoothly and securely and in order to do that we need to install our own tools on it and make sure that they stay there and that the server is set up in a certain way. In practice this is almost never a problem though because you can install pretty much all you want in your HOME directory and we can install some tools globally for you..