Web Host Eukhost Intros Hyper-V VPS Plans

Posted by Webhost - 14/04/09 at 09:04 pm

UK web hosting provider eUKhost (www.eukhost.com) announced last week it has launched a new range of Windows virtual private servers powered by Microsoft’s latest virtualization platform, Hyper-V.

Released last June, Hyper-V is a hypervisor-based server virtualization platform that is a key feature of Windows Server 2008.

Hyper-V provides a range of features, including guest multi-processing support and 64-bit guest and host support, a hypervisor architecture, quick migration of virtual machines from one physical host to another, and integration with System Center Virtual Machine Manager.

Last fall, the company began offering Hyper-V Server 2008 for free, along with System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 and Application Virtualization 4.5.

Since the launch, many web hosting providers have announced their own Hyper-V based VPS plans, including Layered Tech, SoftLayer, MaximumASP, and PacHosting.

Hyper-V consolidates multiple server roles as separate virtual machines operating on a single physical machine.

This allows providers like Eukhost to offer best value virtual servers to small and medium sized businesses and resellers that are seeking alternatives to dedicated server hosting.

The new VPS plans include Windows Server 2008, either 1GB or 2GB of guaranteed memory, sufficient web space and bandwidth allocation along with full administrative access via RDP.

The hardware configuration includes Dual Quad Core Intel Xeon E5420 processors, mirrored disk drives, and 16GB RAM to ensure that each user gets the best performance from their Hyper-V virtual machines.

“Hyper-V takes virtualization a step forward and we’re glad to provide our customers with the ideal virtualization platform,” says Mark Ducadi, chief marketing officer of eUKhost. “As more and more users turn to VPS hosting as an affordable alternative to dedicated server hosting, it was imperative for us to include a solution that was reasonably priced yet comparable to a dedicated server in terms of features and flexibility.”

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