Analysis of the Windows VPS proposal from Russian hosters
Greetings, habrazhiteli!
Habr I read regularly and for a long time, but decided to write for the first time.
And that's why.
Not so long ago, I was given the task to study a proposal on virtual dedicated servers for Windows. This topic was not very popular in Russia and the proposal is small. I was only interested in the option of using a relatively modern and new virtualization technology from Microsoft - Hyper-V. For those unfamiliar with the features of the hypervisor and the differences from, for example, Virtuozzo, I recommend reading ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper-V . There are many useful links. Microsoft is quite active in promoting technology, on www.techdays.ru there are also a lot of good reports. The technology is really worthy of attention and respect, but now is not about that.
I spent quite a lot of time studying the offer for renting virtual servers under Windows, and I would like to share the information received, perhaps, for someone to come in handy.
I chose 4 hosters and made a comparison of the price and technical characteristics offered by the VPS for guidance.
1) www.infobox.ru
2) www.1gb.ru
3) www.agava.ru
4) www.mchost.ru
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I suggest this comparison to your attention.
www.infobox.ru/vps/plans
The total bandwidth of the hoster channels is 10 Gb / s.
WindowsVPS does not promote separately, tariffs are common with LinuxVPS. There is a separate offer for traders.
Customized templates for Windows Web Server 2008 only:
Windows Web Server 2008, IIS 7, PHP 5, MySQL 5
Windows Web Server 2008, IIS 7, PHP 5, MS SQL Express
Windows Web Server 2008, IIS 7, ASP.NET, MS SQL Express
Free trial period - 1 month.
Tariffs
www.1gb.ru/price_vds_hv.php
The license for Microsoft Windows Server is already included in the fare (license for providers - SPLA).
The cost of VPS includes assistance in the transfer of sites from other hosting companies.
No predefined templates.
There are a bunch of additional "buns", such as external mailboxes, external databases, SharePoint, Exchange, additional licenses for RDP, ...
Free trial period - 10 days.
Tariffs
hosting.agava.ru/windows/vps
Total bandwidth hoster - 10Gb / s
Host server based on Intel Xeon Quad Core E5430A, 300GB SAS drives, RAID
When paying for VPS, they register a domain for 1 year for free;)
There are the following OS templates:
Windows Server 2008 Standard Rus / Eng
Windows Server 2008 Web Rus / Eng
Windows Server 2003 Web Eng
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standart Eng
Windows Server 2008 Standard Rus / Eng + Plesk
Windows Server 2008 Standard Rus / Eng + ISPManager
Windows Server 2008 Standard Rus / Eng + IIS7 + ASP
Windows Server 2008 Standard Rus + MetaTrader4
Windows Server 2008 Standard Rus / Eng + Apache2 + PHP5
There is no free trial period.
Tariffs
mchost.ru/winvps
The total bandwidth of the hoster channels is 70Gb / s, the host server is connected to a gigabit port.
The host servers use SAS disks with a rotation speed of 15,000 rpm, compiled into a RAID-10 array, and the processor system consists of two Intel Xeon E5430 quad-core processors.
The Microsoft Windows Server license is already included in the fare (SPLA). The cost of the VPS also includes assistance in the transfer of sites from other hosting companies.
One of the main bonuses is the use of Enterprise-versions of the whole range of server operating systems from Microsoft (2003R2, 2008, 2008R2), as well as a large number of pre-configured templates for all occasions. For example, only for Windows Server 2008:
Windows Server 2008 EE x86 Eng
Windows Server 2008 EE x64 Eng
Windows Server 2008 EE x86 Rus
Windows Server 2008 EE x86 Eng ASP.NET
Windows Server 2008 EE x86 Eng PHP
Windows Server 2008 EE x86 Eng Apache
Windows Server 2008 EE x86 Eng Plesk
Windows Server 2008 EE x86 Eng ISPmanager Lite
Free trial period - 10 days.
Tariffs
Provide only Web Edition, although they write that it is possible to use any OS (buy a license and install it yourself?)
On request, they can install additional software from the list of hosting.parking.ru/text.aspx?s=hyperv-win
There is no description of hardware used on host servers.
Free trial period - 14 days.
Tariffs
Summary
After collecting all this information, I personally have no doubts left. It may sound like PR Mchost, but they are really great and out of competition:
- the lowest prices for used resources
- a large number of preset templates
- do not zhlobitsya and use Enterprise Edition, not the Web or Standard
- powerful DC and unlimited traffic without any problems with the "shareware"
- of the minuses so far, I discovered only the inability to increase certain parameters of the UPU (frequency and memory) without switching to a higher tariff. Want the best options - go to a more expensive rate. And the lack of a full-fledged backup system (only snapshots).
I am not discarding infoboxes and using them too, because they are pleased with their test period of 1 month. But their prices (excluding PROMO-512) do not hold water.
I do not claim for completeness and objectivity of the description.
I hope the information will be useful.
UPD
Added information about parking.ru
UPD2
Thanks for the karma. Transferred to the Windows blog.
UPD3
From April 1, Infobox begins to provide completely free and unlimited traffic for VDS, dedicated, colocation.
Habr I read regularly and for a long time, but decided to write for the first time.
And that's why.
Not so long ago, I was given the task to study a proposal on virtual dedicated servers for Windows. This topic was not very popular in Russia and the proposal is small. I was only interested in the option of using a relatively modern and new virtualization technology from Microsoft - Hyper-V. For those unfamiliar with the features of the hypervisor and the differences from, for example, Virtuozzo, I recommend reading ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper-V . There are many useful links. Microsoft is quite active in promoting technology, on www.techdays.ru there are also a lot of good reports. The technology is really worthy of attention and respect, but now is not about that.
I spent quite a lot of time studying the offer for renting virtual servers under Windows, and I would like to share the information received, perhaps, for someone to come in handy.
I chose 4 hosters and made a comparison of the price and technical characteristics offered by the VPS for guidance.
1) www.infobox.ru
2) www.1gb.ru
3) www.agava.ru
4) www.mchost.ru
')
I suggest this comparison to your attention.
www.infobox.ru/vps/plans
The total bandwidth of the hoster channels is 10 Gb / s.
WindowsVPS does not promote separately, tariffs are common with LinuxVPS. There is a separate offer for traders.
Customized templates for Windows Web Server 2008 only:
Windows Web Server 2008, IIS 7, PHP 5, MySQL 5
Windows Web Server 2008, IIS 7, PHP 5, MS SQL Express
Windows Web Server 2008, IIS 7, ASP.NET, MS SQL Express
Free trial period - 1 month.
Tariffs
| Tariff Plans | PROMO-512 | VDS-256 | VDS-512 | VDS-1024 | VDS-2048 | VDS-4096 |
| Disk space, GB | 25 | 15 | 25 | 60 | 100 | 200 |
| Traffic | shareware | shareware | shareware | shareware | shareware | shareware |
| CPU power guaranteed,% of 1 Xeon 3GHz processor core | ten | ten | ten | 25 | 50 | 100 |
| RAM guaranteed, MB | 512 | 256 | 512 | 1024 | 2048 | 4096 |
| Dedicated IP, pcs | one | one | one | one | one | |
| OS | Windows Web Server 2008 | Windows Web Server 2008 | Windows Web Server 2008 | Windows Web Server 2008, Server 2008 SE | Windows Web Server 2008, Server 2008 SE | Windows Web Server 2008, Server 2008 SE, Server 2008 EE |
| Price, rub / month | 400 | 900 | 1300 | 2600 | 3900 | 6500 |
www.1gb.ru/price_vds_hv.php
The license for Microsoft Windows Server is already included in the fare (license for providers - SPLA).
The cost of VPS includes assistance in the transfer of sites from other hosting companies.
No predefined templates.
There are a bunch of additional "buns", such as external mailboxes, external databases, SharePoint, Exchange, additional licenses for RDP, ...
Free trial period - 10 days.
Tariffs
| Tariff Plans | HV-1 | HV-2 | HV-3 | HV-4 | HV-5 |
| Disk space, GB | ten | 20 | thirty | 50 | 80 |
| Traffic | shareware | shareware | shareware | shareware | shareware |
| CPU cores | one | one | one | 2 | 2 |
| CPU guaranteed, MHz (from 1 Xeon E5430 core) | 350 | 500 | 1000 | 2x1000 | 2x1000 |
| CPU max, MHz | 1000 | 2600 | 2600 | 2x2000 | 2x2600 |
| RAM guaranteed, MB | 384 | 512 | 1024 | 2048 | 4096 |
| Dedicated IP, pcs | one | one | one | one | 2 |
| OS | Windows Server 2003 | Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2008 R2 | Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2008 R2 | Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2008 R2 | Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2008 R2 |
| Price, rub (discount when paying for several months) | 900 | 1350 | 2270 | 3600 | 6800 |
hosting.agava.ru/windows/vps
Total bandwidth hoster - 10Gb / s
Host server based on Intel Xeon Quad Core E5430A, 300GB SAS drives, RAID
When paying for VPS, they register a domain for 1 year for free;)
There are the following OS templates:
Windows Server 2008 Standard Rus / Eng
Windows Server 2008 Web Rus / Eng
Windows Server 2003 Web Eng
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standart Eng
Windows Server 2008 Standard Rus / Eng + Plesk
Windows Server 2008 Standard Rus / Eng + ISPManager
Windows Server 2008 Standard Rus / Eng + IIS7 + ASP
Windows Server 2008 Standard Rus + MetaTrader4
Windows Server 2008 Standard Rus / Eng + Apache2 + PHP5
There is no free trial period.
Tariffs
| Tariff Plans | Start | Standard | Expert |
| Disk space, GB | 15 | 50 | 90 |
| Traffic | not limited | not limited | not limited |
| CPU cores | one | one | 2 |
| CPU guaranteed, MHz | 500 | 1000 | 2500 |
| CPU max, MHz | 1500 | 2500 | 2x2500 |
| RAM guaranteed, MB | 512 | 1024 | 2048 |
| Dedicated IP, pcs | one | one | one |
| OS | Windows Server 2003 Web, 2008 Web, 2008 Standard, 2008 R2 Standard | Windows Server 2003 Web, 2008 Web, 2008 Standard, 2008 R2 Standard | Windows Server 2003 Web, 2008 Web, 2008 Standard, 2008 R2 Standard |
| Price, rub (discount when paying for several months) | 1200 | 2000 | 4500 |
mchost.ru/winvps
The total bandwidth of the hoster channels is 70Gb / s, the host server is connected to a gigabit port.
The host servers use SAS disks with a rotation speed of 15,000 rpm, compiled into a RAID-10 array, and the processor system consists of two Intel Xeon E5430 quad-core processors.
The Microsoft Windows Server license is already included in the fare (SPLA). The cost of the VPS also includes assistance in the transfer of sites from other hosting companies.
One of the main bonuses is the use of Enterprise-versions of the whole range of server operating systems from Microsoft (2003R2, 2008, 2008R2), as well as a large number of pre-configured templates for all occasions. For example, only for Windows Server 2008:
Windows Server 2008 EE x86 Eng
Windows Server 2008 EE x64 Eng
Windows Server 2008 EE x86 Rus
Windows Server 2008 EE x86 Eng ASP.NET
Windows Server 2008 EE x86 Eng PHP
Windows Server 2008 EE x86 Eng Apache
Windows Server 2008 EE x86 Eng Plesk
Windows Server 2008 EE x86 Eng ISPmanager Lite
Free trial period - 10 days.
Tariffs
| Tariff Plans | WinVPS-1 | WinVPS-2 | WinVPS-3 | WinVPS-4 | WinVPS-5 |
| Disk space, GB | 15 | 25 | 45 | 60 | 100 |
| Traffic | not limited | not limited | not limited | not limited | not limited |
| CPU cores | one | one | 2 | 2 | four |
| CPU guaranteed, MHz | 300 | 600 | 2x450 | 2x600 | 4x600 |
| CPU max, MHz | 1333 | 2667 | 2x2000 | 2x2667 | 4x2667 |
| RAM guaranteed, MB | 512 | 1024 | 1536 | 2048 | 4096 |
| Dedicated IP, pcs | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| OS | Windows Server 2003 R2, 2008, 2008 R2 | Windows Server 2003 R2, 2008, 2008 R2 | Windows Server 2003 R2, 2008, 2008 R2 | Windows Server 2003 R2, 2008, 2008 R2 | Windows Server 2003 R2, 2008, 2008 R2 |
| Snapshots | one | one | one | one | one |
| Price, rub (discount when paying for several months) | 800 | 1450 | 2150 | 3000 | 5800 |
Provide only Web Edition, although they write that it is possible to use any OS (buy a license and install it yourself?)
On request, they can install additional software from the list of hosting.parking.ru/text.aspx?s=hyperv-win
There is no description of hardware used on host servers.
Free trial period - 14 days.
Tariffs
| Tariff Plans | Hyperhalf | Hyper1 | Hyper2 | Hyper4 |
| Disk space, GB | 40 | 60 | 100 | 210 |
| Inbound traffic, GB | 25 | 50 | 75 | 100 |
| Guaranteed% of 1 physical core | ten | 25 | 2x25 | 2x50 |
| Maximum allowed% | 50 | 100 | 2x50 | 2x100 |
| RAM guaranteed, MB | 512 | 1024 | 2048 | 4096 |
| Dedicated IP, pcs | one | one | one | one |
| OS | Web Edition 2008, Web Enhanced 2003 | Web Edition 2008, Web Enhanced 2003 | Web Edition 2008, Web Enhanced 2003 | Web Edition 2008, Web Enhanced 2003 |
| Price, rub | 800 | 1900 | 3400 | 5700 |
Summary
After collecting all this information, I personally have no doubts left. It may sound like PR Mchost, but they are really great and out of competition:
- the lowest prices for used resources
- a large number of preset templates
- do not zhlobitsya and use Enterprise Edition, not the Web or Standard
- powerful DC and unlimited traffic without any problems with the "shareware"
- of the minuses so far, I discovered only the inability to increase certain parameters of the UPU (frequency and memory) without switching to a higher tariff. Want the best options - go to a more expensive rate. And the lack of a full-fledged backup system (only snapshots).
I am not discarding infoboxes and using them too, because they are pleased with their test period of 1 month. But their prices (excluding PROMO-512) do not hold water.
I do not claim for completeness and objectivity of the description.
I hope the information will be useful.
UPD
Added information about parking.ru
UPD2
Thanks for the karma. Transferred to the Windows blog.
UPD3
From April 1, Infobox begins to provide completely free and unlimited traffic for VDS, dedicated, colocation.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/86470/
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