It’s almost one year since VULTR.com had their soft launch, and I have been with them since they launched their service, and I have to say that they just get better and better for each month. Now it’s almost a year, so here is a cake:
Thats for you @DaveA and all others on your Vultr team. If you manage to blow out the candle, you can wish you something good. :D
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Product/hardware/price
VULTR offer KVM cloud instances with SSD storage (like DigitalOcean), so you only get some cloud features like hourly billing, quick deployment, many locations etc.
VULTR similar plans like DigitalOcean, but they have increased their smallest plan from 512 MB RAM to 768 MB of RAM, a 50% increase for the same price as DO charge.
They also charge $3/mo less for the 1 GB plan, and $5/mo less for their 2 GB plan.
As you can see VULTR now has 14 locations online, thats three times more locations then DigtalOcean has.
VULTR guarantee more then 3 GHz CPUs on all their plans (except their storage plans in NY), so you get fast CPU power on all servers. They offer SSD storage as standard and you get speeds like 3-460 MB/s.
You deploy new servers within minutes depending on what location you are deploying in. It’s really simple as you can see in the picture over, you only select locations, package, and OS, then your server is online. You can use their OS templates, your own .iso files, backups etc, when you create your instance.
They have also launched there Multi core series with 8, 12, 16 and 24 cores and on my Benchmark test on their 8 core server (the 24 core was not online) I got a result of 5918.9, thats insane high. (see my Top20 list) and I have also benchmarked their 16 core server, with a result at 7698.3, the highest result ever tested here at reviews.myhken.com
Service/Support
Their service is still pretty good. And their support pretty fast.
Since I have been a BETA tester for several of the new features, I have had lots of contact with their support staff, and it's seems like they have several support staff working for them, and they seems pretty knowledgeable.
Benchmark
Their new multi core series taking my top 1 and top 2 spot om my Top20 list.
Their 16 core multi core series with 48 GB RAM: (7698.3 points)
Here is their 24 core server, with a insane result of 9600 points in UnixBench
And their normal (performance series) 2 core 2 GB RAM server, you get lots for your money here.
Network/uptime
Vultr has good speeds on their servers, and now they have finally fixed the network speed in the Netherlands, so you get 1 Gbit there also.
Few issues with Vultr.com Network the last months has left my servers with a uptime of: (total for the entire time I have used them, and thees two servers has been online the whole time)
99.971% on my Amsterdam server (11 months) 99.980% on my France server (11 months)
Conclusion
If you need a host that can offers lots of locations, rapid deployment, insane fast servers, own .iso files, backups, templates, IPv6, Private Network and hourly billing ++++, take a look at VULTR.com. They have kept their promise to add lots more features and locations, and they still have more to come. Their servers and networks works really good, with fast servers, and high uptime.
Giving VULTR 9 of 10 points this time also. They are getting better and better, and I’m looking forward to see how good they will be in the future.
And again, happy one year birthday (soon) and I’m looking forward to a second year with you.
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PS! I know that people is pissed on @DaveA for not reviling all the specs on their setup. But this review, and I'm sure most of Vultr longtime customers will prove that it works. So what if they are renting space at Utah Data Center or in Fort George G. Meade or have their secret DC on the moon?? They do have a awesome product. So please don't let this thread be a "we hate you @DaveA because you don't tell us want we want) Let celebrate Vultr.com first year, and that they actually have done the most they promised they would, and also did more then that.