Heart Internet Launches VPS Systems with Solid-State Drives

UK-based web hosting solutions provider, Heart Internet, has announced the availability of new virtual private server (VPS) hosting plans on systems with solid-state drives (SSDs), to become the first major UK hosting provider to offer VPS solutions with SSDs. Three categories of base systems are being offered by Heart Internet, all of which include choice of Windows or Linux operating systems, 20 GB SSD, and 1 GB RAM ,with 100 MB network speed and optional snapshot backups:

• The single-core Base system starts at £16.99 per month.
• The dual-core Plus system starts at £20.99 per month.
• The quad-core Pro system starts at £25.99 per month.

All SSD VPS systems from Heart Internet can be configured with choice of cPanel or Plesk control panels, additional processors, larger SSDs, and additional RAM. For instance, a Pro system with 12 cores, 500 GB SSD, 32 GB RAM, CentOS 6, and cPanel costs £736.99 per month.

The advantages of SSDs are numerous. They are significantly faster than mechanical drives, with reduced seek times, along with increased read/write and random access performance. They are optimal for application servers, database servers, and data-driven websites. With faster read speeds, access to files is faster, which improves overall website performance. Faster write speeds improve performance of database servers because of the increase in speed of data modifications. Reduced seek time helps servers to deal better with higher loads, which is ideal for busy websites and heavily accessed servers. In addition, SSDs consume less power, have cooler operating temperatures, are more quiet and more efficient, resulting in a system that is more environmentally friendly.

Heart Internet offers additional hosting services that include shared web hosting, hosted Exchange, reseller hosting, hybrid servers, and dedicated servers, as well as domain registration services and SSL certificates.

Website: http://www.heartinternet.co.uk/vps

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