SERVICE UPGRADED — Retrosnub is proud to announce virtual servers done properly. A virtual server is just like a real one — you get full root-level control of your own Linux system, with its own IP address (or multiple), filesystem and kernel, which you can configure however you choose.
Retrosnub's physical servers are divided up into multiple virtual servers using the Xen hypervisor. Xen was originally devised at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, and is widely acknowledged as the fastest and most secure virtualization software in the industry, making use of paravirtualisation for significantly better performance than traditional virtualisation techniques.The basic chargeable unit is a slice. Each of our physical servers has its resources divided into a fixed number of equal slices, and a virtual server can consist of one or more slices.
A single slice is quite small—whilst it's perfectly suitable for running a small website, if you are intending to run multiple services or memory-intensive applications you should consider buying two or more slices.
One slice gives you:
Each slice will cost you just £7 per month, or £75 per year.
Setup cost: £30, independent of the number of slices purchased
Free setup for a limited time only!
You can add extra slices to your virtual server at any point after purchase for a one-off administration cost of £20.
As standard, virtual servers are provided with a minimal Ubuntu Linux installation — just basic tools and an OpenSSH server — so that you get complete control over what is installed. This means that it is up to you to install and configure the server software you require; this requires a certain level of experience with Linux servers. Furthermore, importantly, it is up to you to keep your server secure and up-to-date with the latest security updates.
Retrosnub has extensive Linux administration and development experience and are always on-hand to offer free advice or to take on part or all of the management of your server for you. For just £10 per month extra, an experienced Retrosnub system administrator can take this responsibility off your hands and handle the routine management of your server for you: your server software will be kept up-to-date, and comprehensive system monitoring and status graphing will be provided to alert you of potential issues such as running out of disk space before they become a problem.
Additional setup and configuration work — for example, the configuration of a web server with PHP and MySQL — can be performed for £40 per hour, minimum charge £20 (and due to our experience in running servers, conventional configurations will not take us long!).