Closing Comments
Fasthosts have a history of innovating in the more traditional (VPS/dedicated) server hosting market, and they continue this with their 2nd generation VPS product – known as “Edition 2.”
As with Edition 1, Fasthosts Edition 2 VPS are reliable, production-ready and enterprise-grade servers for hosting your websites, applications or anything else you need a cheap Linux or Windows VPS for.
One of the features I wished for in Edition 1 VPS has been implemented in Edition 2: snapshots. Another one – block storage – has been partially improved with the ability to choose a plan that includes up to 1.5 TB storage (up from 240 GB in Edition 1.)
The following two potential improvements still stand in order to make this (in my opinion) an unbeatable VPS offering:
- Block storage – add extra storage volumes to a VPS so you don’t have to increase CPU/RAM just to get more storage (this is supported on CloudNX directly)
- Private networking – connect multiple VPSs to a high-speed, private network (this is also supported on CloudNX directly, within the same data-centre)
Even without the above features, however, the Fasthosts Edition 2 VPS product is still an amazing offering for a fantastic price that you should check out if you need a Linux or Windows VPS.
If you already have a Fasthosts VPS (or other product) and would like some independent help managing it, please get in touch.
