As I have stated in my 2009 best experience post, 2HOST was a surprising winner from their previous 5 bucks Xen offer. They have now advertised their new specials on WHT again — a similar package for 1 cent less at $4.99/month as it has been pointed out that it’s $59.88/Year when you go to the package page, which works out to be $4.99/month. You get
- 512MB memory/1024MB swap
- 5GB storage
- 500GB/month data transfer
- Xen/SolusVM
My previous VPS with them was in St. Louis MO so I assume their new packages are in the same location as well. Their disk space is a bit lacking but I guess it’s due to the use of 15k RPM SAS drives.
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The special offer is only available in Asheville.
Very nice deal but I NEVER pay for hosting a year in advance (which you need to do in order to get that price).
@Nnyan — thanks. I did not click through to find out the payment terms. Post amended.
Ordered 24 hours ago, still waiting…
Hi John,
I have looked up your order, it was already provisioned on the 18th.
Please check the client area or inbox/spamfolder.
Thanks.
@Tom any idea how much guaranteed CPU comes with this package?
My first impressions
Pros: fast server, fast network, relatively small templates
Cons: Connection to SolusVM is unencrypted, support tickets are left unanswered for more than 48 hours (I have lodged two simple questions/tasks (1) SSL-encrypted connection to SolusVM, (2) rDNS for my IP), lack of several important modules — running APF firewall is impossible.
John,
You can find a solution for your problems on the form:
http://forums.2host.com/forumdisplay.php?9-Technical-discussions
I also believe that the specifications are out of date.
They state the following on the ORDER page:
#0 512MB XEN VPS Special – 24/7 INSTANT ACTIVATION
512MB Dedicated RAM
5,000MB Dedicated HDD
VPS Management Panel
1,000GB Bandwidth
They seem to have doubled the Traffic.
Thanks, Johan. SSL-encrypted SolusVM has been enabled. Also, APF is possible after some minor changes.
2HOST have also added more disk space to their packages (5GB -> 8GB) with reference to:
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=929169