Dedicated Servers hosted in the UK

* Those servers come with a hardware RAID controller on RAID 10

All servers hosted within the UK coming with a 100MBit Internet connection along with great flexibility on server updates. All server upgrades comes as an one time fee, no monthly cost. We can install either Linux for free or Windows 2003 & 2008 server for an extra fee or you can provide us with your license. There is no setup fee on those servers. 
 

Dedicated Servers hosted in Germany

Server G9 and GX0 comes with 39€ setup fee while the rest GX series come with one time setup fee of 199€.

All servers hosted in Greece comes with one time setup fee of 199€. Please read the FAQ related with dedicated servers as support fees are different depending the country. Please be aware that servers located in Greece might take up to 2 weeks to be online while servers hosted within the UK and Germany are same day online. Also do not forget to read about the optional features and extra services on the bottom of this page.

Dedicated Servers hosted in Greece

* 3 months payment in advance required

If you are not sure if you need a dedicated server or a shared hosting package please read this article.

Frequently asked questions

F.A.Q related with dedicated servers located in Germany, Greece and UK.

Virtuozzo, Microsoft Hyper-V and XEN Virtualization Hosting

Guru-host is able to offer you virtual private servers either on Xen, Microsoft Hyper-V or Virtuozzo technology. 

The Virtuozzo approach is an operating system virtualization solution that harnesses the full power of your IT infrastructure by increasing the utilization of existing servers by 2X-3X over hypervisor solutions. With today’s lean budgets, higher utilization of your existing servers represents cost savings not only in maintenance and energy costs but also from the potential elimination of new server expenditures.  Virtuozzo virtual machines are hosted in Germany (Strasbourg).

The Guru-host Windows virtual machines are based on Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter, with Hyper-V.
We constantly monitor the hosts with system center virtual machine manager 2008 R2 and operations manager 2007 R2.
If a host fails your virtual machine will automatically move to another host instantly.
Our servers are Dual Quad-Core 2.7Ghz HP DL385G5p's, providing you with some superb performance.
 

The XEN based virtual machines (now with Intel Xeon Nehalem processors) are hosted on Hewlett Packard and IBM servers with dual quad core processors, DDR2 EEC FB RAM, hardware RAID6 or 10 and enterprise class SAS drives within the UK (London Redbus). A detailed FAQ can be found here. 

All XEN based VPS plans comes with 12 cores apart from package 1 which comes with 4. The XEN based VPS plans are the most powerful compared to the rest and this is why the difference in price. If you are looking for the ultimate performance from a VPS look nowhere else than here! No fun, no money for us! We will refund the whole amount within 90 days if you are not happy with the performance.

Oracle Web Hosting

* Server hosted in Netherlands

Guru-host offers VPS and dedicated Oracle database hosting plans that are affordable and feature rich. We offer the power of any Oracle release in a professionally hosted on-demand environment, that can be deployed seamlessly. Our packages include SSH shell access, SQL plus access, Web space, and a multitude of other features.

Cheap European servers

Soon more servers

For this month and while stock allow us we can offer a brand new Dell Xeon server for 49€ for the first 3 months and then at 79€/month.

Details about the XEN based Virtual Private Servers

Q: Am I required to sign a long-term contract?

A: No, all VPS plans have a minimum term of 1 month and may be canceled at any time. Domains have a minimum term of 1 year and may be discontinued if you so wish. Only .gr domains (Greek registry) need to be registered for 2 years.

Q: Can I move up to or down to another plan at no charge?

A: Yes. You may move between plans at any time without charge. If you upgrade you will be required to pay the difference between the two packages for the time remaining on your billing cycle.

Liferay Web Hosting

Liferay Portal is an enterprise web platform for building business solutions that deliver immediate results and long-term value. Due to been based on JAVA an application server required to run properly the Liferay portal. Any try on shared hosting package will lead soon or later to problems. If you want just to test then do it local, if not get a dedicated server or a VPS with a lot of RAM. Guru-host offer a specific range of Virtual Private Servers optimized for Liferay. You will need at least 1GB of RAM to run smoothly the JAVA virtual machine.

Virtuozzo vs XEN virtualization

Virtuozzo fits into "Operating system-level virtualization" and XEN into "Native Virtualization". Virtuozzo is just a software layer and is almost a glorified "jail" within the system, thereby using a shared kernel and host operating system. XEN, similar to Parallels, VMware and Microsoft Virtual Server, simulate hardware in a guest operating system. This allows for the guest to run exactly like a standalone server would, as far as the end-user is concerned. This type of virtualization tends to be more stable due to its architecture.