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Linux VPS Hosting

The site uses full KVM virtualization. BuyVPS stores data on NVMe drives. We also have outstanding performance benchmarks.

Supported distributions

Supported Linux
distributions

Ubuntu Many people use Ubuntu for web work and app work. Use Ubuntu to make websites and apps.
Debian Debian works well when you need something steady for running things in production.
AlmaLinux AlmaLinux is a kind of Linux system. Many people use AlmaLinux with business software. AlmaLinux gives another choice apart from RHEL.
Rocky Linux Rocky Linux works well for companies. Rocky Linux stays steady and people can rely on Rocky Linux.
CentOS Stream CentOS Stream is the ongoing development branch for RHEL.
Fedora Fedora gives you a Linux system with new features.
openSUSE You can use openSUSE for many things. openSUSE is a Linux setup.
And more We support many more distributions. Not all are listed here.
Infrastructure

Virtualization and isolation

The container does not use the resources with anything else.

  • KVM-based virtualization gives each VPS its own kernel.
  • You will have full root access. You have your own setup. You look after your own setup.
  • There is not any shared kernel. The service does not allow people to do OpenVZ-style overselling.
  • Please clear the memory. You only pay for what you keep.
Host (KVM)
VPS 1
VPS 2
VPS n
The diagram shows a Host with KVM running on it. There is VPS 1. There is VPS 2. There is also VPS n. Each VPS has a kernel of its own. Each VPS does not mix with any other VPS.
Storage & performance

Performance &
storage

Local NVMe storage in RAID10. Our benchmarks use YABS fio mixed 50/50 and identical configurations per provider. Median and p95 values are published; we never use best-run results.

In our latest comparison (2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, Dedicated CPU, Amsterdam), BuyVPS achieved the highest scores among OVH, Vultr and DigitalOcean.

4K random read IOPS (median)
122,959
4K random write IOPS (median)
87,730
fio mixed 4K throughput
693.84 MB/s
Geekbench 6 single / multi (median)
2000 / 6414

You can see the full benchmark method and results here

Production

Typical production
use cases

This paragraph shows which concrete workloads run well on our Linux VPS infrastructure.

You can use web servers like Nginx and Apache.
Many people use application servers.
Databases like PostgreSQL and MySQL work for this.
People set up Docker for these needs.
CI/CD pipelines help make the process easier.
API backends are common in many setups.
Control

Management and control

This is what you need. There are no surprises here.

You can restart or turn off the system.
You can put the OS back on in a few seconds.
You can load an ISO file.
You can use the console.
You can set reverse DNS.
You can use the API.
Get started

Set Up a Linux VPS

You can start in a few minutes. Amsterdam and New York.

Common questions

Questions. Give brief answers.

Here is what you need to know about Linux VPS. Virtualization is explained below. How to set up Linux VPS in Amsterdam and New York. Direct. Clear.