Fasthosts E3-1230-32-SSD, £ 58.00/mo. on Linux/Windows Dedicated

E3-1230-32-SSD has been added on Apr 17, 2026, Aggregate Rating (1 out of 10 from 11 reviews)

💪 CPU/Cores :	Intel Xeon E3-1230 v6 4C @ 3.5 GHz
🔋 RAM :	32000 MB
🔌 Hosted domains :	unlimited
🆓 free domains :	0
📌 Dedicated IPs :	1
💳 Payment Methods :	Credit / Debit / Prepaid CardsPayPal
🔨 Control Panel :	Plesk
✍️ Support Options :	EmailHelp DeskPhone / Toll-FreeLive ChatAvailable 24/7
🌏 Server Locations :	Germany Spain United Kingdom United States
⚑ Targeting :	CA UK US

See also initial E3-1230-32-SSD plan location on their website!

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*📜 Plan description

📄 Editorial Review

Fasthosts is one of the better-known long-running hosting brands in the UK. The company dates back to 1998 and was founded by Andrew Michael, so this is not a short-lived reseller or a recent label built around a leased platform. Over the years they have expanded from a traditional hosting business into a much broader infrastructure provider, with milestones that include early UK data centre development, the launch of dedicated servers, later entry into cloud services, and a serious push into modern bare metal and enterprise-grade facilities.

They are clearly built around the UK market. The company works primarily in English, pricing is shown in GBP, and the whole service model is strongly tied to UK hosting, UK support, and local infrastructure. That local focus gives the brand a more established and grounded feel than many mass-market hosts that try to present themselves as global while operating with very little visible regional identity.

The product range is much broader than basic shared hosting. Fasthosts covers domain registration and transfers, Linux web hosting, Windows hosting, WordPress hosting, website builder, ecommerce website builder, professional email, Exchange email, Microsoft 365, VPS, Windows VPS, automation- and AI-oriented VPS options, reseller hosting, reseller WordPress hosting, dedicated servers, storage servers, GPU servers, Arm-based servers, bare metal servers, public cloud, and cloud backup. That gives them a full ladder from beginner products to much heavier infrastructure.

Their standard Web Hosting plans are clearly aimed at small businesses, personal projects, and customers who want something easy to manage. The packages combine SSD storage, email, SSL on qualifying plans, caching, and a straightforward setup path. The Windows Hosting side is also worth mentioning because they still support .NET 8, MS SQL, and MySQL, which makes them more versatile than providers that only care about Linux hosting.

The WordPress offer is one of the more polished parts of the range. It includes automatic backups, malware scanning, DDoS protection, SSL, a domain on qualifying terms, and email, so it feels more complete than a stripped-down WordPress starter package. Together with their AI Website Builder and Ecommerce Website Builder, they cover the type of customer who wants a simple site without getting involved in server administration.

The server portfolio is where Fasthosts becomes more interesting. Their VPS line includes Linux VPS, Windows VPS, and newer specialist offers such as n8n self-hosted VPS and OpenClaw VPS, which shows they are paying attention to automation and newer deployment use cases instead of leaving the product line frozen in older patterns. The VPS plans emphasize NVMe storage, 1 Gbit/s connectivity, unlimited traffic, root access, and optional Plesk.

Above that, they offer a substantial hardware catalog: Intel dedicated servers, AMD dedicated servers, storage servers, GPU servers, Arm-based servers, and Bare Metal. That is a real infrastructure stack, not just one or two token dedicated boxes added for marketing. Their dedicated and bare metal side feels suitable for customers who need high-performance hosting, virtualization nodes, large storage capacity, or heavier custom deployments.

One detail that matters is the Public Cloud offer, because it is connected to the wider IONOS cloud ecosystem. That widens the technical scope of the company and gives customers a path into a more cloud-oriented environment, although it also means that not every part of the platform feels equally native under the Fasthosts label.

They also operate at a scale well beyond a small provider. With over 1.1 million domains, more than 586,000 live customer mailboxes, over 315,000 websites, and more than 10,000 servers, Fasthosts sits firmly in the category of a mature, high-volume hosting company.