Floki NET Iceland HP BL460c G8, € 229.00/mo. on Linux Dedicated

Iceland HP BL460c G8 steps up performance while retaining a compact blade form factor, making it suitable for customers who want modern Xeon E5 processors without moving to a full 1U or 2U chassis. Two 8 core Intel Xeon E5 2650v2 processors clocked at 2.6 GHz with turbo up to 3.4 GHz deliver 16 cores and 32 threads, offering a good balance between single threaded responsiveness and total throughput for mixed workloads such as application servers, mail clusters or small virtualisation farms. The server is equipped with 64 GB of DDR3 1600 ECC registered RAM spread across eight 8 GB modules, and additional capacity can be added by populating remaining memory slots if you need to grow the number or size of resident guests. Storage is based on two 500 GB SATA3 SSDs that together provide 1 TB of fast capacity for the system and main data, and these drives can be arranged in mirroring for fault tolerance. A 1 Gbit uplink plus a second 1 Gbit port cater for public and private traffic, and the package includes 10 TB of data transfer per month, which is generally ample for medium sized deployments. The monthly price of 229 EUR makes this system a good middle ground between the entry level blades and the higher end DL series machines.

FlokiNET dedicated servers in Iceland pair HP ProLiant enterprise hardware, ECC memory and solid state storage with an offshore friendly hosting environment in a privacy focused Icelandic data centre. Each configuration is connected to a reliable network with distributed denial of service mitigation and includes 10 TB of traffic per month, giving most projects enough capacity for sustained hosting of websites, applications and services while keeping costs predictable. Customers have full root access and can install the Linux distribution, virtualisation layer or container platform they prefer, using the included SSDs and additional drive bays to build RAID layouts tuned for speed or redundancy. The provider is known for supporting free speech and privacy oriented projects such as NGOs, journalists, independent media and security researchers, and the Iceland jurisdiction benefits from strong data protection laws that appeal to organisations with higher than average compliance requirements. Management and support are delivered through a secure portal with ticket based communication and operational assistance such as manual reboots or hardware checks when required. Billing is straightforward, with flat recurring fees based on the chosen configuration and payment options that include bank transfer, credit card, PayPal and cryptocurrencies, represented here as Bitcoin, which is convenient for customers who prefer to minimise the amount of personal information attached to their infrastructure.