IO Flood Starter Server, $ 69.00/mo. on Linux/Windows Dedicated

Starter Server has been added on May 21, 2024

💪 CPU/Cores :	E3-1230v2
🔋 RAM :	16000 MB
🔌 Hosted domains :	unlimited
🆓 free domains :	0
📌 Dedicated IPs :	5
💳 Payment Methods :	Credit / Debit / Prepaid CardsPayPal
✍️ Support Options :	EmailHelp Desk
🌏 Server Locations :	United States
⚑ Targeting :	US

See also initial Starter Server plan location on their website!

📜 Plan description

📄 Editorial Review

IOFLOOD is an American dedicated server provider operated by Input Output Flood LLC. The company was founded in 2009 by Gabriel Ramuglia and maintains its administrative headquarters in Las Vegas, Nevada, while its server infrastructure is concentrated in the Phoenix metropolitan area of Arizona. It remains a relatively small company, with an estimated workforce in the 2–10 employee range.

IOFLOOD is a specialized infrastructure provider rather than a general-purpose hosting company. Its business is centered on unmanaged dedicated servers and rapidly provisioned bare-metal systems. Shared hosting, VPS hosting, domain registration, website builders, hosted email, and retail colocation are not part of its direct product range.

The main service is Dedicated Server Hosting, with configurations covering inexpensive Intel Xeon E3 servers, dual Xeon E5 platforms, modern AMD Ryzen 9 systems, and AMD EPYC hardware. Available customization includes processor type, memory, enterprise SSD or NVMe storage, mechanical hard drives, operating system, network port speed, and monthly transfer capacity.

Most configurations include ECC memory, IPMI remote management, enterprise-grade storage, and either 1 Gbps or 10 Gbps network connectivity. Higher-capacity storage arrays and memory configurations extending into hundreds of gigabytes are suitable for virtualization, databases, backups, game hosting, web applications, streaming, content delivery, and other workloads requiring full physical hardware.

Bare Metal Cloud combines dedicated physical hardware with faster deployment. These systems use fixed configurations that are already assembled and available in inventory, allowing many orders to be activated within approximately one hour. Custom-built servers normally require between 24 and 72 hours, depending on hardware availability and the complexity of the requested configuration.

Bare-metal inventory includes modern systems based on processors such as the AMD EPYC 4345P, Ryzen 9 7950X3D, EPYC 7V13, and EPYC 7B13, alongside more affordable dual Xeon E5-2695v4 and E5-2680v4 servers. Storage-focused systems with multiple enterprise hard drives or NVMe devices are also available.

Separate SSD Server, NVMe Server, and Ryzen Server categories make it easier to choose hardware for a particular workload. SSD and NVMe systems are especially suitable for databases, virtualization nodes, busy websites, application servers, and workloads with intensive random read and write activity.

The Ryzen range is more professional than the consumer-grade Ryzen hosting sometimes offered at the budget end of the market. Ryzen 9 7950X3D systems can include server-grade motherboards, ECC memory, IPMI management, and enterprise NVMe storage, making them appropriate for game servers, high-frequency applications, development environments, and workloads benefiting from strong single-thread performance.

A reseller program is available for established hosting companies purchasing multiple servers. Approved resellers may receive private pricing, volume discounts, and additional commercial resources according to their current server requirements and existing hosting operations.

The service is fundamentally unmanaged. Customers remain responsible for operating-system administration, software updates, security, application deployment, backups, monitoring, and hosted content. The technical team can assist with hardware, networking, provisioning, and occasional administrative questions, but the service should not be treated as a fully managed server package.

The website is available in English, and prices are displayed in US dollars. Its design is functional but visibly dated, with several older operating-system sections still referring to obsolete software versions. Current installation images and software compatibility should be checked during the ordering process.