Photon VPS SSD - X, $ 5.00/mo. on Linux VPS

SSD - X has been updated on November 4, 2020 (added June 30, 2014), Aggregate Rating (10 out of 10 from 1 reviews)

💪 CPU/Cores :	1 Core
🔋 RAM :	1024 MB
🔌 Hosted domains :	unlimited
🆓 free domains :	0
📌 Dedicated IPs :	1
💳 Payment Methods :	Credit / Debit / Prepaid CardsPayPalAliPay
✍️ Support Options :	EmailHelp DeskPhone / Toll-Free
🌏 Server Locations :	Australia Brazil India Japan Netherlands Singapore South Africa Taiwan United Kingdom United States
⚑ Targeting :	CA CN HK US

screenshot of SSD - X from photonvps.com

See also initial SSD - X plan location on their website!

📜 Plan description

100Mbit Port
Free DDOS mitigation up to 10Gbps!

Lightning Fast RAID-10 Storage backed by SSD, Free DDoS Mitigation
Be online in 10 minutes or less

Features

SSD Storage
RAID-10 Storage
Instant Setup
100+ Gigabit Internet Connectivity
Route Optimizing
100Mbit / 1Gbit Ports

📄 Editorial Review

PhotonVPS is a global company providing services from 2001, part of Profuse Solutions INC. They claim that their mission is to offer a great experience for their customers while trying to meet the technological requirements in the IT field on an international level. PhotonVPS are part of Profuse Solutions INC. – company that also owns Psychz Networks and YardVPS. PhotonVPS offers 1 Tbps network connectivity available with all their data centers.

PhotonVPS are specialized in the following:

Forex VPS Hosting;
Cloud (both for Linux and Windows);
Reseller program;

VPS Hosting is equipped with Intel Xeon processors. Plans come with SSD drive storages and automatic low latency routes. These work with any Broker/EA choice.

Linux Cloud servers come with SSD RAID-10 storage and free DDoS Mitigation whereas Windows Cloud guarantees free DDoS protection and SSD distributed storage.

Their Reseller program is oriented towards software application providers and VARs (Value Added Resellers providing packages on cloud infrastructure).

👪 Most Recent Customer Reviews

📆 Oct 20, 2015

-anonymous- (-no email-)

😁 Photon has been in vps business for a long time now and I am glad to see they are still going strong. I am very techy, so I rarely had to get in touch with them for support. However, when I did need support, they were always there and I would get a response within 30 minutes or less. if you care about support along with stability, photonvps is the right company.

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