Vultr Block Storage 5000GB SSD, $ 500.00/mo. on Linux/Windows Cloud

Block Storage 5000GB SSD has been discontinued on October 3, 2025 (added January 6, 2019)

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🌏 Server Locations :	Australia Canada France Germany Japan Netherlands Singapore United Kingdom United States
⚑ Targeting :	US

Original plan URL was https://www.vultr.com/products/block-storage/

📜 Plan description

📄 Editorial Review

Vultr is a developer-focused cloud provider (founded 2014) built around a modern IaaS platform that emphasizes performance, global reach, and straightforward deployment. They report 80M+ instances deployed, 1.5M+ customers in 150+ countries, and operate 32 cloud regions across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa. The stack targets builders who want fast provisioning, API/automation, and pay-as-you-go pricing comparable to hyperscalers (Google Cloud, Amazon AWS ) and DigitalOcean-style platforms.Products & capabilities

• Cloud Compute: multiple VM tiers (Regular Performance on prior-gen Intel/SSD, High Performance on latest AMD EPYC/Intel Xeon with NVMe, and High Frequency on 3GHz+ Intel Xeon). One-click apps, custom ISO upload/mount, Linux/Windows/FreeBSD, full root/admin, snapshots, backups, firewalls, VPC, DDoS mitigation, and BGP with bring-your-own-IP.
• Bare Metal: single-tenant dedicated servers with modern AMD/Intel CPUs and optional NVIDIA/AMD GPUs; integrates with Vultr storage (Object, File System, Block) and networking.
• Cloud GPU: on-demand GPUs from NVIDIA (A40, A16, L40S, A100/H100/H200, GH200, HGX B200) and AMD Instinct (MI300X/MI325X/MI355X) for AI/ML, rendering, and HPC; available as VMs or bare metal and usable with managed Kubernetes and serverless inference.
• Storage: Object Storage (four classes with 11-nines durability and simple egress-only pricing), Block Storage (AES-256 encrypted HDD/NVMe volumes), and Vultr File System for shared, scalable NFS-style storage across VMs and Kubernetes.
• Data services: Managed Databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Valkey, Apache Kafka) with automatic backups (PITR on 3-node), HA, encryption, IP allowlists, and a 99.99% SLA.
• Platform services: Vultr Kubernetes Engine (CNCF-conformant, free control plane), Container Registry, CDN (six continents), Serverless Inference for GenAI, Load Balancers (regional & global), and Direct Connect for private links into multi/hybrid-cloud.
• Tooling: modern Customer Portal, API v2, CLI, and Terraform provider; marketplace images (including cPanel/WHM) can be deployed on your instances, while core infrastructure is managed through Vultr’s own control plane.
• Network & facilities partners: Digital Realty.com ( +interxion.com ) | Lumen ( +level3.com ) | QTS Datacenters | Equinix | GTT.net | Telia | NTT.com | CoreSite

This is a cloud-first provider: there’s no traditional shared/reseller hosting catalog. The focus is composable infrastructure, fast global rollout, and strong price-to-performance for developers and businesses.

Vultr Company Timeline (2014–2025)

• 2025 – Secured $329M credit financing; partnership with Verizon.
• 2024 – $3.5B valuation (LuminArx & AMD Ventures); Chicago DC expansion; Stratus Award; Dell AI Provider Award; Sabey DC opened.
• 2023 – Vultr Cloud Alliance launched; new DCs in Manchester, Tel Aviv, Osaka, and Santiago.
• 2022 – DCs opened in Johannesburg, Delhi NCR, Bangalore, Mumbai, Honolulu, Melbourne, Warsaw, and Madrid.
• 2021 – DCs in São Paulo, Mexico, Sweden; Inc. 5000 recognition; Kubernetes Beta; Marketplace launch; joined CNCF; multilingual website.
• 2020 – Kubernetes Engine, Marketplace, API v2, South Korea DC, Load Balancers.
• 2019 – Terraform integration, Object Storage, High Frequency Compute, SSD boost, SSO; milestones of 20M & 25M instances.
• 2018 – Toronto DC; Direct Connect; 15M instances; VPC networks.
• 2017 – Bare Metal launch; DNS management; Firewall; 5M instances.
• 2016 – ISO Library; Singapore DC; Block Storage; 2M instances.
• 2015 – BYO IPs; 1M instances; Dedicated Cloud; One-Click Apps.
• 2014 – VPC support; ISO upload; 100K instances; Vultr launched.