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Shared hosting vs VPS hosting

Hostens provides two types of hosting packages: Shared hosting and VPS hosting. This article compares them and helps you understand...

VPS illegal activities

The VPS services are not intended for: Participation in DoS, DDoS attacks (as a source, intermediary or target); Compromising the...

Account personal details

According to our Terms Of Service, the client undertakes to submit the correct identification and contact information: ​https://www.hostens.com/legal/terms-of-service/​When purchasing services,...

What is the port speed of my VPS?

We provide 100 Mbps dedicated port speed for each VPS, which depends on the selected package (it can be upgraded...

What is your uptime?

We cooperate with the most modern data center in the Baltic region located in Lithuania. It is also one of...

Do you oversell your services?

Hostens enforces strictly transparent resource allocation. All hardware infrastructure is monitored and load balanced. All provided resources* are guaranteed to...

What virtualization do you use?

OpenVZ Virtualization We are using a highly modified OpenVZ virtualization platform. For each VPS, we allocate dedicated RAM, disk space,...

GDPR

Hostens stands for keeping our client’s data secure and protected, in this guide, you will find all the information you...

Can I add my own OS image?

Due to virtualization platform limits, you can’t use your own OS image. Despite this, we offer a huge list of...

What are kernel versions used on Hostens servers?

Linux VPS runs with 3.x or newer Linux kernel version. If you need a more advanced version of the Linux...