About HostGator
HostGator has a great reputation for its shared hosting service, and the best hosting site.
HostGator is one of the oldest companies in the field of web hosting, as the company has experience in this field of more than two decades and its servers provide hosting for more than 2,000,000 websites around the world.
VPS Server HostGator's virtual private server (VPS) plans were completely redesigned and gained new capabilities and features, along with the launch of the company's new brand. Previously, there were 4 plans, which could be contracted with or without the control panel. In terms of capacities, the plans offered from 1 to 8 GB of RAM, from 1 to 4 CPUs, and storage from 60 to 240 GB HDD. When reviewing the product and launching the new VPS servers, HostGator reduced the plans to 3, which have capacities far greater than the previous offer. Now, the number of CPUs ranges from 3 to 5 cores. The RAM, from 4 to 8 GB. And storage, which is now 100% SSD, starts at 160 GB and goes up to a maximum of 240 GB. In addition, currently, all servers have Intel processors.
In addition to the clear increase in resources, it is worth mentioning the hardware update, such as the use of more modern processors and SSD storage. SSD technology enables disk access up to 10 times faster than traditional HDDs, used in other company plans. The processors, formerly of the AMD Opteron 6000 series, were replaced by the Intel (R) Xeon (R) CPU E5-2630 v4 @2.20 GHz model, with superior performance.
Regarding the HostGator service for virtual servers, it provides three packages of different specifications and prices, and their costs start from $19.95 per month for unmanaged servers to $49.95 per month in its high-spec managed package.
All of these virtual server packages include full root access, abundant isolated computing resources, you will also get two IP addresses and weekly backups for free, plus the free and uninterrupted transfer of your site.
The virtual server packages in HostGator hosting are characterized by an abundance of computing resources. Its basic package offers storage space starting from 120 GB, 2 GB of RAM, two CPU cores, in addition to an unlimited number of domain names, email boxes, and databases.
Unfortunately, HostGator does not allow using the Windows operating system in its virtual servers, and its data centers are located within the borders of the United States of America, so you will need to set up a CDN or request that from the technical support department.
Who the HostGator VPS is for?
In general, VPS HostGator is suitable for any professional / company that needs more resources/capabilities and/or greater customization than what is offered in shared hosting plans. In some scenarios, the VPS may be especially suitable.
Among the various purposes of using a VPS, we can highlight:
● Agencies and professionals who have multiple sites and want to concentrate all of them on the same server.
● Hosting resellers who want more performance than what is offered in shared reseller plans.
● Sites, blogs, and virtual stores with medium/high traffic.
● Users and companies that wish to have an email marketing server.
● Customized applications and systems.
● Use of programming languages not compatible with shared hostings, such as JSP, Perl, Python (Django), and Ruby (on Rails).
● Any other purpose that requires root access.
HostGator VPS plans features
We will delve into the main features available in the new HostGator VPS plans:
● CPU, processor, RAM, and traffic
● Disk space and SSD storage technology
● Operating system and control panel
● SSL Certificates
● Hourly email submissions