Question

I am looking for an affordable and reliable VPS solution serving Windows Server 2008.
Use case is to run a Continuous Integration build Server for an asp.net mvc site project.

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

I’m investigating VPS solutions right now and compiled a list along with pricing. For Server 2008 I would not recommend anything below 1 GB of RAM. Please note that some items below indicate Server 2003 but also have the 2008 option available.

http://vpsland.com/xlwin.html
$80 – 1024MB RAM, 40 GB disk, 1000 GB bandwidth, 2 IPs, Server 2003 Enterprise

http://liquidweb.com
$90 – 1024 MB RAM, 100 GB disk, 700 GB bandwidth, 4 IPs (additional $0.5 each), Server 2003

http://www.solarvps.com/products-win.php (Virtuozzo)
$73.50 – 1056 MB RAM, 50 GB disk, 800 GB bandwidth, 5 IPs (additional $1 each), Server 2003 MANAGED
$73.50 – 1184 MB RAM, 60 GB disk, 600 GB bandwidth, 5 IPs (additional $1 each), Server 2003 MANAGED
$40 – 768 MB RAM, 50 GB disk, 600 GB bandwidth, 5 IPs (additional $1 each), Server 2003 UNMANAGED

http://kickassvps.com/services/windows_2008.php (Virtuozzo)
$90 – 1920MB RAM, 40 GB disk, 400 GB bandwidth, 2 IPs, Server 2008 Enterprise 64-bit

http://fullcontrol.net/ (Hyper-V)
$79 – 1GB RAM, 40 GB disk, 1000 GB bandwidth, 2 IPs, Server 2008 Standard 32-bit (+$10 for x64)
$89 – 1GB RAM, 40 GB disk, 1000 GB bandwidth, 8 IPs, Server 2008 Standard 32-bit (+$10 for x64)

https://www.webspacedepot.com/vps_plans_windows.php (Hyper-V)
$26.93 – 1024MB RAM, 90 GB disk, 1000GB bandwidth, 2 IPs, Server 2003/2008, 2 CPU cores
$36.93 – 1536MB RAM, 130 GB disk, 1100GB bandwidth, 2 IPs, Server 2003/2008, 2 CPU cores
$50.93 – 2048MB RAM, 200 GB disk, 1200GB bandwidth, 5 IPs, Server 2003/2008, 3 CPU cores

http://www.servebyte.com/windows.html (xen)
$50 – 1GB RAM, 80 GB disk, 480GB bandwidth, 3 IPs, Server 2003, 2.0 GHz cpu cycles $90 – 2GB RAM, 160 GB disk, 1024GB bandwidth, 4 IPs, Server 2003, 2.5 GHz cpu cycles