Now Available From Strato - Virtual Windows Servers Based on Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Virtualisation Solution

LONDON, August 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

From only £9.90 per month* with no setup fee and no minimum contract period

Strato's range of virtual servers is being extended with immediate effect with the introduction of Windows Servers. The latest generation of Strato Virtual Windows Servers is based on the virtualisation solution Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V from Microsoft and can be ordered starting at just £9.90 per month*. The new Virtual Windows Servers are available in three different sizes with up to 200 GB hard disk storage, their own IP address and unlimited traffic. Further information on Strato Virtual Windows Servers can be found at http://www.strato-hosting.co.uk/server/virtual-server/ and the following table:

    Virtual Windows
    Server                   S             M             L
    Guaranteed RAM in
    GB                       1             2             4
    Hard disk storage
    in GB                   50            100           200
    IP addresses             1             1             1
    Inclusive traffic    unlimited     unlimited     unlimited
    Windows WebServer
    2008                  included      included      included
    Minimum contract
    period                 none          none          none
    Setup fee              none          none          none
    Standard price in
    GBP*                   9.90          19.90         29.90

"We offer our customers Windows Servers with no additional charge for the Windows OS environment. Therefore our customers get the Virtual Windows Servers Small, Medium and Large at the same price as our Virtual Linux Servers with the equivalent specification - and without a long-term contractual obligation or set-up fee," commented Damian Schmidt, Chief Executive Officer at Strato.

Virtual servers have been available from Strato since 2008, providing customers with a real alternative to dedicated servers. The new virtual servers from Microsoft are extremely efficient due to Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V. They guarantee customers an independent, self-contained server environment with fixed resources of up to 4 GB of RAM. In this way, the performance of Virtual Windows Servers is not affected by other virtual servers which are located on the same physical machine.

The Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V virtualisation solution offers another significant advantage to customers of Strato Virtual Servers: like Windows Web Server 2008 R2 and Windows Web Server 2008 SP2 operating systems, it is a Microsoft product and therefore fully supports Windows. System-level drivers and updates can be installed immediately and without modifications. In this way, Strato customers can benefit from compatibility and stability, which are not offered by other virtualisation solutions.

Notes to Editors

* Prices exclude VAT, no minimum contract period. Payment is taken one month in advance. Automatic contract renewal, if no notice of termination has been given with a period of one month to the end of the contract.  

About STRATO

STRATO, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, is Europe's second-largest web hosting and web application provider. Its services include online storage, all-in-one web hosting packages, dedicated and virtual servers and hosted business software such as online shops. STRATO has over 1.4 million customer contracts in six countries and hosts 4 million domains in two ISO-certified, climate-neutral data centres.

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