Functioning of RPS

The RPS (Real Private Server) is a real server, which enables each customer to have their own processor, their own memory and their own network connection. The resources of an RPS server are guaranteed and no other private server can use them.

Principle of RPS

The RPS is a dedicated server without a hard drive in the box. The data are stored on the SAN (Storage Area Network) and accessible through iSCSI.
The iSCSI disc is detected by the RPS as a real hard drive so you can customize the starting settings of your RPS (lilo, kernel, ...).
Each customer shares the SAN storage with other customers. With QoS management among all RPS and SAN, each RPS has a powerful storage infrastructure, secure and scalable up to 1TB per RPS.

History of RPS

The RPS was born in 2007. Having proposed the Kimsufi dedicated server for less than 15 pounds/month in 2006, we have taken up a new challenge: to propose a dedicated server for less than 10 pounds/month. The ingredients? A motherboard requested from Intel in 2006 with an integrated processor and very low power consumption. Then 512MB of RAM was added and all was connected up with 100 Mbps to the network.

To reduce the cost of the server and also the energy bill, the server's hard disk has been replaced by a hard drive on the network accessible in iSCSI or NFS.
For hosting, we use our data-centre in Roubaix with 96 RPS servers per rack. All RPS servers use liquid cooling, which helps to reduce the energy needed to run the air conditioning (energy savings of approximately 30%).
Is the RPS pro-green? Of course, like all dedicated servers at OVH since 2004 ...