Managed vs Unmanaged VPS: Which Should You Choose?
In short With an unmanaged VPS, the provider gives you the server and the network, and everything else — setup, updates, security, fixing problems — …
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How to Secure RDP on a Windows VPS (2026 Guide)
In short RDP (Remote Desktop) is how you reach a Windows VPS — and because it’s so useful, it’s one of the most attacked services on the internet. Left …
Read moreEU Data Residency & GDPR Hosting: Why an EU Datacenter Matters
overview Data residency means where your data physically lives. GDPR hosting means keeping that data on servers inside the EU, under European law — whic…
Read moreFull Rack vs Quarter Rack vs Half Rack: Colocation Sizes Explained
overview Colocation racks come in three common sizes. A full rack is a whole cabinet (commonly 42–48U). A half rack is about half of that (~20–24U). A q…
Read moreColocation vs Dedicated Server vs VPS: Which Is Right for You?
overview A VPS rents you a virtual slice of a shared machine. A dedicated server rents you a whole physical machine. Colocation means you own the machin…
Read moreWhich Windows Server Version Should Your VPS Run? (2012 to 2025, Explained)
In short For anything new, run Windows Server 2025 — it's the current release and the safest default. Older versions (2016, 2019, 2022) are still widely…
Read moreHalf-Rack Colocation Explained: What You Get, and When It Beats a Full Rack
Overview Half-rack colocation means you rent roughly half of a standard server rack in a datacenter — a lockable section with its own allocated power, c…
Read morePutting a Small Production Service on a VPS: The Checklist
overview Before you put a real service on a VPS — something people actually use — lock down five things: secure access (keys, not passwords), a firewall…
Read moreEuropean VPS: Why Location, Latency & Jurisdiction Actually Matter
Overview A European VPS is worth choosing when your users or your compliance are in Europe: a server physically in the EU gives you low latency to Europ…
Read moreWhat a Dedicated IPv4 Really Gives You (and When a Shared IP Bites)
Overview A dedicated IPv4 is an internet address that only your VPS uses. A shared IP is one address split across many customers on the same machine. I…
Read moreSSD VPS in Europe: What “SSD” Really Tells You (and What It Doesn’t)
Overview “SSD” on its own tells you almost nothing — nearly every VPS is on SSD now. What actually matters is the storage architecture behind it (a sing…
Read moreLinux vs Windows VPS: Which Do You Need?
Overview: Choose a Linux VPS if you're running web servers, databases, or containers and want lower resource overhead with no licensing fee. Choose a Win…
Read moreHow to Read a VPS Spec Sheet: What Actually Matters (and What’s Just Marketing)
Overview When you compare VPS plans, six lines actually decide whether it's any good: the CPU type (shared vCPU or dedicated core), the stora…
Read moreWhy Ceph Storage on a VPS Actually Matters (and How It’s Different from a Single Disk)
Why Ceph Storage on a VPS Actually Matters (and How It's Different from a Single Disk) In short Ceph is a storage system that keeps more than one c…
Read moreHardware facts and SLA: why we publish CEPH, clusters and 99.99%
If a technical buyer finds no hardware or SLA details, he assumes you are hiding something. Here is what Hosting662 actually runs.
Read moreAI services development on our own platform begins
On 1 June 2026 we started building AI services on a dedicated platform hosted in the 662 data center.
Read moreOfficial launch of hosting662.com and WorxVPN.net planned for July 2026
Public services hosting662.com and WorxVPN.net are scheduled to go live on 1 July 2026.
Read moreDevelopment of hosting and censorship-resistant VPN launched
From 1 January 2025 we started building public hosting and VPN services designed for regions with heavy internet censorship.
Read moreHundreds of servers deployed at 662 data center
NSW and 662 Data jointly deployed several hundred servers in our own data center to power the next generation of security and AI services.
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