Our Virtual Dedicated Servers bring together all the advantages of Dedicated Servers and VPS. Thus, it can be considered as a hybrid between a VPS and a Dedicated Server. By means of virtualization multiple VDS exist on a host server system the same way as VPS, but each Virtual Dedicated Server has its own dedicated hardware resources, so computing power in the form of CPU Cores and RAM ready to be used only for your own applications without sharing them with other VDS on the same host server system. Because of this, VDS can be fully used for any kind of virtualization projects and support real-time sensitive applications perfectly. Moreover, VDS come with additional VNC access and can be provided as quickly as VPS. Of course, you get full root access to a VDS, too. In addition to that, you can add additional Storage to your VDS and thus it offers more customizable hardware options than our VPS. Because of that, our VDS are often referred to as a slice of a Dedicated Server.

Partly. While both the CPU cores and RAM cannot be customized, you can always add additional Storage space of up to 8 TB as well as additional Unlimited Bandwidth (depending on your VDS plan).

We do not offer a customization of the core components of our Virtual Dedicated Servers, but it is possible to expand storage space by ordering extra SSDs. Two extra drives can be ordered in addition to the storage space already included in the VDS offer. We recommend to compare and choose the VDS model which best suits your performance needs. If you already own a VDS and require additional drives, just contact us and let us know.

The choice is yours: Select from a wide range of popular Linux distributions (CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu, and many others) and Windows Server. Should you be interested in nested virtualization, Proxmox is also available.

Yes, we offer you cPanel and Plesk admin panels at extra cost, as well as Webmin which is available free of charge. We exclusively offer you to try Plesk one month for free with our VPS, Virtual Dedicated Servers, and Dedicated Servers! Should it not suit your needs, simply cancel it before the end of the first month through your Customer Control Panel and there will be no fee charged for it! You can order your preferred panel directly with your Server or later by contacting our customer support via e-mail.

Generally speaking, it is possible to switch from any other product to one of our VDS, but there is no one-click migration offered. The proven approach and general process is: Order the VDS model of your choice, send the initial payment, and after the provisioning of your new VDS you can transfer your data from the "old" product to the new VDS, then cancel your "old" product in the Contabo customer control panel. As a result, you will keep the new VDS only, and the change would be accomplished. If this approach is not feasible for you for whatever reason, get in touch with us instead, providing us with the information on the product that you wish to be replaced and the VDS model that you desire. We will do our utmost to find a working solution for you then.