Storage Optimized Cloud VPS
Capacity-dense cloud servers with the throughput and economics to run your most data-intensive workloads.
What is Storage optimized?
Storage Optimized is the cloud tuned for data gravity. By allocating substantially more disk relative to compute, it drives down your effective cost per gigabyte while delivering the throughput data-intensive systems demand.
It is built for the workloads defined by what they store, not what they compute: production databases, analytics warehouses, log and event pipelines, media libraries, and the backup and retention targets your compliance posture requires.
On elastic cloud infrastructure, capacity scales with your data — provision more as you grow and pay by the hour rather than buying storage arrays you will grow into. The result is predictable, OpEx-friendly economics for data that only ever gets bigger.
Best for
- Production databases and data warehouses with large footprints
- Log aggregation, analytics, and event pipelines
- Media, file, and object storage servers
- Backup, archival, and disaster-recovery targets
- Compliance-driven retention, where data must be held for years
- Self-hosted storage platforms such as Nextcloud or MinIO
When to choose another type
If you need fast cores rather than capacity, choose High Performance. For balanced, day-to-day workloads, General Purpose is usually the better fit.
Compare all locations →Why teams run Storage optimized in the cloud
Enterprise-grade, battle-tested infrastructure without enterprise procurement. Spin up resilient, high-availability instances in seconds, scale on demand, and pay only for what you use.
Capacity-dense economics
More storage per dollar, with capacity bundled into one predictable rate — no separate per-gigabyte storage bill to reconcile.
Throughput where it matters
NVMe and SSD-backed storage keeps databases, pipelines, and file servers responsive under sustained read and write load.
Grows with your data
Scale capacity as datasets expand and pay by the hour — the cloud removes the guesswork of pre-purchasing hardware.
Durable, controlled, yours
Full control over your data and how it is stored, on production-grade infrastructure spanning a global footprint.
What real projects cost
Billing is hourly, with the first hour charged on deploy and a monthly price ceiling on every plan. Network transfer is included up to each plan's allowance; beyond it, usage is billed at a flat $0.09 per GB. Here is how that works out for a few representative Storage optimized workloads.
An analytics data warehouse
A reporting warehouse holding several hundred gigabytes of historical data, queried internally and exporting around 250 GB a month to BI tools.
On a 64 vCPU · 128 GB instance at $1.7778/hr (about $1,280.00/mo), 250 GB of transfer runs 50 GB past the 200 GB allowance — 50 × $0.09 = $4.25 — for about $1,284.25/month all-in.
A media and downloads library
A catalogue of video and high-resolution assets served directly to customers, with outbound transfer reaching roughly 2 TB in a busy month.
On a 8 vCPU · 16 GB instance at $0.2222/hr (about $160.00/mo), 2,000 GB of transfer runs 1,800 GB past the 200 GB allowance — 1,800 × $0.09 = $153.00 — for about $313.00/month all-in.
A centralized log and backup store
A write-heavy destination for application logs and nightly backups. Ingest is large, but egress is light — about 40 GB a month when restoring or auditing.
On a 1 vCPU · 2 GB instance at $0.0278/hr (about $20.00/mo), 40 GB of transfer sits inside the 200 GB allowance, so the bill is about $20.00/month with no transfer charges.
Serving large files and datasets consumes transfer quickly. Each plan includes a monthly allowance, with additional usage billed at a flat per-gigabyte rate, so high-egress months stay predictable and auditable. Figures are illustrative; your costs depend on the plan you choose and your actual usage.
A production-grade cloud foundation
Every Storage optimized instance runs on the same enterprise-ready, fault-tolerant platform — global reach, ironclad reliability, predictable economics, and the granular control your teams expect.
Always-on reliability
Resilient, self-healing infrastructure with redundant power and networking, backed by a published service-level agreement.
Global low-latency footprint
Data centers on six continents — 1 country and growing — on a high-throughput backbone, so workloads run close to your users and meet data-residency mandates.
Elastic, hourly economics
Provision in seconds, scale on demand, and pay by the hour with a monthly price ceiling on every plan. No contracts, no lock-in, zero capital expenditure.
Enterprise networking & control
High-bandwidth IPv4 and complimentary IPv6, generous included transfer, plus full root access and an API-first workflow built for automation.
Questions enterprises ask
- How is storage priced?
- Capacity is included in the instance hourly and monthly rate — there is no separate per-gigabyte storage line to reconcile. You see the full cost of the instance up front.
- Is it suitable for production databases?
- Yes. The capacity-to-compute ratio and NVMe/SSD storage suit databases, warehouses, and retention systems. For write-heavy, latency-critical databases, evaluate High Performance alongside it.
- What about data retention and exit?
- You retain full control of your data. There are no contracts; decommission an instance whenever you choose, and billing stops when it is destroyed.
- Is my data durable and isolated?
- Each instance runs in an isolated environment with dedicated storage under your full control. You define backups, replication, and retention to meet your durability and compliance requirements.
- Can capacity scale as we grow?
- Yes. Provision additional capacity as datasets expand and pay by the hour, so storage tracks your actual footprint instead of a forecast.
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From $0.0278/hr, deployed in seconds, in 1 country worldwide.