An era is just about to draw to a close. The GIGA Dedicated Server XL, which has been a successfull contributor to our server fleet for years, will vanish from our portfolio shortly.
This XL rootserver will only remain available for ordering from our homepage for a short while. You have got just a few more days left to grab a hold of this server at a monthly rate of 44.99 EUR. Giga-International will not offer any root server afterwards at such a low monthly rental fee.
For many many years, actually for almost a decade, the Dedicated Server XL played a vital role in Giga International’s story of success. Almost nearly 7 years ago, back in January 2005, it entered it’s high end position within our server portfolio, being the most powerful server then. And considering the time span of 7 years – in terms of hardware developements an incredible long time – it was never eliminated from our portfolio.
Given the technical circumstances back then, this server was equipped with sensational 2GB RAM, an Intel Pentium IV 3,0 Ghz processor and hyperthreading technology, as well as a 250GB harddisk. It’s hardware never changed and the server operates frontline, until nowadays. Like a true gentleman, it never changed it’s style and elegance.
The dedicated server XL was built and configured by Giga International for their customers ever since in a number of several hundred machines.During the following years we introduced the DUAL-Core and even QUAD-Core servers with a multitude of RAM and harddisk capacity.
But, it took well over 4 years, until in Spring 2009 a new dedicated server model, the Core i7, ruled out the model XL for being the most popular server ever rented (Nonetheless, this record could not be kept for such a long time, since it was broken by it’s successor, the even more popular Dedicated Server 6-Core).
What makes this dedicated root server, which requires – unlike to the virtual servers – to be individually built for each customer and connected in our datacenter, so special and so unique that it was kept on the hosters product portfolio for 7 years, and is still remains to be contineously requested and ordered on a daily basis by our clients?
One of the reasons might be it’s Intel Processor with hyperthreading, which features a technology that was ground breaking back then, but which also still satisfies the demands of most applications using it for a ‘Dual Core’ substitute. Or maybe it is the fact, that it’s random access memory with 2GB still suffices for each LINUX distribution and even supports the latest resource consuming WINDOWS operating systems.
Or pretty simple, it might be the incredible low price, due to the depreciation of hardware costs, of 44.99 EUR per month for a self operated server, including electric power, air condition and unlimited traffic which makes it so attractive.
However, maybe it is the charm of this little root server legend, which was placed into service shortly after the foundation of Giga International and which has ever since supported the raise and expansion of Giga International. Likewise any customer who enjoyed ordering and using one of these appliances until today.
Retain one of these budget servers and experience yourself the incredible performance our ‘oldie’ is still able to proof. Reserve this little symbol of ‘nostalgia’ during the last remaining days of it’s tenure, because once vanished from our portfolio, it will not ever return.
And just like the old saying goes: Legends may sleep – but they never die.