When should I choose the NVMe upgrade instead of RAID10 HDD?
Choose RAID10 HDD when capacity and price matter most: backup targets, file shares, media archives, log storage and websites with modest database activity. Choose the NVMe upgrade when your application makes many small, random disk requests, such as busy databases, e-commerce platforms, CI runners and game servers that load worlds frequently. NVMe reduces latency dramatically for those workloads. Many Swedish customers combine the two: a large HDD server for backups and a smaller NVMe server for the live application, both in Stockholm.
What does the 99.9% uptime SLA cover?
The SLA commits to 99.9% availability of the infrastructure we manage: power, cooling, network and the host your VM runs on. That allows for a small amount of downtime per month, for example during unexpected hardware failures, and gives you a clear standard to hold us to. It does not cover issues inside your operating system, such as misconfigured software. If availability falls below the commitment, contact support with details, and we will review the incident and any applicable service credit.
How do I use the four IPv6 addresses?
Each Stockholm VM receives four IPv6 addresses alongside its IPv4 address. Configure them in your operating system's network settings; our documentation covers the most common distributions and Windows. You can bind different services or containers to separate addresses, publish websites over IPv6 so that Swedish mobile users reach them natively, or use one address for mail and another for web traffic. Remember to mirror your firewall rules for IPv6, since many default configurations only protect IPv4. Swedish broadband providers have been early IPv6 adopters.
Can I host a game server for Nordic players in Stockholm?
Yes. Stockholm has short routes to players across Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark and the Baltic states, and Sweden has a large gaming community. Dedicated cores keep ticks smooth. For games that load worlds or maps frequently, such as Minecraft or ARK, choose the NVMe upgrade for faster disk access. Players keep the same address even after you upgrade. Esports events in Sweden draw big crowds, and local servers help. Titles like Valheim, itself developed in Sweden, run happily on a mid-range plan, and dedicated Counter-Strike servers for Nordic clans are another popular use.
Is Stockholm a good base for a Nordic SaaS start-up?
Stockholm has produced a remarkable number of software companies, and early-stage teams there need infrastructure that is cheap to start with and easy to grow. A Swedish VPS keeps the product close to its first customers in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland, all reachable over short routes. Begin with the NVMe upgrade on a middle-tier plan for the application and database, and add a larger RAID10 server for backups and logs. When funding or revenue arrives, moving up a tier keeps the same IP and data, so there is no disruptive migration during a growth phase.
Is Stockholm a good backup location for companies elsewhere in Europe?
Yes. The standard RAID10 HDD plans offer generous storage at a low price, a 1 Gbps port and unlimited traffic, which makes them well suited as off-site backup destinations. Stockholm is geographically separate from central European data centres while remaining within the EU. Tools such as restic, BorgBackup and rsync work well over SSH. Encrypt backups before sending them, keep several versions and test restoring regularly, since a backup is only valuable if you can recover from it when needed.
Does hosting in Sweden help with GDPR?
It covers the data-residency side. Personal data on a Stockholm server stays inside the EU, which many Swedish municipalities, regions and private buyers now ask about explicitly in procurement. The rest depends on how the system is run: who can log in, whether sensitive fields are encrypted, how quickly security patches are applied and whether processing is documented. Because you administer the server yourself, you can describe those measures precisely to IMY, Sweden's data-protection authority, or to a customer's auditor. Our side covers the physical security and resilience of the Tier III facility.
Can I host a Swedish e-commerce site with Klarna checkout?
Yes. Klarna, Swish-based payment plugins and card gateways integrate with WooCommerce, Magento and other platforms through official modules, and they run normally on our Stockholm servers. Swedish shoppers expect a fast, smooth checkout, and hosting locally shortens every step between the shop, the payment provider and the customer's phone. Choose the NVMe upgrade for the shop's database, since product searches and order processing rely on quick disk access. Stay on top of core and plugin releases, as nobody else patches an unmanaged server.
