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Contabo is a global web hosting company based in Munich, Germany. Its main services include Virtual Private Servers (VPS), Virtual Dedicated Servers (VDS), Dedicated Servers (Bare Metal), domain registration, and other web hosting services. For German-based customers, services also include telephone and broadband internet.[1]
Contabo was founded in 2003, and since then has become a global network with 12 data centres around the world hosting over 400,000 servers.[2] Its 12 data center in 9 regions around the globe, including in Europe, the United Kingdom, the USA. Asia and Australia. Contabo's main target customers include small to medium businesses, enterprises, entrepreneurs, and developers. Contabo's legal name is Contabo GmbH.
History
[edit]Contabo was founded in 2003 by Michael Bölke and Michael Herpich and was originally known as Giga-International . The web hosting service was initially only available in the German market but became more widely available in 2013, around the same time the company name was changed to Contabo.
In 2019, Contabo received an investment from Oakley Capital. In 2021, Contabo acquired VSHosting and GPORTAL.[3]
As of 2024, Contabo has over 300 staff members covering 12 locations worldwide. Its main base is in Munich, Germany.
Services
[edit]Contabo provides a variety of cloud hosting services worldwide, including Virtual Private Servers, Virtual Dedicated Servers, Object Storage, API for cloud provisioning management, and more. The company offers DDoS protection to its customers as well as 24/7 customer service.
The cost of using Contabo's servers varies depending on the services used. As of 2024, prices range from $4.95 for an entry-level VPS to $357 per month for a high-end Dedicated Server as a monthly subscription.
Notable Achievements
[edit]Contabo has made a name for itself as an affordable and efficient web hosting company. Thanks to features like the the unified hardware platform used across its data centers, cost-effective hardware sourcing at scale and proprietary load management scripts. The company is able to offer lower prices to its customers.
In 2017, Contabo won the German Data Center Award, an award given to the most innovative, visionary, energy-efficient data centers in Germany.[4] The award has been given since 2011.
Contabo extended its operations outside of Europe for the first time in 2020, when it opened data centers in the USA.
Contabo has received many positive online user reviews thanks to its affordability and scalability. A client of ten years noted that the web hosting provider was cheap but with lots of RAM,[5] making it a good option for budget VPS hosting.
Criticisms/Challenges
[edit]Contabo has received some negative reviews over the years, specifically referring to poor customer service and frequent downtime at the Dusseldorf data centre.[5]
One major disruption occurred in September 2024, when there was an unexpected cooling problem at Contabo's Nuremberg data centre, which meant several servers were unavailable during a short time period. Contabo's telephone was unavailable during this time, which angered users even further. Services were back online by the evening.[2]
Contabo stated that the downtime was likely due to a severe storm in Franconia which caused a voltage fluctuation in the public power grid and led to the malfunction in the system.
Lessons learned from this incident allowed Contabo to mitigate a similar incident in October 2024, when the Nuremberg data center again lost power from the public grid, affecting the cooling system. This time, response times were greatly improved, the cooling system was restored to full functionality, and the incident was resolved in under two hours with no affected customers.
References
[edit]- ^ "Contabo Review - Affordable Cloud VPS and Dedicated Servers". January 5, 2023.
- ^ a b online, heise (2024-09-03). "Web host Contabo: Server outage due to cooling problems". heise online. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
- ^ "Partnering with ambitious entrepreneurs". Oakley Capital. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
- ^ "German Data Center Award 2017". Pure Thermal. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
- ^ a b "Byte XD". 17 January 2023.
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