Demand Analysis for Virtual Servers
In a previous article, I collected information on the offer of virtual servers by various companies. This article will examine the statistics of search queries on the VPS Search website , for which a little more than 500 thousand requests from users were collected. These are not the servers you are looking for.
By default, the minimum value of the disk volume is 1 GB, the maximum is 200 GB.
Queries with two parameters turned out to be 12749, with a given minimum value - 32154, with a given maximum value - 4046.
Most often they search for the minimum disk size :
Requests for the minimum disk space:
The following search queries prevail for the maximum disk capacity:
Requests for the maximum value of disk space: The
type of disk in the search queries has been indicated 27617 times. In more than 70% of cases, users expect hosters to use SSD drives.
They searched for a minimum of RAM 73472 times, a maximum of 25405, both values were specified in 16482 requests.
By the minimum amount of RAM, the following values are allocated:
Requests for the minimum amount of RAM:
For the maximum amount of RAM often indicate:
Requests for the maximum amount of RAM:
The minimum total processor frequency is used in 19748 requests, the maximum frequency is used in 1286 requests.
The processor frequency when searching is indicated by the following:
Requests for the minimum total processor frequency: The
maximum values for the total processor frequency that are often used in the search are as follows:
The minimum traffic value is set in 6983 requests, the maximum - in only 215 requests. Most users see the minimum traffic indicators included in the tariff plan as follows:
The preferred location of the data center was indicated in 73298 requests.
In decreasing order of popularity:
Most requested countries:
The type of virtualization used was specified during the search 38156 times.
Most often, users are looking for:
Queries by type of virtualization:
The ability to install a specific operating system is indicated 49348 times.
More often than others, users indicate:
Requests for operating systems:
The ability to pay for services in certain ways is indicated in 31267 requests.
The most popular methods ofweaning cash payment were:
By types of administration, 11377 requests were distributed as follows:
Availability of a license for the control panel included in the price of the virtual server:
IPv6 protocol support is indicated in 15438 requests, its absence - in 13735 requests.
The maximum price that users are willing to consider:
Thanks to andorro for helping me prepare this publication.
At PoiskVPS.ru you can pick up a virtual server for all of the above parameters.
Disk space
By default, the minimum value of the disk volume is 1 GB, the maximum is 200 GB.
Queries with two parameters turned out to be 12749, with a given minimum value - 32154, with a given maximum value - 4046.
Most often they search for the minimum disk size :
- 10 GB - 7835 requests
- 20 GB - 6912 requests
- 40 GB - 6194 requests
- 100 GB - 4737 requests
- 50 GB - 3415 requests
- 15 GB - 1954 requests
- 150 GB - 1716 requests
Requests for the minimum disk space:
The following search queries prevail for the maximum disk capacity:
- 100 GB - 1569 requests
- 50 GB - 1118 requests
- 80 GB - 708 requests
- 150 GB - 674 requests
- 10 GB - 527 requests
Requests for the maximum value of disk space: The
type of disk in the search queries has been indicated 27617 times. In more than 70% of cases, users expect hosters to use SSD drives.
- SSD - 19785 requests
- SATA - 3584 requests
- SAS - 3427 requests
- SATA + SSD - 3015 requests
- SAS + SSD - 1994 Queries
RAM
They searched for a minimum of RAM 73472 times, a maximum of 25405, both values were specified in 16482 requests.
By the minimum amount of RAM, the following values are allocated:
- 1024 MB - 18165 requests
- 2048 Mb - 12,290 requests
- 512 MB - 11719 requests
- 2000 Mb - 6546 requests
- 4096 Mb - 6,199 queries
- 8192 Mb - 4716 requests
- 768 Mb - 2006 requests
Requests for the minimum amount of RAM:
For the maximum amount of RAM often indicate:
- 2048 Mb - 5825 queries
- 4096 Mb - 4572 requests
- 8192 Mb - 2962 requests
- 1024 MB - 2453 requests
- 16384 Mb - 1954 requests
- 1536 Mb - 1,086 requests
Requests for the maximum amount of RAM:
CPU
The minimum total processor frequency is used in 19748 requests, the maximum frequency is used in 1286 requests.
The processor frequency when searching is indicated by the following:
- 2000 MHz - 3756 requests
- 1000 MHz - 3119 requests
- 4000 MHz - 2548 requests
- 3000 MHz - 2023 requests
- 2500 MHz - 1826 requests
- 10000 MHz - 618 requests
- 8000 MHz - 426 requests
Requests for the minimum total processor frequency: The
maximum values for the total processor frequency that are often used in the search are as follows:
- 10000 MHz - 515 requests
- 8000 MHz - 381 requests
- 4000 MHz - 239 requests
Traffic and channel speed
The minimum traffic value is set in 6983 requests, the maximum - in only 215 requests. Most users see the minimum traffic indicators included in the tariff plan as follows:
- 1000 GB - 3258 requests
- 2000 GB - 959 requests
- 5000 GB - 536 requests
Geographical position
The preferred location of the data center was indicated in 73298 requests.
In decreasing order of popularity:
- Russia - 17453 requests
- Netherlands - 8915 searches
- Germany - 7225 searches
- USA - 6014 requests
- France - 4833 requests
- Ukraine - 4271 requests
- Sweden - 3947 searches
- Canada - 3868 searches
- United Kingdom - 3,776 inquiries
- Latvia - 2904 requests
- Switzerland - 2511 searches
- Czech Republic - 2144 requests
- Estonia - 2109 searches
- Bulgaria - 1950 searches
- Poland - 1887 searches
- Singapore - 1,656 requests
- Lithuania - 1425 requests
- Japan - 1384 requests
- Belarus - 1347 requests
- Kazakhstan - 1,159 requests
- Spain - 784 requests
- Austria - 530 searches
- Romania - 493 requests
- Australia - 472 requests
- Italy - 395 searches
- Hungary - 374 requests
- Slovakia - 361 requests
- Iceland - 190 searches
- India - 173 searches
- Isle of Man - 168 searches
- Chile - 140 searches
Most requested countries:
Virtualization
The type of virtualization used was specified during the search 38156 times.
Most often, users are looking for:
- KVM - 17793 requests
- XEN - 9843 requests
- VMware - 6559 requests
- OpenVZ - 5497 requests
- Hyper-V - 4035 requests
- Virtuozzo - 1,544 requests
Queries by type of virtualization:
operating system
The ability to install a specific operating system is indicated 49348 times.
More often than others, users indicate:
- Windows Server - 11562 requests
- Ubuntu - 10,208 requests
- CentOS - 9572 requests
- Debian - 9,186 requests
- the ability to install the OS from your own image - 6795 requests
- FreeBSD - 4018 requests
- Fedora - 3,589 requests
- openSUSE - 2954 requests
- Gentoo - 1504 requests
- ArchLinux - 1375 searches
- RedHat - 1349 requests
- Scientific Linux - 1272 requests
- Slackware - 905 requests
- Mandriva - 525 searches
Requests for operating systems:
Payment Methods
The ability to pay for services in certain ways is indicated in 31267 requests.
The most popular methods of
- WebMoney - 5748 requests
- BitCoin - 4215 requests
- PayPal - 3,685 requests
- Visa / MasterCard - 3493 requests
- Yandex.Money - 2687 requests
- QIWI - 2588 requests
- Robokassa - 1,519 searches
- Interkassa - 1248 requests
- bank transfers in rubles - 1083 requests
- RBKmoney - 872 requests
- LiqPay - 734 requests
- Cash in the office - 516 requests
Administration
By types of administration, 11377 requests were distributed as follows:
- For an additional fee - 5719 requests
- Basic - 4543 requests
- Full - 2594 requests
Control Panel Licenses
Availability of a license for the control panel included in the price of the virtual server:
- ISPmanager - 4733 requests
- Cpanel - 726 requests
- DirectAdmin - 511 requests
- Plesk - 375 searches
IPv6 Availability
IPv6 protocol support is indicated in 15438 requests, its absence - in 13735 requests.
Price
The maximum price that users are willing to consider:
- 500 rubles - 6728 requests
- 300 rubles - 3127 requests
- 400 rubles - 2586 requests
- 1000 rubles - 1876 requests
- 1,500 rubles - 1,059 requests
- 2000 rubles - 883 requests
- 250 rubles - 530 requests
Thanks to andorro for helping me prepare this publication.
At PoiskVPS.ru you can pick up a virtual server for all of the above parameters.