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.




    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 :

    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.



    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:

    Requests for the minimum amount of RAM:



    For the maximum amount of RAM often indicate:

    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:

    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:

    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:

    Geographical position


    The preferred location of the data center was indicated in 73298 requests.
    In decreasing order of popularity:

    Most requested countries:



    Virtualization


    The type of virtualization used was specified during the search 38156 times.
    Most often, users are looking for:

    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:

    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 weaning cash payment were:



    Administration


    By types of administration, 11377 requests were distributed as follows:



    Control Panel Licenses


    Availability of a license for the control panel included in the price of the virtual server:



    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:

    Thanks to andorro for helping me prepare this publication.

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