# DCXV > European Dedicated Server & Cloud Hosting Provider > DCXV (Data Center Xivicom) is a European infrastructure provider founded in 2007 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. The company operates Tier III certified data centers in Czech Republic and Portugal. Services include dedicated servers, cloud VPS, colocation, and IPv4 address brokerage via RIPE NCC, APNIC, ARIN. Headquarters: Limassol, Cyprus. 13-person team. Website: https://dcxv.com **Founded**: 2007 **Team**: 13 people **Network**: AS204057 **Data Centers**: 2 locations (Prague CZ and Covilha PT) - all Tier III certified **Uptime SLA**: 99.982% (Tier III facility uptime: 99.982% concurrent maintainability) **Support Response**: avg ~10 min (24/7/365) **Infrastructure**: All core services in HA (High Availability) - no single points of failure **Power**: N+1 redundancy - multiple independent electricity utility feeds + UPS + diesel generators per Tier III standard **Pages**: 55 | **Blog Posts**: 104 | **FAQ**: 203 questions across 33 categories **Services**: Dedicated servers, Cloud VPS, Colocation, IPv4 brokerage, Server administration, AI infrastructure **Sales**: sales@dcxv.com | +357-94-334-415 **IPv4 Brokerage**: ipv4@dcxv.com **Technical / Peering**: tech@dcxv.com **Support**: support@dcxv.com (24/7/365) **Network**: AS204057 | RIPE NCC member | APNIC Approved Facilitator | ARIN Approved Facilitator **PeeringDB**: https://www.peeringdb.com/org/20473 **BGP.Tools**: https://bgp.tools/as/204057 ## Core - [Home](https://dcxv.com/): DCXV - European Tier III hosting provider. Cloud servers from €15/mo, dedicated servers, and IPv4 brokerage in Prague (CZ) and Covilhã (PT). 24/7 support, GDPR-compliant EU infrastructure since 2007. ## Core Services - [Cloud & Dedicated Servers](https://dcxv.com/data-center): Cloud VPS from €15/mo and bare-metal dedicated servers from Dell, Supermicro, HP in Tier III certified EU data centers. Instant cloud deployment. 24-hour dedicated provisioning. Prague and Covilhã. - [IPv4 Brokerage - Buy & Sell IPv4 Addresses](https://dcxv.com/ipv4): Buy and sell IPv4 address blocks in all five registry regions: RIPE NCC, ARIN, APNIC (incl. JPNIC, CNNIC, IRINN, KRNIC, TWNIC, VNNIC, IDNIC), LACNIC (incl. NIC.br, NIC Mexico) and AFRINIC. Blocks from /24 to /16+. Transfer in 1-5 business days. EU-based IPv4 transfer broker, AS204057. Escrow payment protection. Contact: ipv4@dcxv.com - [Buy IPv4 Addresses - RIPE, ARIN and APNIC Blocks](https://dcxv.com/ipv4/buy): Buy IPv4 blocks from /24 to /16 with escrow and the registry paperwork handled. EU-based broker for RIPE NCC, ARIN and APNIC transfers. - [Sell IPv4 Addresses - Escrow-Protected Transfers](https://dcxv.com/ipv4/sell): Sell unused IPv4 blocks with escrow, verified buyers and the registry paperwork handled. Broker fee from EUR 0.50 per address in RIPE NCC, ARIN and APNIC. - [Lease IPv4 Addresses - Monthly IPv4 Leasing in Europe](https://dcxv.com/ipv4/lease): Lease IPv4 space on monthly terms with LOA and RPKI support, usually live in 2 to 3 business days. EU-based broker, no registry membership needed. - [RIPE NCC IPv4 Transfers - Rules, Timeline and Broker](https://dcxv.com/ipv4/ripe): How IPv4 transfers work in the RIPE NCC region: eligibility, the 24-month holding rule, timelines and paperwork, with real RIPE transfer records. - [IPv4 Pricing and Broker Fees by Block Size](https://dcxv.com/ipv4/pricing): What IPv4 addresses cost and what brokering a transfer costs: fees per address by block size, escrow charges, and what moves the market price of a block. - [Lease Out IPv4 - Monetize Unused Address Space](https://dcxv.com/ipv4/lease-out): Earn monthly income from IPv4 space you are not routing, without selling it. We find the tenant, vet their use, and handle the LOA and RPKI paperwork. - [ARIN IPv4 Transfers - Rules, Needs Test and Broker](https://dcxv.com/ipv4/arin): How IPv4 transfers work in the ARIN region: needs assessment, officer attestation, the 12-month holding rule and inter-RIR eligibility, with real counts. - [APNIC IPv4 Transfers - Rules, Timeline and Broker](https://dcxv.com/ipv4/apnic): How IPv4 transfers work in the APNIC region: eligibility, the 5-year holding rule, inter-RIR transfers with RIPE and ARIN, and real APNIC transfer counts. - [LACNIC IPv4 Transfers - Rules, NIC.br, NIC Mexico, Broker](https://dcxv.com/ipv4/lacnic): How IPv4 transfers work in the LACNIC region: membership, the needs justification, the one-year holding rule, NIC.br and NIC Mexico, and inter-RIR transfers. - [AFRINIC IPv4 Transfers - What Is Possible and What Is Not](https://dcxv.com/ipv4/afrinic): How IPv4 transfers work in the AFRINIC region: intra-region transfers only, no inter-RIR policy, membership and needs requirements, and what a buyer or seller can do. - [Inter-RIR IPv4 Transfers - Moving Space Between Registries](https://dcxv.com/ipv4/inter-rir-transfer): How to move IPv4 space between RIPE NCC, ARIN, APNIC and LACNIC: permitted directions, whose policy governs, timelines, and real inter-RIR transfer counts. - [Buy a /24 IPv4 Block in the RIPE Region](https://dcxv.com/ipv4/ripe/24): Buying and selling /24 IPv4 blocks (256 addresses) in the RIPE NCC region: who trades this size, how the transfer works, the fee and real counts. - [Buy a /22 IPv4 Block in the RIPE Region](https://dcxv.com/ipv4/ripe/22): Buying and selling /22 IPv4 blocks (1,024 addresses) in the RIPE NCC region: who trades this size, how the transfer works, the fee and real counts. - [Buy a /20 IPv4 Block in the RIPE Region](https://dcxv.com/ipv4/ripe/20): Buying and selling /20 IPv4 blocks (4,096 addresses) in the RIPE NCC region: who trades this size, how the transfer works, the fee and real counts. - [Buy a /18 IPv4 Block in the RIPE Region](https://dcxv.com/ipv4/ripe/18): Buying and selling /18 IPv4 blocks (16,384 addresses) in the RIPE NCC region: who trades this size, how the transfer works, the fee and real counts. - [Buy a /16 IPv4 Block in the RIPE Region](https://dcxv.com/ipv4/ripe/16): Buying and selling /16 IPv4 blocks (65,536 addresses) in the RIPE NCC region: who trades this size, how the transfer works, the fee and real counts. - [IPv4 Transfer Statistics by Year and Registry](https://dcxv.com/ipv4/statistics): IPv4 transfer market statistics from a corpus of over 112,000 recorded transfers: volume by year since 2009, by registry, by block size and by transfer type. - [Cloud Servers in Europe - VPS from EUR 15/mo](https://dcxv.com/cloud-server): Scalable Tier III cloud VPS in EU data centers from €15/mo. Instant provisioning, 99.9% uptime SLA, full root access, hourly-to-monthly billing with no lock-in, 24/7 GDPR-compliant support. Prague and Covilhã. - [Dedicated Servers in Europe from EUR 210/mo](https://dcxv.com/dedicated-server): Branded bare-metal dedicated servers from Dell, HP and Supermicro in EU Tier III data centers from €210/mo. 99.9% uptime, provisioning within 24 hours, IPMI access, 24/7 support. Prague and Covilhã. - [GPU Servers in Europe for AI and ML](https://dcxv.com/gpu-server): NVIDIA GPU servers in EU Tier III data centers for AI training, inference, machine learning and rendering. L4, L40S, A40, A100 40/80 GB and H100. Flexible configurations, 99.9% uptime, 24/7 support. - [Kubernetes Clusters in Europe](https://dcxv.com/k8s-kubernetes): Kubernetes clusters in EU Tier III data centers, single-node or HA, with k3s, k0s or MicroK8s pre-installed on first boot. Full root control, fast provisioning, 99.9% uptime, 24/7 support. From €22/mo. ## Technical - [DCXV CLI - manage your servers from the terminal](https://dcxv.com/cli): Command-line client for DCXV, installed with one command. List and inspect servers, order cloud servers or Kubernetes clusters, run power actions, reinstall an OS, pay invoices and stream deploy progress without leaving the shell. Linux, macOS and Windows. - [Developers - DCXV API, CLI and Authentication](https://dcxv.com/developers): Developer resources for DCXV: the CLI (with a local MCP server), a read-only public catalog API (OpenAPI 3.1, RFC 9727 API catalog), personal API tokens, and how authentication works. - [Network Information - AS204057](https://dcxv.com/network): DCXV network: AS204057. Tier III data centers in Prague (CZ) and Covilhã (PT). IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack, BGP routing, DDoS mitigation. SLA: 99.982% uptime, avg ~10 min support response. Peering info on PeeringDB and BGP.Tools. ## Company - [Support and Contacts](https://dcxv.com/support): DCXV support, 24/7/365, average first response about 10 minutes. Email support@dcxv.com, Telegram bot, or the ticket system in the client area. Sales: sales@dcxv.com. IPv4 brokerage: ipv4@dcxv.com. Peering and technical: tech@dcxv.com. - [Blog](https://dcxv.com/blog): Technical articles on EU hosting, the IPv4 transfer market, server infrastructure and data centre operations. Published in nine languages. - [Blog topics](https://dcxv.com/blog/tags): Every topic covered on the DCXV blog - cloud hosting, dedicated servers, IPv4 brokerage, AI infrastructure, networking and data centres. - [About DCXV](https://dcxv.com/about-us): DCXV (Data Center Xivicom) - European hosting provider founded 2007 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Tier III data centers in Czech Republic and Portugal. 13-person team. HQ: Limassol, Cyprus. - [Partner program for integrators, MSPs and studios](https://dcxv.com/partner-program): Resell EU Tier III cloud and dedicated servers to your own clients. One login for every client account, balances and expiry dates. 5% off at 10+ servers. ## Services - [AI Solutions](https://dcxv.com/ai-solution): AI-optimized infrastructure and GPU server hosting in EU Tier III data centers. High-performance computing for AI/ML workloads. - [Managed Server Administration](https://dcxv.com/admin): Professional server administration for any hosting provider. Basic package €100/mo/server (OS updates, security monitoring, patch management). Full package €500/mo (40h dedicated sysadmin, unlimited servers, any tasks, 24/7 support, ~15 min response). European engineers. Telegram, Email, Web chat. ## Legal - [Privacy Policy, AUP & Terms](https://dcxv.com/policy): DCXV company policies: Privacy Policy (GDPR-compliant), Acceptable Use Policy, Company Policy. Governing law: Republic of Cyprus. Jurisdiction: Limassol City District Court. ## Solutions - [Server for an existing 1C installation](https://dcxv.com/1c-server): Rent an EU Windows server for the 1C 8.3 installation you already run. Same version, same client, off the tower PC and into a Tier III data centre. - [Server for BAS, ready to work](https://dcxv.com/bas-server): Rent a ready Windows server for BAS Bukhhalteriia or BAS ERP in an EU Tier III data centre. Choose how many people need access and order. - [Accounting server for 1C, BAS and M.E.Doc in the EU](https://dcxv.com/accounting-server): Rent a Windows server for 1C, BAS and M.E.Doc in EU Tier III data centres. Sized by users, RDS licences available, GDPR-native, from EUR 15/mo. - [Remote office on a Windows terminal server in the EU](https://dcxv.com/remote-office): Remote desktop server for a distributed team in EU Tier III data centres. Sized by concurrent sessions, RDS licences available, 24/7 support. - [Offsite backup and disaster recovery in the EU](https://dcxv.com/backup-dr): Offsite backup and DR across two independent EU Tier III sites, Prague and Covilha. Per-TB storage, snapshots, 7-day retention, 24/7 support. - [Corporate VPN gateway in the EU](https://dcxv.com/vpn-server): Rent a corporate VPN gateway in EU Tier III data centres. WireGuard, OpenVPN or IPsec on a static EU address, site-to-site, from EUR 15/mo. - [Server for vibe coding](https://dcxv.com/vibe-coding-server): Run Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode or Gemini CLI in a persistent session on your own EU server. Reattach from any device, from EUR 15/mo. - [Server for AI agents](https://dcxv.com/ai-agent-server): Always-on EU server for your own AI agents: OpenClaw, Hermes, n8n and self-hosted models. Clean static IPv4, snapshots, from EUR 15/mo. - [Self-hosted runners for coding agents, in the EU](https://dcxv.com/agent-runners-eu): EU hosts for self-hosted Claude Code runners and Agent SDK sandboxes. Sized by concurrent agents, one clean outbound IPv4 per tenant, from EUR 18.43. - [GitLab Runner hosting, on a machine that is yours](https://dcxv.com/gitlab-runner): Hosts for self-managed GitLab Runners in Prague or Covilha. Docker executor, a layer cache that survives, EU jurisdiction, from EUR 19.96 a month. - [Self-hosted GitHub Actions runners, in the EU](https://dcxv.com/github-actions-runner): EU hosts for self-hosted GitHub Actions runners. Prague or Covilha, one static IPv4, a cache that survives between jobs, from EUR 16.49 a month. - [Jenkins hosting, controller and agents apart](https://dcxv.com/jenkins-server): Rent a Jenkins controller in an EU Tier III data centre. Prague or Covilha, Java 21, agents on separate hosts, from EUR 16.49 a month. - [Woodpecker CI, with no SaaS anywhere in the path](https://dcxv.com/woodpecker-ci): Run Woodpecker CI server and agents on your own EU host. Prague or Covilha, Docker Compose, no SaaS in the path, from EUR 15 a month. - [Licensing on a DCXV server: what is included, what we sell, what is yours to bring](https://dcxv.com/licenses): What is included, what DCXV sells, and what is bring-your-own: Windows, RDS licences, and control panels. Honest answers, no vague panel promises. - [Windows VPS with RDP](https://dcxv.com/windows-vps): Rent a Windows Server VPS with RDP in EU Tier III data centres. Windows Server 2019, 2022 or 2025 included, NVMe and a static IPv4, from EUR 15/mo. - [Cloud server for M.E.Doc](https://dcxv.com/medoc-server): Rent a Windows server for M.E.Doc in EU Tier III data centres: Remote Desktop, NVMe, a weekly backup, and BAS on the same machine. From EUR 15/mo. ## Locations - [Prague data centre - TTC TELEPORT DC2 Tier III](https://dcxv.com/prague-data-center): Dedicated and cloud servers in TTC TELEPORT DC2 Tier III, Prague. AS204057, 99.982% facility SLA, IPv4 and IPv6 dual-stack, 24/7 support. - [Portugal data centre - Covilha, Tier III](https://dcxv.com/portugal-data-center): Cloud servers in Covilha Data Center, Portugal. Tier III, ISO-IEC 20000-1:2018, AS204057, GDPR-native EU hosting from EUR 15/mo. ## Alternatives - [Hetzner alternative in Europe](https://dcxv.com/alternatives/hetzner): Moving a workload off Hetzner Cloud to a Tier III certified, GDPR-native EU host. Compare SLA, support and jurisdiction, then migrate to DCXV. - [AWS alternative in Europe](https://dcxv.com/alternatives/aws): Moving a bare metal or cloud workload off AWS to an EU Tier III host with no egress fees. Compare cost, sovereignty and support, then migrate to DCXV. ## Machine-readable - [OpenAPI specification](https://dcxv.com/openapi.json): read-only catalog API, OpenAPI 3.1 - [API catalog](https://dcxv.com/.well-known/api-catalog): RFC 9727 linkset - [Full product and location catalog](https://dcxv.com/catalog.json) - [A single product by its stable id](https://dcxv.com/catalog/products/cloud-server.json) - [Data center locations](https://dcxv.com/catalog/locations.json) - [Authentication guide](https://dcxv.com/auth.md): registration, login, and what always needs a human - [FAQ](https://dcxv.com/faq.md) | [Blog index](https://dcxv.com/blog.md) | [Infrastructure](https://dcxv.com/infrastructure.md) - [AI sitemap](https://dcxv.com/ai-sitemap.xml) Content pages also serve Markdown via content negotiation: send `Accept: text/markdown`. --- # Infrastructure & SLA ## Uptime & SLA - **Service SLA**: 99.982% uptime guaranteed - **Facility uptime**: 99.982% - Tier III concurrent maintainability (no planned downtime for hardware maintenance) - **Support response**: avg ~10 minutes, 24/7/365 - **HA architecture**: All core infrastructure is High Availability - redundant nodes, no single points of failure ## Physical Infrastructure (Tier III Standard) - **Electricity**: Multiple independent utility feeds + on-site UPS + diesel generators (N+1 power redundancy) - **Cooling**: Redundant cooling systems (N+1) - **Network**: Multiple upstream providers for redundancy and performance; core routers in HA mode with automated failover - no manual intervention needed on uplink or router failure - **DDoS Protection**: Automated RTBH (Remotely Triggered Black Hole) in place with 24/7 monitoring and automated reactions to network anomalies - **Cloud node redundancy**: Cloud nodes run in HA clusters - multiple nodes per pool, all storage is HA (redundant controllers + paths), each physical node has A+B connectivity via multiple top-of-rack switches; single switch or uplink failure does not affect running workloads - **On-site staff**: DCXV employs own qualified DC technicians - hands-on hardware operations, rack-and-stack, cabling, and emergency interventions; no reliance on 3rd-party DC hands ## Why DCXV vs Hyperscalers (AWS, GCP, Azure, OVH, Hetzner) DCXV is not a hyperscaler. This is a feature, not a limitation: - **Custom hardware flexibility**: Non-standard NIC, custom storage configs, specialized bare metal - hyperscalers don't offer this - **No resource oversubscription**: Dedicated servers have 100% of hardware reserved for the client - **B2B-first**: Direct engineer contact and dedicated account management, not a faceless ticket queue - **EU-only, GDPR-native**: Simpler data sovereignty compliance - infrastructure never leaves the EU - **No hyperscaler markup**: Competitive pricing with no egress fees on peered traffic - **True bare metal**: Full IPMI/iDRAC/iLO access, no hypervisor layer overhead - **Own on-site technicians**: Fast physical interventions - no waiting for a 3rd-party DC to dispatch staff - **Automated network protection**: RTBH DDoS mitigation + automated monitoring reactions; HA routers with instant failover ## Use Cases by Client Segment - **Bare Metal**: Dell/Supermicro/HP servers, full root + IPMI access, 24h provisioning, custom RAID configs - **Kubernetes / Cloud-native**: Cloud VPS clusters, BGP-native networking, fast deploy (<10 min), IPv4+IPv6 dual-stack - **AI / ML Workloads**: GPU servers, high-memory configs, private dedicated inference clusters (no shared GPU pools) - **IoT Backends**: Low-latency EU presence, static IP assignments, custom BGP routing, colocation for edge hardware - **IPv4-heavy deployments**: AS204057 own IP space, RIPE/APNIC/ARIN IPv4 transfer broker for address acquisition and transfers - **Regulated industries (finance, health, legal)**: EU jurisdiction, GDPR-native, dedicated hardware with no multitenancy - **High-traffic / media**: DDoS mitigation with automated RTBH, multiple transit providers, low-latency EU PoPs ## Managed Services DCXV offers professional server administration - works on DCXV infrastructure or any 3rd-party hosted servers: - **Basic Server Administration** (€100/month per server): Regular OS and software updates, automatic patch management, continuous security monitoring, antivirus management, system failure remediation. Avg response ~15 min. - **Full Server Administration** (€500/month): 40 hours/month of dedicated sysadmin time, unlimited servers, any tasks directed by client, 24/7/365 support, avg response ~15 min. Extra hours billed at €25-€45/hr. European-based engineers. Contact via Telegram, Email, or Web chat. - Managed services page: https://dcxv.com/admin ## Data Centers & Locations | Location | Facility | Tier | Certifications | Services | |---|---|---|---|---| | Prague, Czech Republic | TTC TELEPORT DC2 TIER III, Sazecká 595/10, Praha 10 | Tier III | - | Dedicated + Cloud | | Covilha, Portugal | Covilha Data Center, Transversal Rua da Grila 4 | Tier III | ISO-IEC 20000-1:2018 | Cloud | All locations are within the EU, ensuring GDPR compliance. Tier III guarantees 99.982% uptime with concurrent maintainability. --- # Frequently Asked Questions ## Cloud & Dedicated Servers ### What hardware does DCXV use for dedicated servers? DCXV uses enterprise-grade hardware from Dell PowerEdge, Supermicro, HP ProLiant, and Cisco, deployed in Tier III certified data centers in Prague (Czech Republic) and Covilhã (Portugal). All servers include NVMe SSD storage and redundant network connections ### How fast does DCXV provision dedicated servers? DCXV provisions dedicated servers within 24 hours of order confirmation. Cloud VPS instances deploy in under 10 minutes via the client cabinet at my.dcxv.com. Support is available 24/7/365 via email, Telegram, and web ticket ### Are DCXV data centers Tier III certified? Yes. DCXV operates exclusively in Tier III certified data centers: TTC TELEPORT DC2 TIER III in Prague (Czech Republic) and Covilhã Data Center in Portugal (ISO-IEC 20000-1:2018). Tier III provides 99.982% uptime with concurrent maintainability ### Where are DCXV servers located in Europe? DCXV operates dedicated and cloud servers in Prague, Czech Republic. Cloud servers are also available in Covilhã, Portugal. Both locations are within the EU, ensuring GDPR compliance for European businesses ### What is the minimum contract length for DCXV servers? DCXV offers both dedicated and cloud servers with monthly billing - no long-term contracts required. Custom configurations and longer-term pricing are available on request at sales@dcxv.com ### What protocols / access to the storage will I have? Access to your storage is protocol-agnostic - NextCloud with its web client, WebDAV, FTP, FTPS, SFTP, SCP, SMB/CIFS (Windows share), rsync and rsync over SSH. S3 is available on request. Your management panel shows the ready-to-use connection details for each one ## IPv4 Brokerage ### How much does an IPv4 address cost? IPv4 address prices are set per block rather than per address: block size, registry region, routing history and blacklist status all move the figure, so two /24s can differ materially on the same day. DCXV does not publish a current per-address market price, because no single reliable one exists. What is fixed is our broker fee, charged per address by block size: EUR 2.00 for /24 to /23, EUR 1.00 for /22 to /19, and EUR 0.50 for /18 to /14. Email ipv4@dcxv.com for a current quote on a specific block ### How long does an IPv4 transfer take? A standard IPv4 transfer through RIPE NCC typically takes 5-14 business days. With DCXV as your broker, we can expedite the process - opening escrow within 1 hour and completing the full transfer in as few as 7-10 days ### Can I buy IPv4 addresses from any RIR region? Yes, DCXV brokers IPv4 transfers in all five RIR service regions: RIPE NCC, ARIN, APNIC (including its national registries JPNIC, CNNIC, IRINN, KRNIC, TWNIC, VNNIC and IDNIC), LACNIC (including NIC.br and NIC Mexico) and AFRINIC ### What is the minimum IPv4 block size I can buy? The minimum transferable block size is a /24 (256 IP addresses) in the RIPE NCC region. For ARIN and APNIC regions, minimum sizes may vary. We can help you find the right block size for your needs ### Is it safe to buy IPv4 addresses through a broker? Yes, when using an established broker like DCXV. We act as a guarantor, verify seller legitimacy, use escrow services for payment protection, and handle all RIR documentation. Every seller is checked to confirm they are the legitimate IP address owner ### What is IPv4 leasing and how does it differ from buying? IPv4 leasing lets you use IP addresses for a monthly fee without permanent ownership. It is faster to set up (2-3 business days), requires less upfront investment, and is ideal for temporary or scaling needs. Buying gives you permanent ownership through an official RIR transfer ### How does DCXV handle IPv4 transfers via RIPE NCC? DCXV facilitates IPv4 transfers through official RIPE NCC procedures. The process includes buyer/seller verification, registry documentation preparation, compliance checks, and escrow payment protection. We handle all RIPE NCC correspondence and paperwork to minimize delays and ensure clean title transfer ### Is DCXV a registered RIPE NCC member? Yes. DCXV operates under AS204057 (DCXV INTERNATIONAL LTD) and is a registered RIPE NCC member. We broker transfers in the APNIC and ARIN regions as well. All IPv4 transfers are conducted through official registry procedures ensuring full legal compliance ## Cloud Hosting ### When does my billing cycle start? The billing cycle starts on the day you ordered a server and automatically renewed every month, until you cancel your order ### Can I upgrade / downgrade the ordered plan? Yes, all cloud plans are flexible and can be upgraded / downgraded at any time per your request, but please note that disk cannot be downgraded without formatting ### How long does it take for my cloud server to be set up? Usually it should take no longer than 10 minutes for your server to be setup and ready ### Do you provide SSH / RDP access? What about KVM recovery console? Yes, you will be provided with administrative full root access to your server over SSH for Linux and over RDP to Windows, also the KVM recovery console will be available for you ## Kubernetes Clusters ### What exactly is provisioned when I order a cluster? A working Kubernetes cluster on cloud VMs in our own data centre: control plane, container runtime, CNI networking, an ingress controller and a default storage class backed by NVMe. The kubeconfig is downloadable from your panel as soon as the cluster is up ### Single-node or multi-node - which do I need? Single-node is fine for development, CI and anything you can afford to have go away during a reboot. Choose multi-node the moment an outage matters: with three nodes the cluster can lose one and reschedule its pods onto the other two ### How do I get access to the cluster? Download the kubeconfig from your management panel and point kubectl or Helm at it. Nothing is proxied or wrapped - it is a standard Kubernetes API endpoint, so every tool that speaks to Kubernetes works unchanged ### How is a cluster priced? You pay for the nodes at the same CPU, RAM and NVMe rates as any cloud server, plus a small flat management fee for the cluster itself. Scaling a cluster costs exactly what adding the equivalent servers would ### Can I add or resize nodes later? Yes. Nodes can be added, removed or resized as demand changes, the same way any cloud server can be resized - disk grows in place, and CPU and RAM changes need only a reboot of that node ### Who handles Kubernetes version upgrades? Upgrades are coordinated with you rather than applied underneath you. A Kubernetes minor version is an API change and something in a real manifest set usually notices, so we agree a window and you get to test first ### Can I build my own cluster on plain servers instead? Yes, and the machines are identical - order cloud servers and treat them as nodes if you want a specific distribution, CNI or topology. The managed option exists so that a working ingress and storage class on day one is somebody else's problem ## GPU Servers ### Do I get the whole GPU or a share of one? The whole card. A GPU server is a dedicated machine with the accelerator attached to it, along with the CPU, RAM and NVMe needed to keep the card fed - which is usually what decides real throughput rather than the card alone ### Which model sizes fit on which card? VRAM is the constraint. A 7B-parameter model quantised to 4-bit fits comfortably in 16 GB with room for a useful context window, 13B wants 24 GB, and a 70B model quantised the same way needs roughly 40-48 GB or two cards. Serving at full 16-bit precision roughly doubles each figure ### Which serving stacks are supported? Anything that runs on Ubuntu with NVIDIA drivers: vLLM for high-throughput serving with an OpenAI-compatible endpoint, Ollama when convenience matters more than peak throughput, llama.cpp for the smallest footprint, or PyTorch directly for custom work ### Is a GPU server better for inference or for training? They want different machines. Inference is latency-bound and mostly limited by VRAM, so one sufficiently large card running continuously is the cheaper arrangement. Training and fine-tuning are throughput-bound and bursty - more cards, far more system RAM, and NVMe big enough for the dataset ### Where does my data go when I run a model here? Nowhere. The model runs on a machine you rent in Prague or Covilha: prompts are not sent to a third party, nothing is used to train anyone else's model, and the jurisdiction is one you can name in a data processing agreement ### How long does it take to get one? Longer than a cloud server, because the machine is physical and built to order. Tell support the model you intend to serve and the concurrency you expect and they will size the smallest card that does it, rather than the largest one in stock ## Dedicated Servers ### When does my billing cycle start? The billing cycle starts on the day you ordered a server and automatically renewed every month, until you cancel your order ### Can I upgrade / downgrade a dedicated server? A dedicated server is a physical machine, so changes such as extra RAM, additional disks or a faster uplink are performed as a hardware upgrade - contact support and we will agree a maintenance window, as the server needs a short reboot; downgrades may require a reinstallation ### How long does it take for my dedicated server to be set up? Usually dedicated server setup takes from 24 hours up to a couple of days, depending on the chosen configuration and hardware availability ### Do you provide SSH / RDP access? What about IPMI / KVM console? Yes, you will be provided with administrative full root access to your server over SSH for Linux and over RDP to Windows, and the free IPMI / KVM console is accessible at any time for recovery, BIOS access and installing your own OS ## Storage ### What is the storage speed? The storage speed is up to 1 Gbit/s and the channel is shared. This means that the total bandwidth available for data transfer is 1 Gbit/s, but this bandwidth is divided among all active users connected to the storage ### What is the level of reliability of this data storage? The storage is located in the TIER III data center, on the raid array of reliable HDD drives ### What protocols / access to the storage will I have? Access to your storage is protocol-agnostic - NextCloud with its web client, WebDAV, FTP, FTPS, SFTP, SCP, SMB/CIFS (Windows share), rsync and rsync over SSH. S3 is available on request. Your management panel shows the ready-to-use connection details for each one ### When does my billing cycle start? The billing cycle starts on the day you ordered a server and automatically renewed every month, until you cancel your order ### Can I upgrade / downgrade the ordered plan? Yes, all cloud plans are flexible and can be upgraded / downgraded at any time per your request, but please note that disk cannot be downgraded without formatting ## Server Administration ### What is included in the "Basic Server Administration" package? For €100/month per server, you get regular OS and software updates, automatic patch configuration, continuous security monitoring, antivirus management, support for stable OS performance, and fixes for system failures ### Do you support automatic updates? Yes, we configure and manage automatic updates for your operating system and software to ensure your system is always up-to-date ### How do you ensure server security? We provide comprehensive security monitoring, manage antivirus protection, and offer expert consultations on improving your overall security posture ### How quickly do you respond to issues? Our average response time ~15 minutes after receiving your request to ensure rapid problem resolution ### Can I use this service on servers hosted by other providers? Yes, this package applies to both our servers and servers hosted by third-party providers ## Full Administration ### What is included in the "Full Server Administration" package? This package offers 40 hours of dedicated system administration per month for €500. Additional hours are billed at €25/€45 each. The service is available 24/7, and you can direct the administrator to perform any specific tasks you need ### Are there any limits on the number of servers? No, there are no restrictions. You can manage an unlimited number of servers within the allocated 40 hours ### How is the administrator's working time calculated? Time is tracked from the start to the completion of each operation. This includes preparation work like system analysis and planning. The minimum billable unit is 15 minutes ### How quickly do you respond to requests? Average response time ~15 minutes for any client inquiry ### Do I need to provide licenses for software? Yes, if you require the installation of new software or updates, you must provide the necessary license keys and permissions in advance ### How are work schedules and tasks coordinated? All operations must be agreed upon in advance. The administrator will inform you of the estimated duration. While we aim to stick to the schedule, we reserve the right to adjust it for unforeseen circumstances with prior notice ### What communication channels are used? All interactions occur via standard channels: Telegram, E-mail, and Web support ### Does the administrator take responsibility for hardware or network failures? The administrator is responsible only for the tasks performed. We do not assume liability for equipment, software, or network failures that occur before or after the work is done, provided necessary access was granted ### Can you manage servers hosted by third-party providers? Yes, our services cover both our own servers and those hosted by other providers ### What is required from the client during work? You must provide the necessary access to systems and resources promptly. During work execution, please ensure you do not interrupt access or interfere with the administrator to maintain quality and speed ## DCXV CLI (terminal client) ### What can I do with the DCXV CLI? Practically everything the client area does, from your terminal: list and inspect servers, order cloud servers or Kubernetes clusters, run power actions, reinstall an operating system, manage snapshots, backups and ISO images, create payments and download PDF invoices, switch between sub-accounts, and stream live deployment progress. Add --json to any read command for machine-readable output, and --yes to confirm anything that bills your account or destroys data ### How do I authorize the CLI on my machine? Run dcxv login. It opens your browser so you can approve the device in a tab where you are already signed in, then saves the token automatically, so nothing is pasted by hand. For a headless box such as CI or an SSH-only server, create a personal API token in the client area and run dcxv login with that token instead, or export DCXV_TOKEN in your shell. Use dcxv profile to keep several accounts side by side ### How do I check my balance? Run dcxv balance. It prints your current balance and the payment methods enabled on your account. dcxv whoami shows which account the CLI is authenticated as, dcxv tx lists recent transactions, and dcxv pay creates a payment and prints the payment link ### How do I get a list of my servers? Run dcxv orders (also available as dcxv ls). It prints one row per product with its id, hostname, IP address, type, operating system, CPU, RAM, price and status. For a single server use dcxv get followed by its id to see the full detail view: specifications, live resource usage, the IP/MAC/PTR table and access credentials. Add --json to either command to script against it ### How do I order a new server from the terminal? List the options with dcxv clusters and dcxv os, then run dcxv order --cluster 16 --vcpu 4 --ram 8 --disk 80 --ip 1 --os Ubuntu. Without --yes it is a dry run that prints exactly what would be ordered and charges nothing; add --price to fetch the authoritative price on its own. Add --yes to submit the order, and --watch to stream provisioning until the server is ready and its access details are printed ### How do I reinstall the operating system? Run dcxv set 1234 reinstall Ubuntu --yes --watch, replacing 1234 with your server id. The image can be given by name or by the numeric id shown in dcxv os, and extra words narrow the match, so windows 2022 en std resolves to a single Windows image. Reinstalling erases the disk, so the command refuses to run unless you pass --yes ### Can I watch a deployment or task in real time? Yes. dcxv watch followed by a server id streams that server progress, and dcxv watch on its own follows every product on the account. Updates are pushed over the same live channel the web panel uses, so nothing is polled, and the order and reinstall commands both accept --watch to attach immediately ## Network, BGP & Peering ### What is DCXV's autonomous system number? DCXV operates under AS204057 (DCXV INTERNATIONAL LTD). The network is publicly verified on BGP.Tools (bgp.tools/as/204057) and PeeringDB (org 20473), with Tier III data centers in Prague (Czech Republic) and Covilhã (Portugal) ### Do you support IPv4 and IPv6? Yes. Every DCXV location offers native IPv4 and IPv6 dual-stack connectivity, so you can run both protocols simultaneously without additional configuration ### Is DDoS protection included? Yes, network-level DDoS mitigation is included on all DCXV services at no extra cost, protecting your servers against volumetric attacks ### What network uptime SLA do you offer? DCXV provides a 99.9% network uptime SLA, backed by Tier III facilities with redundant upstream providers and multiple 10 Gbps uplinks per location ### How do I set up peering or request BGP? Send your AS number, announced prefixes, and preferred exchange point to tech@dcxv.com. Our peering details are published on PeeringDB (org 20473), and our engineering team handles BGP setup ## AI & GPU Infrastructure ### What GPUs are available for AI workloads? DCXV offers NVIDIA L4, L40S, A40, A100 (40 GB and 80 GB), and H100 GPUs, all hosted in Tier III certified EU data centers in Portugal and Czechia ### Can I rent a single GPU or do I need a full server? Both options are available. You can run cost-effective shared GPU cloud instances or rent a dedicated GPU server with multiple GPUs (for example 4 x RTX A4000 or 4 x Intel Arc Pro B70) for larger training and inference workloads ### How quickly can AI infrastructure be deployed? Dedicated GPU servers are deployed within 24 hours of order confirmation, while cloud GPU instances are ready in under 10 minutes through the client cabinet at my.dcxv.com ### Is my data private and GDPR-compliant? Yes. All AI infrastructure runs exclusively in EU Tier III data centers, giving you full data privacy and GDPR compliance with no data leaving Europe ### Do you offer custom AI development? Yes. Beyond GPU hosting, DCXV provides ML infrastructure and custom AI solution development tailored to your use case. Contact us at ipv4@dcxv.com to scope your project ## Accounting Servers (1C, BAS, M.E.Doc) ### How much does a server for 1C or BAS cost? A two-seat server is EUR 21.89 per month - EUR 15.89 for the cloud instance and EUR 6 for the Windows Server licence covering two RDS users. Five seats is EUR 27.89, ten is EUR 45.78, twenty is EUR 78.61 and fifty is EUR 144.22. Those totals already include the operating system licence; your 1C or BAS application licence is separate and stays with you ### What size of server do I need for my accountants? Budget about 2 GB of RAM per light user and 4 GB per person working in an accounting client all day. Three accountants are comfortable on 2 vCPU with 8 GB, ten users want 4 vCPU and 16 GB, and twenty-five want 8 vCPU with 32 GB. If you order through the 1C or BAS page you only pick the number of people and the sizing is done for you ### Can the team keep working from Ukraine? Yes. The server is reached over RDP or a VPN tunnel and there is no restriction on which country users connect from. What changes is where the data sits - in an EU Tier III facility under European jurisdiction rather than on a machine in your office ### Do I have to buy a Windows licence separately? You can buy it from us. Windows Server with RDS user licences is priced in the configurator and installed by an engineer within three days. Separately from that, the Windows Server image can be run as Microsoft evaluation media for up to 180 days before you buy a licence - that is an operating system evaluation and not an RDS entitlement. You are also welcome to bring your own licence if you already hold one ### Where is the accounting data physically stored? In one of two Tier III data centres: TTC TELEPORT DC2 in Prague, Czech Republic, or Covilha Data Center in Portugal. The 1C and BAS order pages deploy to Prague, which suits Central and Eastern European users best; ask support or use the full configurator if you would rather be in Portugal. Both are inside the EU, so GDPR applies with no transfer mechanism needed ### When should we move from a file base to PostgreSQL? A file base starts to hurt once several people write at once - lock waits, slow month-end closes and the occasional damaged index. Around ten concurrent users is the usual point to move to a client-server setup. PostgreSQL runs on the same server, so it is a configuration change rather than a bigger plan ### Who keeps the server patched? You do by default, and full administrator access is yours. Managed administration is an add-on starting at EUR 30 per month for two hours of engineer time, and it can be switched on at any point without moving the server ## Server for an Existing 1C Installation ### Will our current 1C version keep working after the move? Yes. What changes is the hardware underneath and the route in, not the application - the same 1C 8.3 build, the same configuration and the same client, opened over remote desktop instead of the office network. We do not upgrade, convert or reconfigure anything in the base ### Can DCXV move the 1C base for us? No, and that is deliberate. We hand over a Windows server with access, and you or your integrator restore the dump and repoint the clients. Your integrator knows your configuration and your chart of accounts; we would be guessing. The old server keeps running until you confirm the new one is correct ### What happens to integrations that point at the old server? Exchange rules, client-bank terminals and scheduled jobs that hardcode a host name or an address need repointing, and that is the part people underestimate. List them while you inventory the base, before the cutover rather than during it ### Do we have to switch to BAS to host 1C with you? No. We sell the infrastructure, not the accounting software, so we host the version you run today for as long as you run it. If you do move to BAS later, nothing about the server has to change ### We may leave 1C within a year - is moving the server now wasted effort? No. You would be migrating from a server that already has redundant power, a backup schedule and snapshots to roll back to, which is a much better starting point than a machine nobody wants to touch. The infrastructure decision stops blocking the software decision ### Can several 1C bases and versions share one server? Yes, and for an outsourcer that is the normal case - several client bases, each on the version that client runs, on one Windows server with one backup schedule. Size by the number of people signing in at the same time rather than by the number of bases ## Server for BAS (Bukhhalteriia, ERP) ### Can M.E.Doc and Art-Zvit run on the same server as BAS? Yes, and that is the usual setup - the ledger and the e-reporting tools on one Windows server, on one private network, so the data does not have to cross between machines. A client-bank terminal and the shared document archive fit alongside them ### How many RDS user licences does a BAS team need? Microsoft licenses RDS per named user, not per concurrent session, so count everyone who will ever sign in rather than the peak. Pick that number in the seat selector and the licences are installed by an engineer within three days. You can add people later ### Does DCXV sell the BAS licence itself? No. Windows Server and the RDS user licences are ours to sell and are included in the seat price; the BAS licence is not. Bring the one you have or get it from your integrator, who stays your integrator ### What happens if a disk fails on the day a report is due? A filing deadline does not move because hardware did, which is why the server sits in a Tier III facility with redundant power and cooling behind a 99.982% facility SLA. Every plan includes a backup, snapshots roll back in two clicks, and daily retention of up to 7 days is available ### Can we run BAS ERP instead of BAS Bukhhalteriia? Yes. BAS ERP and BAS KUP run on the same server type and are simply heavier - they want more memory per user than the accounting package does, so size up a tier if the whole company works in it rather than only the finance team ### Can 1C keep running alongside BAS during the changeover? Yes. Both can sit on the same Windows server while you finish retiring the old one, which is what makes a gradual changeover possible instead of a single cutover weekend. If 1C is what you are keeping rather than retiring, the 1C server page is the better fit ## Server for M.E.Doc (e-reporting) ### How much server does M.E.Doc actually need? It depends entirely on how it is deployed, and the vendor publishes the numbers, so take them rather than ours. For the local version - one person working in M.E.Doc on their own remote desktop - M.E.Doc asks for a processor from 2 GHz, from 2 GB of RAM and from 1.5 GB of free disk. For a terminal server, where several people are in the same Windows desktop at once, the vendor gives a formula: RAM = active users x 2 GB + 4 GB for the system, plus 1.5 GB for every automatic processing module you run, and CPU = 4 + active users. So four people sharing one desktop works out at 12 GB of RAM and 8 cores, not the entry size on this page. The vendor supports FireBird up to a 100 GB database file and recommends moving to Oracle above that. Checked against M.E.Doc official technical requirements in September 2026 ### Can M.E.Doc and BAS run on the same server? Yes, and it is the common case: one Windows machine, one backup schedule, the ledger and the e-reporting side by side. Size the two independently and add them up - M.E.Doc publishes its own requirements, BAS has its own, and neither figure covers the other. The calculator is where that total turns into a price, because a machine carrying both is usually past the packages on this page. If the two need separating for access reasons, the accounting server page sizes the ledger on its own, and the remote office page is the one to read if a whole team needs to be inside the same desktop all day ### Who installs and configures M.E.Doc? You or your integrator. We hand over a Windows server with administrator access, the OS image and the backup; the application, its licence and the reporting setup stay on your side. We sell the infrastructure underneath M.E.Doc, not the application or support for it ### What happens to our electronic signature keys? They stay yours. We do not hold, escrow or install signature keys, and nobody at DCXV needs access to them to run the server. You restore them onto the machine the same way you would onto any other Windows computer ### Is a backup included, and can we snapshot before filing? One weekly backup is in the price of every plan, snapshots roll the machine back in two clicks, and daily retention up to seven days is available. Take a snapshot before a reporting run rather than after one goes wrong - that is the cheapest insurance on this page ### Several accountants need to work in it at once - is that possible? Yes, but that is Remote Desktop Services rather than administrative access. Windows Server includes two administrative sessions; beyond that each person needs an RDS user CAL, sold in the configurator and installed by an engineer within three days. If the whole team is meant to work inside one Windows desktop all day, the remote office page is sized for exactly that ### How do we move an existing M.E.Doc installation? Export the database and collect the key files from the machine it runs on now, before anything else changes. We deploy the Windows server in under ten minutes, you or your integrator install M.E.Doc with your licence and restore the data, then you file one real report from the new machine while the old one is still available. Cut over after that, not before a deadline ### Will reporting still work if our office loses power? That is the point of moving it. The server sits in a Tier III data centre with redundant power and a 99.982% facility SLA, so the deadline depends on your internet connection and a device to connect from rather than on the office building ## Windows VPS with RDP ### Is the Windows licence included? Yes. Windows Server 2019, 2022 and 2025, Standard or Datacenter, EN or RU, are part of the OS image at no extra charge on every cloud and dedicated plan. There is no separate line item for the operating system ### Are RDS licences included? No, and for one administrator they are not needed. Windows Server itself allows two administrative Remote Desktop sessions, which is enough to install, run and maintain the machine. RDS user CALs are only required once several employees work inside the desktop at the same time; they are sold in the configurator and installed by an engineer within three days. There is no free trial of RDS user licences - the 180 days some hosts advertise is Microsoft evaluation media for the operating system, which is a different thing and does not cover multi-user Remote Desktop ### Can I install my own application on it? Yes. You get administrator access to a machine that is yours alone, so anything that runs on Windows Server can be installed on it. We do not restrict or preinstall application software, and we do not resell the licences for it ### Can I boot my own ISO? Yes. Upload a bootable ISO from any HTTPS URL and boot the VM from it straight from the control panel, which covers a specific Windows build, an evaluation image or a rescue disk ### Is a backup included? One weekly backup is in the price of every size on this page, and snapshots roll a bad update back in two clicks. Daily retention up to seven days is available as an add-on. If you configure a machine yourself in the calculator instead, the backup is a control you set rather than something already switched on. Free disk space matters either way: a rollback needs somewhere to go ### Can you help migrate my existing Windows server? We deploy the new machine in under ten minutes with administrator access and a static IPv4, and you reinstall the application and restore your data - or boot your own ISO if the exact build matters. Standard Windows tooling throughout, nothing proprietary on our side. If nobody on your side wants to do that work, managed administration is an add-on in the configurator ### Can I host BAS or M.E.Doc on it? Yes, and plenty of people do. If accounting is the whole reason for the server, the dedicated pages are sized for it: the accounting server page sizes by accountant and covers 1C, BAS and MASTER, the M.E.Doc page covers e-reporting specifically, and the BAS and 1C pages hand off straight to an order with the licences picked for you ### What latency should users in Ukraine expect? Prague is the closer of our two sites for central and eastern Europe and is the one to pick for Ukrainian users; Covilha in Portugal is the western edge of the network. Both sit on our own AS204057 with EU peering. Remote Desktop is sensitive to jitter rather than raw distance, so the honest answer is to test it: we will not print a millisecond figure here that depends on your ISP and your route rather than on our network ## Remote Office / Windows RDS ### How many people fit on one terminal server? Size on the number signed in at the same time rather than headcount. Five concurrent sessions run well on 4 vCPU with 16 GB of RAM, fifteen on 8 vCPU with 32 GB, and thirty on 16 vCPU with 64 GB. Sessions running an accounting client all day need roughly twice the memory of someone using a browser and Office ### Do you supply the RDS licences? Yes. Windows Server plus RDS user licences are selected in the configurator and installed by an engineer within three days. Microsoft licenses RDS per named user rather than per concurrent session, so count everybody who will ever sign in, not just the busiest hour ### Is it safe to publish remote desktop on the internet? No, and we recommend against it. Put the session host behind an RDS Gateway or a WireGuard tunnel and expose only that, keep Network Level Authentication on, require multi-factor authentication at the gateway, lock accounts after failed attempts, and never sign in over RDP as a domain administrator. A terminal server left open on port 3389 is found by scanners within hours ### Can people print to their own local printer? Yes. Printer redirection over RDP maps the printer attached to the user machine into the session, and the same applies to smart card readers used by client-bank software. It is worth testing from a real workstation before the whole team switches over ### What can people connect from? Any device with a remote desktop client - Windows, macOS, iOS and Android all have one, and the session looks the same from each. With roaming profiles a user gets the same desktop whichever device they signed in from ### What happens when the server needs a reboot for updates? Take a snapshot first, apply the updates, and roll back in two clicks if something breaks. Snapshots are included, so a bad patch costs a few minutes rather than an evening. Schedule the window outside working hours and warn users, because a reboot ends every open session ## Backup & Disaster Recovery ### How much does offsite backup cost? Storage is priced per terabyte: 1 TB is EUR 14.41 per month, 5 TB is EUR 20.30 and 25 TB is EUR 49.80, which is the largest single volume we sell. Daily backups of a cloud server are configured on the server itself with retention of up to seven days ### What can I write backups with? Whatever your current tool already speaks: FTP, FTPS, SFTP, SCP, SAMBA/CIFS, S3, rsync, rsync over SSH, and HTTP or WebDAV through NextCloud. The storage is protocol-agnostic on purpose, so Veeam, Acronis, Bacula, restic or a shell script all work without us installing anything ### How quickly can I restore? A single file is immediate. A full restore is limited by bandwidth: the storage link runs up to 1 Gbit and is shared, so treat that as a ceiling rather than a guarantee. On an uncontended link 1 TB is a little over two hours and 25 TB is a couple of days. That window, not the backup job, is usually your real recovery time - which is why teams that care keep a hot copy on a cloud server as well as the cold copy for anything urgent ### Are the two locations genuinely independent? Yes. Prague and Covilha are in different countries, on different power grids, with different upstream carriers, and around 2000 km apart. They share only our AS204057 routing. That is what makes them a real disaster recovery pair rather than two racks in one building ### How long are cloud server backups kept? Retention is yours to set, from none up to seven days, and it can be changed at any time. Backups are separate from snapshots: a snapshot is a point you take deliberately before a risky change and roll back to in two clicks, while backups run on a schedule without you ### Can ransomware reach the backup copy? Not if you do not hand it the keys. The offsite copy uses its own credentials on its own network, so an attacker who owns the production host does not automatically own it. What does get encrypted is a backup volume left permanently mounted on the machine it is protecting - that is the mistake worth designing out ## Corporate VPN Gateway ### How much does a corporate VPN server cost? From EUR 15 per month for a gateway sized for up to 25 tunnels (2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB NVMe, one static IPv4). Up to 100 tunnels is EUR 18.43, and a size intended for site-to-site links plus remote staff is EUR 36.88. Billing is monthly with no minimum term, and IPv6 is included ### Which protocol should I choose: WireGuard, OpenVPN or IPsec? WireGuard for almost every case: it is faster, the configuration is small enough to read, and a session survives a phone moving from wifi to mobile data. Choose OpenVPN when you need to pass through a network that only allows TCP 443, and IPsec/IKEv2 when the people connecting should not have to install anything, since iOS, macOS and Windows all support it natively ### Can I use it to get a static IP address for client-bank whitelisting? Yes, and it is one of the most common reasons customers buy one. Your gateway has its own static European IPv4 address, so every person connecting through it reaches the bank, the payment gateway or the ERP cloud from that one approved address rather than from whatever their home connection was assigned today ### Can I resell VPN access to end users? Not on this product. It is a gateway to your own infrastructure, and reselling access to the public, open proxies and residential-style exit networks are outside our acceptable use policy. If you operate a legitimate VPN service, the offer you want is IPv4 space and transit: we are an IPv4 transfer broker in the RIPE NCC region and can supply clean addressing with a reputation check before the deal, which is a separate contract ### Can I connect an office to the data centre with a site-to-site tunnel? Yes. A site-to-site tunnel between an office router and the gateway makes the two one network, so an application in Prague or Covilha can reach a file server in the office without either being published to the internet. Several offices can join the same gateway ### Do you keep logs of VPN traffic? We do not inspect or log the contents of your tunnels. The gateway is your server with your root access, so what it logs is what you configure it to log. Standard infrastructure records such as network flow data for abuse handling are covered by the privacy policy ## Server for Vibe Coding ### How much does a server for vibe coding cost? From EUR 15 per month for 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB NVMe and a static IPv4, which is enough for an agent editing, building and running tests. An agent that also drives a browser wants 8 GB, at EUR 18.43, and running several sessions at once is EUR 36.88 for 8 vCPU and 16 GB. Monthly billing, no minimum term ### How much memory does an AI coding agent actually need? Four gigabytes is comfortable while the agent is only reading, writing and running code. The number changes the moment it opens a browser: each headless Chromium session takes roughly 2 to 4 GB by itself, so 8 GB is the realistic floor for web automation or end-to-end tests. CPU is rarely the constraint, memory almost always is ### Which agents can I run? Any of them. Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Gemini CLI, Grok CLI and Aider all run on a plain Linux server, and you install the one you want at the version you want because you have root. We do not preinstall or pin anything, so nothing here goes stale when a tool releases ### Does the agent keep working when I close my laptop? That is the reason to use a server. Run the agent inside tmux or screen and the session belongs to the server, not to your connection: close the lid, and the task carries on. Reattach later from a different machine, or from a phone, and you are looking at the same session. mosh is worth installing if you reconnect over mobile networks ### Is my API subscription included? No, and that is deliberate. Your Claude, OpenAI or Gemini account stays yours and the model spend is billed by them. What you are renting here is the machine the agent runs on. Put a spending cap on the key before you leave an agent running unattended: a retry loop against a paid API is the most expensive bug in this field ### What happens if the agent breaks something? Take a snapshot before you widen what it may touch, and a bad outcome becomes a two-click rollback. That loop, snapshot then experiment then roll back, is the main reason to keep an agent off the machine that holds your real work and your keys ## Server for AI Agents ### How much does a server for an AI agent cost? From EUR 15 per month for an agent that calls an external model: 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB NVMe and a static IPv4. Add a browser and a vector store and it is EUR 18.43 for 8 GB. Serving a quantised 8B model on the box itself is EUR 59.92 for 8 vCPU and 32 GB. GPU acceleration is quoted separately ### Can I run OpenClaw on it? Yes, and an always-on server is what the agent is missing on a laptop: it stays reachable through your messengers while you are asleep instead of only while the lid is open. It runs as its own user with its own directory, you hold the keys, and a snapshot before each upgrade means a bad release is a rollback rather than a rebuilt memory store ### Can I self-host Hermes or another open-weights model? Yes. Hermes, Llama, Qwen, Mistral, DeepSeek and GLM all serve locally through vLLM, Ollama or llama.cpp. A quantised 8B model is usable on CPU in our 32 GB size; anything larger, or anything that has to answer quickly, wants a GPU, and we have NVIDIA L4, L40S, A40, A100 and H100 available. The weights are yours to download under their own licences ### Do my prompts leave the EU? Not if you serve the model yourself. The prompt, the context and the output stay on a machine in a Tier III facility in Prague or Covilha, which is what makes the compliance conversation short. If your agent calls a third-party API instead, that traffic goes wherever that provider is, and that is worth checking before customer data is involved ### Will my agent get blocked or captcha-flagged when it browses? That depends on the reputation of the address it browses from, which is the part most hosts ignore. We are a RIPE NCC member and run our own space under AS204057, so the addresses are clean and you can set rDNS on yours. It is the one advantage here that a reseller cannot copy ### Can I use it for scraping or bulk messaging? No. An agent doing it is the same as a person doing it: scraping at scale, credential testing and bulk unsolicited messaging are outside our acceptable use policy. We also keep agent workloads on separate address ranges from the space that goes to mail projects and to sale, so one abusive tenant cannot spoil an asset other customers depend on ## Partner Program (integrators, MSPs, studios) ### What do I get as a DCXV partner? One login that holds every client account. You create a sub-account from an e-mail and a name, see each client's balance, total monthly spend, nearest expiry and last login in one sortable list, expand any client to see their servers with specification and price, and step into an account with a single click when you need to change something. Ten or more client servers takes 5% off the monthly price of each; past that, terms are agreed per partner: write to sales@dcxv.com ### Is there a volume discount for partners? Yes. While ten or more client servers are running across your sub-accounts, each one is billed 5% below its monthly price, and the reduction covers the whole monthly including any Windows or RDS licences on that server. We set it on your account, so there is no code to enter when you order and nothing to claim afterwards - every renewal is charged at the reduced price and names the discount in your balance history. Larger volumes are agreed individually: write to sales@dcxv.com ### Do you sell to my clients behind my back? No. The relationship is yours and we have no reason to go around it - a partner who brings us ten clients is worth more than one client we take. Note that a sub-account is created against your client's own e-mail address, so agree with them up front who holds that login and who pays ### What does it cost to start? Nothing. There is no joining fee, no minimum number of clients and no annual commitment. A client server starts at EUR 15 per month for 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB NVMe and a static IPv4, billed monthly, and you can resize or cancel it the month you say so ### Who supports my clients? You do, and we support you, around the clock with about a ten minute average first response. Your client raises it with you and you raise it with us, which keeps you in the conversation. If you would rather we ran the servers as well, that is the administration service, priced separately ### Do you supply Windows and RDS licences? Yes, Windows Server and RDS user licences can be supplied on the server itself. Licences for 1C, BAS, M.E.Doc or any other application stay with your client, and so does responsibility for them ### Where do the servers physically run? Tier III facilities in Prague, Czech Republic and Covilha, Portugal, on our own network under AS204057, with a 99.982% facility SLA. The contracting company is in Cyprus, so the whole arrangement sits under EU law and GDPR - which is usually the answer your client compliance questionnaire is looking for ## Self-hosted Agent Runners in the EU ### What does a self-hosted agent runner actually need? Anthropic puts the floor at 1 GiB of RAM, 1 CPU and 5 GiB of disk per concurrent agent, and host sizing at host RAM minus overhead divided by your measured per-session ceiling. Treat the floor as a floor and measure peak RSS on a real session at your real length. Outbound HTTPS to the model endpoint is required; inbound is only whatever your own application exposes ### Can inference stay in the EU as well as the code? The runner can, entirely: your code, checkouts, transcripts and logs sit on a machine in Prague or Covilha under a Cyprus contract. For the model call itself, point the runner at an EU region of Amazon Bedrock (Frankfurt, Ireland, Paris or Stockholm) or Vertex AI, which the SDK supports through its regional endpoint setting. The direct API has no customer-selectable EU-only residency, so if the prompt has to stay in the EU too, that is the route ### How is this different from Modal, Daytona, Vercel or Cloudflare? Those are platforms and this is the metal underneath one. They give you a control plane and a session API; we give you hosts, isolation you configure, and addresses you control. Two practical differences if self-hosting is the requirement rather than a preference: Daytona went closed-source in June 2026 and its control plane still runs on Daytona infrastructure, and E2B self-hosting targets AWS and GCP. A platform that supports bring-your-own-cloud can also simply land on us ### How many agents fit on one host? At the 1 GiB floor, roughly six on 8 GB, fourteen on 16 GB and thirty on 32 GB once you leave headroom for the operating system. Browser automation changes that sharply - Chromium takes 2 to 4 GB per session, so a browsing agent is closer to 4 GB than to 1 GB. Measure before you commit to a number ### Do you give each tenant its own outbound address? Yes, and it is the reason to host agents with an address broker. Anthropic recommends per-tenant egress rules including distinct outbound IPs, so a compromised tenant cannot exfiltrate through another tenant policy. We run AS204057, hold our own IPv4 space, keep agent workloads in separate pools from mail and from addresses destined for sale, and you can check any block reputation yourself before it goes live ### What does it cost? From EUR 18.43 per month for a first runner at 4 vCPU and 8 GB, about six concurrent agents at the documented floor; EUR 36.88 for 16 GB and EUR 59.92 for 32 GB, with a backup included in each. Bare metal is available when you want Firecracker or gVisor isolation on hardware nobody shares. Worth keeping in proportion: Anthropic own documentation puts a minimal container near USD 0.05 per hour while one long session spends dollars in tokens ## GitLab Runner Hosting ### What is the difference between a shared runner and a self-managed one? A shared runner is GitLab machine and you pay for the minutes it spends on your job. A self-managed runner is your machine: you install gitlab-runner on it, register it against your project, group or instance, and it consumes no compute minutes at all. GitLab free-tier namespaces get 400 compute minutes a month, and a busy pipeline goes through those in days ### How do I install and register GitLab Runner? Add their apt repository from the setup script at packages.gitlab.com, install the gitlab-runner package, then run gitlab-runner register in non-interactive mode with the runner authentication token GitLab gives you when you create the runner in the UI. The full sequence with the exact commands is on this page, taken from their documentation rather than from a blog post ### Is the registration token still how you register a runner? No, and this is the change that breaks most older guides. Create the runner in the GitLab UI first and it hands back an authentication token starting with glrt-, which gitlab-runner register takes as --token. The old --registration-token flow is deprecated and scheduled for removal in GitLab 20.0. Job tags, the run-untagged option and the lock now belong to the runner object you created in the UI, not to the register command ### What size server does a GitLab Runner need? GitLab publishes no hardware requirement for the runner itself, because the runner process is small and your build is not. Size from the heaviest job multiplied by the concurrency you want. In practice 4 vCPU, 8 GB and 120 GB of NVMe carries two or three jobs at a time; 8 vCPU, 16 GB and 240 GB carries six to eight. Be generous with disk - the Docker layer cache and the workspace are what fill it ### Do I need Docker on the runner host? Only if you use the docker executor, which most people do. It talks to a local Docker Engine over API v1.25, so the daemon has to be installed on the runner host itself. The shell executor needs no Docker at all, and the instance and docker-autoscaler executors create machines elsewhere ### Can several runners share one host? Yes, and that is the normal shape. Register as many as you like against the same installation; the concurrent setting in /etc/gitlab-runner/config.toml is a ceiling across all of them, and each runner can carry a smaller limit of its own. Watch check_interval, which defaults to 3 seconds and becomes a lot of polling once a host carries a dozen runners ## Self-hosted GitHub Actions Runners ### How much do GitHub hosted runners cost compared with self-hosting? GitHub bills hosted Linux runners per minute: USD 0.006 for 2-core, 0.012 for 4-core, 0.022 for 8-core and 0.042 for 16-core, with Windows at 0.010 for 2-core and macOS at 0.062 for a 3 or 4-core machine. Self-hosted runners consume no Actions minutes. A host here starts at EUR 16.49 a month, which is roughly what 2,700 minutes on a 2-core hosted runner costs - so the crossover is around 45 hours of build time a month ### How do I set up a self-hosted GitHub Actions runner? Create an unprivileged user, download the runner tarball for linux-x64 from the actions/runner releases and verify its checksum, run ./config.sh with your repository or organization URL and the registration token from Settings then Actions then Runners, then install it as a service with sudo ./svc.sh install and start it. The exact commands are on this page. The registration token expires one hour after it is issued ### How many jobs can one runner run at once? One. A runner service takes a single job at a time, so concurrency means installing several runner services on the host, each in its own directory. That is why the sizing on this page counts runner services rather than jobs, and why one 8 vCPU machine can comfortably carry a small matrix build ### Which operating systems and architectures are supported? On Linux, Debian 10 and later, Ubuntu 20.04 and later, RHEL 8 and later, CentOS 8 and later, Fedora 29 and later, openSUSE 15.2 and later and their relatives, on x64, ARM64 and ARM32. The runner also needs lttng-ust, OpenSSL, Kerberos, zlib and libicu present, which Debian and Ubuntu carry as standard ### Is it safe to use a self-hosted runner on a public repository? GitHub advises against it, and the reason is concrete: anyone can open a pull request that changes the workflow file, and that changed workflow would run on your machine. Keep self-hosted runners on private repositories unless you have read that through and put real isolation in place. Everything a job leaves behind also persists on the disk, which is a feature for caching and a risk for secrets ### Can one runner serve several repositories? Yes. Register it at the organization level rather than the repository level and every repository in the organization can select it, using labels in runs-on to route work. A job that asks for a label no runner carries simply waits, and fails after 24 hours in the queue - which is what a typo in runs-on looks like ## Jenkins Server Hosting ### What do I need to install Jenkins on Ubuntu or Debian? Java 21 or later, then the Jenkins project apt repository. Install fontconfig and openjdk-21-jre, add the debian-stable keyring and sources line from pkg.jenkins.io, apt install jenkins, enable and start the service, then unlock it with the value in /var/lib/jenkins/secrets/initialAdminPassword. Jenkins listens on port 8080. The full sequence is on this page ### How much RAM does a Jenkins controller need? The Jenkins project deliberately refuses to give one number, calling sizing an inexact science and putting controller memory anywhere between 200 MB for a small installation and 70 GB or more for a very large one. What scales it is plugins, job count and build history rather than how hard the builds are - because the builds should not be running on the controller. 8 GB is a comfortable start for a small team ### Should builds run on the Jenkins controller? No, and the documentation says so directly: allocating executors on a controller is bad practice because a build can overload its CPU or memory and crash it. Set the built-in node to zero executors and add agents. The project also recommends keeping agents generic and interchangeable rather than tailoring one host per job ### How do I back up Jenkins? JENKINS_HOME, which is /var/lib/jenkins on a package install, is the entire installation: configuration, job definitions, build history, credentials and plugins. Back that up and a controller is rebuildable in an hour. Every plan here includes a backup, and a snapshot before each plugin upgrade turns the change most likely to break Jenkins into a two-click rollback ### How do I connect a build agent? The usual route is SSH: generate a key as the jenkins user, put the public half on the agent host, add the private half as an SSH credential and create the node with the SSH launch method. Each agent connection costs the controller a couple of threads and a little over 2 MB, so agents are not what sizes a controller ### Is it safe to leave Jenkins on port 8080? Not on the open internet. Put it behind our VPN gateway or restrict the port to your own addresses before the first login, not after - the initial admin password sits in a file on a server that is, until you do, answering the whole world. A static IPv4 from AS204057 makes the allowlist on the other side straightforward too ## Woodpecker CI Hosting ### What is Woodpecker CI? A lightweight Apache-2.0 CI engine, forked from Drone, that runs as a server plus one or more agents. Each pipeline step is a container, pipelines are a YAML file in the repository, and it signs users in through your forge. It supports GitHub, GitLab, Gitea, Forgejo and Bitbucket, including instances you host yourself ### How do I install Woodpecker CI? Docker Compose is the documented route: one woodpecker-server container exposing port 8000 and one woodpecker-agent container with the Docker socket mounted, sharing a secret generated with openssl rand -hex 32, plus your forge OAuth client id and secret. The upstream compose file and the surrounding steps are on this page ### What is WOODPECKER_AGENT_SECRET and how do I generate it? It is the shared secret the server and agents authenticate with, and Woodpecker documentation names openssl rand -hex 32 for producing it. Setting the same value everywhere makes it a system token; registering an agent in the interface first gives that agent its own token instead, which is what you want once more than one team can reach the host. Every sensitive variable also has a _FILE form so the value can be read from a mounted file ### What size server does Woodpecker need? The software itself is light - the server is a small Go process with an embedded database until you point it at Postgres, and the agent is a supervisor that starts containers. What consumes the machine is the build. 2 vCPU, 4 GB and 64 GB of NVMe runs server and agent together for a small team; move to a dedicated agent host once pipelines start queueing ### Why does the agent need the Docker socket? Because every pipeline step is a container the agent starts on the host daemon. That effectively gives pipeline steps root on that machine, which is the design rather than a misconfiguration - and it is the reason to keep the agent on a host that does nothing else, which is cheap to do when a second machine costs EUR 15 a month ### My pipelines never trigger. What is wrong? Nine times in ten it is WOODPECKER_HOST. That value is the public URL the forge uses when it creates the webhook, so an internal address there produces an installation that looks healthy and never receives a push. The other common one is WOODPECKER_OPEN=true, which is not a trigger problem but does mean anyone with an account on your forge can sign in - convenient on day one, wrong by day thirty ## Prague Data Centre ### Which data centre is the Prague location? TTC TELEPORT DC2 TIER III at Sazecka 595/10, Praha 10, Czech Republic. It is Tier III certified and concurrently maintainable, with three independent power substations, redundant chillers that can be serviced without a shutdown, and a 99.982% facility uptime SLA ### What can I order in Prague? Everything we sell: dedicated servers from Dell, Supermicro, HP and Cisco, cloud servers, Kubernetes clusters, Windows Server with RDS licences, and any operating system including one booted from your own ISO over HTTPS. Prague is the only one of our two sites where we rack dedicated hardware ### How long does provisioning take in Prague? A cloud server is online in under 10 minutes. A dedicated server takes about 24 hours from order confirmation, depending on the configuration and what is on the shelf. Windows and any licences you bought are installed within three days ### Which IP ranges are announced from Prague? 116.204.153.0/24, 178.23.189.0/24, 185.255.96.0/24, 185.255.97.0/24, 2a0d:6240::/32 and 2a0d:6242::/32, all under AS204057. They are published in our RFC 8805 geofeed, which is what geolocation databases read - useful if a bank or a streaming service thinks your server is somewhere else ### What network latency should I expect from Prague? Round-trip times of roughly 5-15 ms to major EU cities such as Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Berlin, Vienna and Warsaw, over multiple 10 Gbps uplinks with DDoS mitigation included. Prague sits well for Central European users; Covilha is the better choice for Iberian and Atlantic traffic ## Covilha Data Centre ### Which data centre is the Portugal location? Covilha Data Center at Transversal Rua da Grila 4, Covilha, Portugal. It is Tier III certified and holds ISO-IEC 20000-1:2018, with a 99.982% facility uptime SLA ### What can I order in Covilha? Cloud servers, Kubernetes clusters, Windows Server with RDS licences, snapshots and a backup included in every plan, and any operating system including one booted from your own ISO. Dedicated hardware is racked in Prague only, so a bare-metal order goes there ### Are dedicated servers available in Portugal? No. Covilha runs cloud servers; dedicated servers are in Prague. If you need bare metal and Iberian presence at the same time, the usual answer is a dedicated server in Prague with a cloud server in Covilha for the front end or for backups ### Why choose Covilha over Prague? Two reasons. It serves Iberian and Atlantic traffic better than Central Europe does, and it gives you a second site in a different country on a different power grid - which is what makes a backup or a failover target meaningful rather than decorative ### Which IP ranges are announced from Covilha? 217.28.140.0/24 and 2a0d:6241::/32, under AS204057. They are published in our RFC 8805 geofeed, which is what geolocation databases read, so a service that misplaces your server can be pointed at it ## Licensing (OS, RDS, Control Panels) ### Is Windows Server included in the price? Yes. Windows Server 2019, 2022 and 2025, Standard and Datacenter editions, in English or Russian, are part of the OS image at no extra charge on every cloud and dedicated plan. There is no separate line item for the operating system ### Do you sell RDS user CAL licences? Yes. Choose the RDS user count in the configurator and an engineer installs the licence within three days. RDS user CALs themselves have no trial version. What costs nothing is the operating system evaluation: Microsoft evaluation media for Windows Server runs for up to 180 days, which lets you test the machine and the application on it before buying either licence ### Do you sell or preinstall cPanel, Plesk or any other control panel? No. Our live catalogue has zero control panel images - not cPanel, not Plesk, not HestiaCP, nothing. Every panel, commercial or free, is bring-your-own-install: license or download it yourself and put it on a clean image, the same as on any other VPS ### Can I bring my own control panel? Yes, and that is the only way to get one here. Install cPanel/WHM, Plesk, ISPmanager, DirectAdmin or FASTPANEL if you hold a commercial licence, or HestiaCP, CyberPanel, aaPanel, CloudPanel, Webmin/Virtualmin or ISPConfig for free, on any image in the catalogue ### Why is VestaCP not offered? It has had no meaningful maintenance since 2018, its installer was reported compromised in a credential-theft incident, it carries CVEs that have never been patched, and it breaks under PHP 8. Offering it in 2026 would mean handing out a server with a known-bad panel already on it. HestiaCP is the maintained fork and the usual migration target ### How long does an RDS licence take to install? Three days from order, by an engineer, the same turnaround as the Windows Server licence itself. Cloud servers still deploy in minutes - the licence installation is the only part on a three-day clock ### Are 1C, BAS or M.E.Doc licences included? No. Those application licences are not resold by DCXV and stay with you or your integrator. We sell the server, the operating system and the RDS access it runs on - the accounting software itself is a separate purchase ## Hetzner Alternative ### Is Hetzner Cloud's 99.9% SLA the same guarantee as DCXV's? No. Hetzner's published cloud SLA is 99.9%, which allows roughly 8.7 hours of downtime a year. DCXV's facility SLA is 99.982%, and both sites are Tier III certified, which Hetzner's data centers are not universally ### Why does DCXV cost more than Hetzner Cloud? Hetzner is genuinely hard to beat on price per resource, and this page does not pretend otherwise. The difference buys Tier III certification at both sites, a higher facility SLA, a backup included in every plan, and 24/7 support with a roughly 10-minute average response instead of a general ticket queue ### Is migrating from Hetzner difficult? Not for a standard Linux workload. DCXV runs the same distributions Hetzner Cloud does, so most migrations are a straightforward image move or a clean reinstall plus a restore from your own backup, then a DNS cutover ### Does DCXV have an auction-style tier like Hetzner's Robot server market? No. Pricing here is fixed per tier rather than variable by whatever hardware happens to be available. For a genuine bare-metal requirement at a fixed price, see /dedicated-server ### Is DCXV Tier III certified everywhere Hetzner is not? DCXV operates two sites, TTC TELEPORT DC2 in Czechia and the Covilha facility in Portugal, both Tier III. Hetzner's own data centers are not universally Tier III certified, which is the gap that matters for an ISO 27001 or GDPR-sovereignty audit ### Do I need a paid support contract for a fast response? No. The roughly 10-minute average response and direct access to an engineer are included at every tier, not sold as an add-on the way Hetzner's beyond-basic-ticket support is ## AWS Alternative ### Does DCXV charge egress fees like AWS? No. Bandwidth is billed at a flat rate, not per gigabyte transferred out. AWS egress billing is the cost that is hardest to predict in advance and the one that compounds most as traffic grows - DCXV does not have that line item ### Is DCXV a real alternative for EU data-residency requirements? DCXV operates exclusively from two EU sites, Czechia and Portugal, under EU jurisdiction, and is itself incorporated in Cyprus. AWS remains a US-headquartered company - for an organisation where the parent company's jurisdiction is part of the compliance question, not only the region selected, that is a real distinction ### What happens to the managed services my application uses on AWS? They need a self-managed equivalent: RDS becomes a PostgreSQL or MySQL instance on the same server, ElastiCache becomes Redis. That is real migration work for an application built deeply into the AWS service catalogue, and this page does not pretend it is not - ask about managed administration if you would rather not run it yourself ### Can I get genuine bare-metal hardware, not another VM? Yes. Dedicated servers start from EUR 210/month in Prague or Covilha - see /dedicated-server. The three packages on this page are cloud VPS tiers, sized to match a typical small, medium or large EC2 instance ### Is support as fast as AWS Enterprise Support without paying for a plan? The roughly 10-minute average response and direct access to an engineer are included at every tier. AWS reaching a comparable response time needs an Enterprise Support contract at significant additional cost ### How many regions does DCXV operate in? Two: Czechia and Portugal. That is a genuine trade-off against AWS's 30-plus regions - this is the right move for an EU-focused workload, not for one that needs bare metal in ten regions with one bill --- # Blog Technical articles on EU hosting, IPv4 market, server infrastructure, data center operations. **Blog index**: https://dcxv.com/blog **Browse by topic**: https://dcxv.com/blog/tags ## Posts (104) ### [IPv4 Transfers via APNIC NIRs: JPNIC, CNNIC, KRNIC, TWNIC](https://dcxv.com/blog/apnic-nir-ipv4-transfer-guide) **Date**: 2026-09-15 **Tags**: ipv4, apnic, transfer, broker, networking How IPv4 transfers work when the seller or buyer sits under an APNIC national registry: JPNIC, CNNIC, IRINN, KRNIC, TWNIC, VNNIC and IDNIC, step by step. ### [IPv4 Blacklist Due Diligence: Never Buy a Dirty Block](https://dcxv.com/blog/ipv4-blacklist-check-before-buying) **Date**: 2026-09-12 An IPv4 block with active abuse listings trades 20-50 percent below a clean one. How to check a block, read the report by tier, and price the risk before you offer. ### [How to Connect to a Windows Server With Remote Desktop](https://dcxv.com/blog/connect-to-windows-server-rdp) **Date**: 2026-08-15 **Tags**: rdp, windows, tutorial, cloud You have an address, a username and a password. Here is how to turn them into a Windows desktop on your screen, from a PC, a Mac or a phone, step by step. ### [How to Connect to Your New Cloud Server Over SSH](https://dcxv.com/blog/connect-to-your-cloud-server-ssh) **Date**: 2026-08-15 **Tags**: ssh, tutorial, cloud Your server is ready and the panel shows an IP, a login and a password. Here is the first SSH connection, the four errors people actually hit, and the first ten minutes. ### [Reading a Traceroute: Why Packet Loss at Hop 5 Usually Means Nothing](https://dcxv.com/blog/reading-traceroute-mtr-packet-loss) **Date**: 2026-08-15 **Tags**: network, troubleshooting, traceroute, support Middle hops show loss that is not there, and the return path is invisible. Here is how to read the output correctly and what to send support so the ticket moves on the first reply. ### [Cloud Server for Stable Diffusion in Europe: GPU Setup](https://dcxv.com/blog/cloud-server-for-stable-diffusion-europe) **Date**: 2026-07-09 **Tags**: cloud, ai, gpu Run Stable Diffusion on a GDPR-compliant EU cloud server. Covers GPU requirements, AUTOMATIC1111 and ComfyUI setup, model storage, and generation benchmarks. ### [IPv4 Market Report - July 2026](https://dcxv.com/blog/monthly-ipv4-market-report-july-2026) **Date**: 2026-07-06 **Tags**: ipv4, pricing, networking July 2026 IPv4 market report: average price by block size with month-over-month deltas, RIPE NCC transfer volume (350-480/month), the May 2026 GM charging-scheme result, what moved the desk this month, and the August outlook. Monthly recurring snapshot from the DCXV brokerage. ### [How to Sell Your IPv4 Block in 2026 - Pricing, Escrow, and Timeline](https://dcxv.com/blog/how-to-sell-ipv4-block-2026) **Date**: 2026-07-05 **Tags**: ipv4, broker, pricing, transfer How to sell an IPv4 block in 2026: what sets your sale price (block size, RIR, routing history, blacklist state), the escrow timeline from the seller's side, and why the 2026 market recovery makes this a re-entry window. Pre-sale blacklist audit covered on blocks we represent. ### [IPv4 Prices Found the Floor - H1 2026 Market Recovery in Numbers](https://dcxv.com/blog/ipv4-market-recovery-2026) **Date**: 2026-07-04 **Tags**: ipv4, pricing, networking The 2025 IPv4 correction is over. H1 2026 found the floor: record January volume, a March uptick, mid-year confirmation. Large blocks recovering from lows, /24 blocks holding firm. Who is buying now and what comes next. ### [RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2027 - Option A Wins, What It Means for IPv4 Holders](https://dcxv.com/blog/ripe-charging-scheme-2027-what-changed) **Date**: 2026-07-03 **Tags**: ipv4, ripe-ncc, pricing, networking RIPE NCC's May 2026 General Meeting kept the flat-fee model (Option A): EUR 1,894 per LIR from 2027, up from EUR 1,800. No transfer fees introduced. What it means for IPv4 holders, sellers, and whether to consolidate LIRs. ### [Cloud Server for LLM Hosting in Europe: GDPR AI Guide](https://dcxv.com/blog/cloud-server-for-llm-hosting-europe) **Date**: 2026-06-25 **Tags**: cloud, ai, gpu Host large language models on a GDPR-compliant EU cloud server. Covers GPU requirements, quantization, serving frameworks, and throughput benchmarks for Europe. ### [Run Claude Code, Codex and Grok CLI on Your Own Cloud Server](https://dcxv.com/blog/cloud-server-for-ai-coding-agents) **Date**: 2026-06-21 **Tags**: cloud, ai, vps Turn a Debian or Ubuntu cloud server into a sandbox for AI coding agents like Claude Code, Codex and Grok CLI. Vibe code from anywhere, even your phone. ### [Manage Client Accounts From One Login - The DCXV Reseller Dashboard](https://dcxv.com/blog/reseller-sub-accounts) **Date**: 2026-06-18 **Tags**: reseller, control-panel, cloud The new DCXV reseller dashboard lets you create client sub-accounts, track their balances and servers, and log into any of them from a single control panel. ### [Roll Back a Cloud Server to a Recent Backup in Two Clicks](https://dcxv.com/blog/vm-backup-restore) **Date**: 2026-06-18 **Tags**: backup, recovery, cloud DCXV cloud servers now let you restore a recent automatic backup straight from your control panel - pick a backup, confirm, and the VM rolls back in minutes. ### [Snapshot Before Risky Changes, Roll Back Instantly](https://dcxv.com/blog/cloud-vm-snapshots) **Date**: 2026-06-18 **Tags**: snapshot, cloud Create an on-demand snapshot of your DCXV cloud server before any risky change, then roll back in seconds. Add a snapshot in the control panel with one click. ### [Install Any OS - Boot Your Cloud VM From Your Own ISO](https://dcxv.com/blog/boot-cloud-vm-from-iso) **Date**: 2026-06-18 **Tags**: iso, install, cloud Upload a bootable ISO from any HTTPS URL and boot your DCXV cloud VM from it - install any operating system or run a rescue disk, straight from the control panel. ### [GLM-5.2 - The New Leading Open Weights LLM](https://dcxv.com/blog/glm-5-2-leading-open-weights-llm) **Date**: 2026-06-18 **Tags**: ai, llm, open-source, glm, cloud Z.ai's GLM-5.2 is the new leading open weights model on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, scoring 51 under an MIT license with a 1M token context. ### [Cloud Server for Ollama in Europe: Self-Host AI EU Guide](https://dcxv.com/blog/cloud-server-for-ollama-europe) **Date**: 2026-06-11 **Tags**: cloud, ai, gpu Run Ollama on a GDPR-compliant EU cloud server. Covers model selection, GPU setup, API configuration, and performance benchmarks for self-hosted AI in Europe. ### [Cloud Server for AI Inference in Europe: GPU & CPU Guide](https://dcxv.com/blog/cloud-server-for-ai-inference-europe) **Date**: 2026-06-04 **Tags**: cloud, ai, gpu Run AI inference on a GDPR-compliant EU cloud server. Covers GPU vs CPU tradeoffs, hardware specs, model serving setup, and throughput benchmarks for Europe. ### [Cloud Server for Elasticsearch in Europe: EU Search Hosting](https://dcxv.com/blog/cloud-server-for-elasticsearch-europe) **Date**: 2026-05-28 **Tags**: cloud, elasticsearch, database Run Elasticsearch on a GDPR-compliant EU cloud server. Covers heap sizing, shard strategy, index tuning, and search benchmarks for European deployments. ### [Cloud Server for Redis in Europe: Low-Latency EU Setup](https://dcxv.com/blog/cloud-server-for-redis-europe) **Date**: 2026-05-21 **Tags**: cloud, redis, database Run Redis on a GDPR-compliant EU cloud server. Covers memory sizing, persistence modes, Sentinel setup, and latency benchmarks for European deployments. ### [Cloud Server for MongoDB in Europe: Replica Set Guide](https://dcxv.com/blog/cloud-server-for-mongodb-europe) **Date**: 2026-05-13 **Tags**: cloud, mongodb, database Run MongoDB on a GDPR-compliant EU cloud server. Learn WiredTiger tuning, replica set setup, recommended specs, and performance benchmarks for Europe. ### [Cloud Server for MySQL in Europe: InnoDB Tuning Guide](https://dcxv.com/blog/cloud-server-for-mysql-europe) **Date**: 2026-05-06 **Tags**: cloud, mysql, database Host MySQL on a GDPR-compliant EU cloud server. Covers InnoDB tuning, replication setup, recommended specs, and performance benchmarks for European deployments. ### [Cloud Server for PostgreSQL in Europe: GDPR Setup Guide](https://dcxv.com/blog/cloud-server-for-postgresql-europe) **Date**: 2026-04-24 **Tags**: cloud, postgresql, database Run PostgreSQL on a GDPR-compliant EU cloud server. 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DCXV cloud VPS from EUR 15/month. ### [How to Buy IPv4 Addresses for AI Infrastructure](https://dcxv.com/blog/how-to-buy-ipv4-for-ai-infrastructure) **Date**: 2026-04-23 A guide for AI infrastructure operators on acquiring IPv4 blocks - GPU cluster sizing, registry selection, reputation checks, and brokers. ### [Cloud Server for Node.js in Europe](https://dcxv.com/blog/cloud-server-for-nodejs-europe) **Date**: 2026-04-23 **Tags**: cloud Choose the right European cloud server for your Node.js application. GDPR-compliant, low-latency hosting with PM2 and Nginx, from EUR 15/month. ### [IPv4 Price in RIPE NCC Region 2026](https://dcxv.com/blog/ipv4-price-ripe-ncc-2026) **Date**: 2026-04-23 IPv4 address prices in the RIPE NCC region as of April 2026. Market price ranges, transfer policies, and how to buy or sell IPv4 via an established broker. ### [IPv4 Address Cost Per IP Europe 2026](https://dcxv.com/blog/ipv4-address-cost-europe-2026) **Date**: 2026-04-23 Per-IP cost of IPv4 addresses in Europe in 2026. RIPE NCC pricing by block size, country factors, and how to buy European IPv4 from a Prague-based broker. ### [How Much Does a Bare Metal Server Cost Per Month](https://dcxv.com/blog/how-much-does-bare-metal-server-cost) **Date**: 2026-04-23 Bare metal server pricing guide for 2026. Compare budget to enterprise tiers with a provider breakdown and hidden cost analysis. ### [How Much Does a Kubernetes Cluster Cost Per Month](https://dcxv.com/blog/how-much-does-kubernetes-cluster-cost) **Date**: 2026-04-23 **Tags**: cloud, kubernetes, devops, pricing Complete pricing guide for Kubernetes clusters in 2026. Compare managed vs self-managed costs across DCXV, Hetzner, OVH, DigitalOcean, and AWS EKS. ### [How to Buy IPv4 Addresses for a Data Center](https://dcxv.com/blog/how-to-buy-ipv4-for-datacenter) **Date**: 2026-04-22 A complete guide for data center operators on purchasing IPv4 blocks - sizing, registry selection, reputation checks, and broker vs direct transfers. ### [Cloud Server for Next.js in Europe](https://dcxv.com/blog/cloud-server-for-nextjs-europe) **Date**: 2026-04-22 **Tags**: cloud Run your Next.js application on a European cloud server with low latency, GDPR compliance, and 24/7 engineer support. Starting from EUR 15/month. ### [Cloud Server for Ruby on Rails in Europe](https://dcxv.com/blog/cloud-server-for-ruby-on-rails-europe) **Date**: 2026-04-22 **Tags**: cloud Host your Ruby on Rails application on a European cloud server with GDPR compliance, low latency, PostgreSQL, and 24/7 engineer support. From EUR 15/month. ### [How Much Does AI Server Hosting Cost Per Month](https://dcxv.com/blog/how-much-does-ai-server-hosting-cost) **Date**: 2026-04-22 Full pricing guide for AI server hosting in 2026, covering inference, training, and LLM serving tiers from cloud to bare-metal GPU deployment. ### [Cloud Server for Docker Swarm in Europe](https://dcxv.com/blog/cloud-server-for-docker-swarm-europe) **Date**: 2026-04-22 **Tags**: cloud Run Docker Swarm on European cloud servers with GDPR compliance and 24/7 engineer support. Scale to multi-host with DCXV cloud from EUR 15/month. ### [Cloud Server for Kubernetes in Europe](https://dcxv.com/blog/cloud-server-for-kubernetes-europe) **Date**: 2026-04-22 **Tags**: cloud Deploy Kubernetes clusters on European cloud servers with GDPR-compliant infrastructure. DCXV cloud VPS from EUR 15/month with 24/7 engineer support. ### [How to Buy IPv4 Addresses for a CDN](https://dcxv.com/blog/how-to-buy-ipv4-for-cdn) **Date**: 2026-04-22 A guide for CDN operators on acquiring IPv4 - sizing PoP requirements, selecting registry regions, verifying block health, and broker vs direct transfers. ### [Cloud Server for Python Flask in Europe](https://dcxv.com/blog/cloud-server-for-python-flask-europe) **Date**: 2026-04-22 **Tags**: cloud Deploy your Python Flask API or microservice on a European cloud server. GDPR-compliant, low latency, 24/7 engineer support. From EUR 15/month. ### [How Much Does a Dedicated Server Cost Per Month](https://dcxv.com/blog/how-much-does-dedicated-server-cost) **Date**: 2026-04-22 A complete pricing guide for dedicated servers in 2026. 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Per-U, per-kW, and full rack prices compared across DCXV Czechia and Portugal, Equinix, Interxion, and Global Switch. ### [How Much Does EU Cloud Hosting Cost Per Month](https://dcxv.com/blog/how-much-does-eu-cloud-hosting-cost) **Date**: 2026-04-19 **Tags**: cloud, hosting, eu, gdpr, pricing Pricing guide for EU cloud hosting in 2026. Compare GDPR-compliant options from DCXV, Hetzner, OVH, Scaleway, and AWS Frankfurt with full cost breakdown. ### [IPv4 Price in ARIN Region 2026](https://dcxv.com/blog/ipv4-price-arin-2026) **Date**: 2026-04-19 IPv4 address prices in the ARIN region (North America) as of April 2026. Price ranges for /24 to /20 blocks, market drivers, and buying ARIN-registered space. ### [Contabo Alternative EU: Better Tier III Options](https://dcxv.com/blog/contabo-alternative-eu) **Date**: 2026-04-19 Comparing Contabo and DCXV for European cloud hosting. Honest look at pricing, RAM specs, data center tier, SLA, and enterprise hardware quality. ### [How Much Does IPv4 Address Block Cost in 2026](https://dcxv.com/blog/how-much-does-ipv4-address-block-cost-2026) **Date**: 2026-04-18 IPv4 address block pricing as of April 2026: market trends, transfer costs, leasing vs buying, and how to request a quote for any block size from DCXV. ### [Cloud vs Dedicated Server for Production Workloads](https://dcxv.com/blog/cloud-vs-dedicated-server-production) **Date**: 2026-04-18 Comparing cloud VPS and dedicated servers for production workloads - reliability, performance, cost predictability, and which option fits your case. ### [IPv4 Price Per IP Address in 2026](https://dcxv.com/blog/ipv4-price-per-ip-2026) **Date**: 2026-04-18 IPv4 per-IP price ranges from our own deal flow as of April 2026 across RIPE, ARIN and APNIC. What drives pricing and how to request a current quote. ### [IPv4 Price in APNIC Region 2026](https://dcxv.com/blog/ipv4-price-apnic-2026) **Date**: 2026-04-18 IPv4 address prices in the APNIC Asia-Pacific region in 2026. Market pricing, trends, regional variations, and how to buy or sell APNIC-registered IPv4. ### [IPv4 /16 Block Price in 2026](https://dcxv.com/blog/ipv4-16-block-price-2026) **Date**: 2026-04-18 IPv4 /16 block price in 2026. A /16 contains 65536 IPs - a major acquisition for enterprise buyers, carriers, and cloud providers. Pricing and trends. ### [How Much Are IPv4 Addresses Worth 2026](https://dcxv.com/blog/how-much-are-ipv4-addresses-worth-2026) **Date**: 2026-04-17 What are IPv4 addresses worth in 2026? Market valuations, pricing by block size and region, value drivers, and how to assess the worth of your IPv4 holdings. ### [DigitalOcean Alternative in Europe for GDPR](https://dcxv.com/blog/digitalocean-alternative-europe-gdpr) **Date**: 2026-04-17 Comparing DigitalOcean and DCXV for GDPR-compliant cloud hosting in Europe: developer experience, EU data sovereignty, and Tier III reliability. ### [How to Buy IPv4 Addresses for a VPN Service](https://dcxv.com/blog/how-to-buy-ipv4-for-vpn) **Date**: 2026-04-17 Practical guide for VPN operators buying IPv4 blocks - sizing exit nodes, choosing registry regions, checking block reputation, broker vs direct transfers. ### [How Much Does a 32-Core Server Cost Per Month](https://dcxv.com/blog/how-much-does-32-core-server-cost) **Date**: 2026-04-17 A detailed breakdown of 32-core server pricing in 2026, from budget to enterprise tiers, with comparison tables and DCXV dedicated server rates. ### [IPv4 Lease Price vs Buy Price Comparison](https://dcxv.com/blog/ipv4-lease-vs-buy-price) **Date**: 2026-04-17 Should you lease or buy IPv4 addresses? 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Compare budget, mid-range, and enterprise tiers across top EU providers, with monthly costs explained. ### [How Much Does a /16 IPv4 Block Cost](https://dcxv.com/blog/how-much-does-16-ipv4-block-cost) **Date**: 2026-04-16 Guide to /16 IPv4 block pricing in 2026 - large-scale acquisition, leasing, the transfer process, and contacting DCXV for enterprise IPv4 needs. ### [IPv4 Address Price Forecast 2027](https://dcxv.com/blog/ipv4-address-price-forecast-2027) **Date**: 2026-04-16 IPv4 address price forecast for 2027. Demand drivers, supply constraints, IPv6 adoption trends, and market outlooks across RIPE, ARIN, and APNIC. ### [How to Buy or Sell IPv4 - Fast, Secure Brokerage by DCXV](https://dcxv.com/blog/ipv4-buy-sell-guide) **Date**: 2026-04-11 **Tags**: ipv4, broker, ripe Learn how to buy or sell IPv4 address blocks quickly and securely through DCXV brokerage. 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DCXV, Hetzner, OVHcloud, Contabo - which Tier III fits your business? ### [Transfer IPv4 Addresses via RIPE NCC - Guide (2026)](https://dcxv.com/blog/ipv4-transfer-ripe-ncc-guide) **Date**: 2026-04-09 **Tags**: ipv4, ripe-ncc, transfer, broker, networking Step-by-step guide to transferring IPv4 blocks via RIPE NCC: eligibility, documentation, pricing, timeline, and how broker DCXV (AS204057) simplifies it. ### [Tier III Data Centers in Europe: Locations & Providers 2026](https://dcxv.com/blog/tier3-data-centers-europe) **Date**: 2026-04-08 **Tags**: datacenter, tier-iii, europe, infrastructure, hosting Tier III certified data centers across Europe: what Tier III means for uptime, comparison with Tier II, and providers with certified EU facilities. ### [TurboQuant: Google's AI Compression That Now Runs on CPU](https://dcxv.com/blog/turboquant-ai-compression) **Date**: 2026-04-01 **Tags**: ai, compression, quantization, llm, google, cloud Google's TurboQuant achieves 6x KV cache compression with zero accuracy loss, making AI inference on regular CPUs a production reality. ### [Install OpenClaw on a Discounted Cloud Server - Free Option](https://dcxv.com/blog/install-openclaw-cheap-server) **Date**: 2026-03-11 **Tags**: ai, openclaw, self-hosted Run your own AI assistant in 5 minutes on a discounted VPS - free with zero tokens, or 7 EUR/month via ChatGPT subscription. 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Connect with global network operators, discuss IPv4/IPv6 policy, and shape Internet infrastructure. ### [AI Prompt Shortcodes - Ultimate Cheat Sheet for ChatGPT](https://dcxv.com/blog/ai-prompt-shortcodes-cheat-sheet) **Date**: 2025-09-27 **Tags**: ai, chatgpt, prompts, productivity, automation Master AI communication with shortcodes that control output format, style, and depth. Proven prompt techniques for ChatGPT and other AI models. ### [Europe's Connectivity Crisis - Recent Outages Expose Risks](https://dcxv.com/blog/europe-connectivity-crisis) **Date**: 2025-09-11 **Tags**: europe, outages, infrastructure, connectivity, crisis Major Google services outages across Europe and damaged Red Sea submarine cables expose critical vulnerabilities in digital infrastructure ### [Red Sea Cable Crisis - Who's Cutting the World's Internet?](https://dcxv.com/blog/red-sea-cable-crisis) **Date**: 2025-09-10 **Tags**: internet, infrastructure, security, cables, crisis Multiple undersea cables severed near Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, causing massive internet disruptions across India, Pakistan, and the Gulf region ### [OpenAI's New Playbook - Mastering AI for Business Success](https://dcxv.com/blog/openai-business-playbook) **Date**: 2025-09-03 **Tags**: ai, openai, business, chatgpt, innovation OpenAI releases essential leadership guide for enterprises to integrate generative AI tools and transform business operations ### [Fresh Summer IPv4 Blocks - Global Transfers via DCXV](https://dcxv.com/blog/fresh-summer-ipv4-blocks) **Date**: 2025-08-28 **Tags**: ipv4, transfers, ripe, arin, apnic DCXV announces fresh summer IPv4 blocks from /24 to /16, ready for transfer to RIPE, ARIN, and APNIC regions, with professional facilitation services. ### [xAI Unleashes Grok 2.5 - A Bold Leap Into Open AI Innovation](https://dcxv.com/blog/xai-grok-2-5-release) **Date**: 2025-08-23 **Tags**: ai, xai, grok, open-source, innovation Elon Musk's xAI releases Grok 2.5 model code openly on Hugging Face, setting the stage for a Grok 3 open-source release within six months ### [AI's Insatiable Hunger for IPv4 - The Hidden Scarcity Crisis](https://dcxv.com/blog/ai-ipv4-scarcity-crisis) **Date**: 2025-08-21 **Tags**: ai, ipv4, scarcity, datacenter, infrastructure While IPv4 prices dip for large blocks, AI's explosive growth is tightening supply - hyperscalers now consume millions of IPs for NVIDIA H200 clusters. ### [When the Net Wobbles - August 18 Connectivity Crisis Recap](https://dcxv.com/blog/august-connectivity-outages) **Date**: 2025-08-18 **Tags**: outages, starlink, airtel, connectivity, infrastructure Starlink and Airtel India simultaneous outages expose fragile connectivity infrastructure and highlight critical need for resilient network design ### [DCXV Launches Private AI Services for B2B Clients](https://dcxv.com/blog/private-ai-services-launch) **Date**: 2025-08-16 **Tags**: ai, private, b2b, portugal, datacenter DCXV launches private AI services for B2B clients, implementing AI solutions into business processes on servers in a TIER III data center in Portugal. ### [Australia's Smart Grid Revolution - A Digital Heartbeat](https://dcxv.com/blog/australia-smart-grid-revolution) **Date**: 2025-08-13 **Tags**: smart-grid, ai, energy, australia, innovation Australia transforms its energy grid with AI-driven digital twins, turning rooftop solar into virtual power plants and preventing blackouts before they happen ### [IPv4 Market Plunge - Large Block Prices Cut in Half!](https://dcxv.com/blog/ipv4-market-plunge) **Date**: 2025-08-07 **Tags**: ipv4, market, pricing, networking, infrastructure In a stunning reversal, /16 IPv4 block prices fell from about $50/IP in mid-2024 to $21-$24 as of August 2025 - a freefall of over 50%. 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