FAQ
How are the electricity costs calculated?
You only pay for the electricity you actually use. We meter your usage and bill at the cost of electricity (market price + electricity seller margin + grid fee), multiplied by a coefficient of 1.5. The coefficient covers cooling, uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and backup generator costs.
What is 1U / 42 RU? How should I think about server sizing?
1U or 1RU stands for “1 Rack Unit”. Think of it as a single shelf space in a big bookshelf.
1RU is 44.45 mm (1.75 inches) tall.
Our cabinets (47U Rittal model 5513110) are 2200 mm tall, 600 mm wide and configured to a depth of 800 mm.
With a full cabinet you can use 42U (the remaining 5U is taken by the in-rack UPS).
If this still seems confusing, don’t worry – send us the make and model of your equipment and we’ll be happy to help!
What’s the difference between colocation, server housing, and other hosting terms?
Server Colocation, Rack Colocation, Server Housing, Bare Metal Hosting, Rack Space Rental, Server Cabinet Rental, Data Center Rental, Server Hotel: all these terms mean essentially the same thing: renting space in a data center to house your servers or other IT equipment (e.g. network devices). Customers rent rack units, entire cabinets or part of a data center, and use the data center’s power, cooling and network.
Dedicated Server, Bare Metal Rental: a rented server used exclusively by one client. You get the entire physical server (hardware) to yourself with full root/admin access. You don’t have to buy hardware or worry about its depreciation: when you need more power, we simply swap the server for a bigger one.
NAS, SAN: a service providing dedicated storage for server data larger than usual (typically 40TB+).
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS): an online service that provides virtualized computing resources. Clients can rent virtual machines, storage and networking components.
VPS (Virtual Private Server), Cloud Server, Smart Virtual Server: a hosting solution that divides a physical server into multiple virtual ones. Each virtual server runs independently, making it more secure and flexible than, for example, classic shared web hosting. “Smart” means the server is managed (maintained) to some extent.
Private Cloud: a cloud platform (KVM, CloudStack, OpenStack, Kubernetes) running entirely on infrastructure dedicated to a single client.
Managed Hosting: a hosting service where the provider manages and maintains a virtual or dedicated server, including software updates, security patches and backups.
Shared Hosting: web hosting where multiple clients and websites reside on a single web server. A cheaper option for smaller websites, but not the best for security and privacy.
We can provide all of the services listed above. Write to us at info@serverfarm.ee and let us know what you need.
How is VAT calculated for EU and non-EU customers?
- EU companies with a valid VAT number are billed at 0% VAT under the EU reverse-charge procedure, as described in the VAT directive.
- EU companies without a VAT number are billed with the VAT of their home country.
- EU private individuals are billed with the VAT of their home country.
- All non-EU customers are billed at 0% VAT.