September 2025 marks an important milestone — the launch of ServeTheWorld’s third-generation General Purpose VPS lineup built on clustered Proxmox VE + Ceph infrastructure.
This generation moves us fully beyond standalone servers and into a self-healing, scalable enterprise platform designed for speed, consistency, and uptime.
Designing for Stability and Speed
The GP3 lineup represents a complete refresh of our General Purpose VPS platform.
It runs on standardized Supermicro H13SSL-NT single-socket nodes with AMD EPYC 9474F “Genoa” CPUs, DDR5 memory, and Samsung PCIe Gen 4 NVMe drives organized in distributed Ceph pools.
This generation replaces the older AMD EPYC 7763 “Milan” architecture with local RAID under Virtualizor — shifting to a fully clustered Proxmox on Ceph environment that scales cleanly and maintains high availability.
We chose Proxmox for its mature orchestration, integrated storage layer, and transparent management — a reliable open-source alternative gaining adoption as many providers look beyond VMware.
ServeTheWorld standardizes on AMD EPYC processors across all new VPS families for their leadership performance, power efficiency, and long-life platform stability.
2nd gen “Rome” brought dense multi-core, scalable CPU designs; 3rd gen “Milan” closed the single-core performance gap; and 4th gen “Genoa” added faster memory throughput, next-generation I/O, and even higher core density — making dual-socket servers largely unnecessary in modern hosting environments.
We selected “Genoa” as our foundation because, following the release of 5th gen EPYC “Turin” CPUs, its strong performance now comes at more accessible price points.
Cluster Nodes and Performance Policy
Each GP3 node follows a single-socket design with one DIMM per channel (1 DPC) memory layout. This avoids cross-socket latency, keeps memory access uniform, and allows registered DDR5 modules to run at their maximum speed.
By pairing moderate core counts with impressive all-core boost frequency set at 3.95 GHz, each node hosts a healthy number of VMs — delivering fast response times and consistent service quality.
Average CPU utilization across the cluster typically stays within 20–30 %. If it approaches 50 %, we add new nodes to maintain predictable performance. Compute oversubscription is capped at 5:1 (vCPU to physical core), keeping performance stable even during concurrent peaks.
Each virtual disk maps to dedicated space in a Ceph pool — continuously monitored, balanced, and replicated for both speed and durability.
Storage quotas are plan-specific, ranging from 60 GB to nearly 2 TB, with additional NVMe capacity provisioned before utilization nears defined thresholds to avoid oversubscription.
Each node connects through three active 25 Gbit/s links — separating storage, cluster, and public traffic to ensure redundancy, low latency, and consistent throughput across workloads.
Every VPS plan includes 25 TB of free monthly traffic. Additional data beyond that is billed at 10 NOK per TB. Virtual ports always operate at their specified speed — we never apply throttling when the quota is reached. To maintain consistent performance across the cluster, we monitor VMs with sustained peaks in network or CPU usage and, when necessary, rebalance the system by live-migrating heavier workloads to less-loaded nodes — all without impact on VM uptime or performance.
GP3 VPS Plans →
The GP3 lineup follows a straightforward naming pattern: General Purpose (3rd Gen) + memory size.
All plans use dedicated physical RAM — never oversubscribed — and typical vCPU allocations of up to 32 virtual cores per VM .
| VPS Plan | vCPU | RAM | Storage | Bandwidth | Energy Footprint (VM PowerDraw) | Intro Price (3 mo) | Regular Price |
| GP32 | 1 | 2 GB | 60 GB | 100 Mbit/s | 2.8 W | 39 NOK / mo | 79 NOK / mo |
| GP34 | 2 | 4 GB | 120 GB | 200 Mbit/s | 5.5 W | 79 NOK / mo | 159 NOK / mo |
| GP38 | 4 | 8 GB | 240 GB | 1 Gbit/s | 11 W | 149 NOK / mo | 299 NOK / mo |
| GP316 | 8 | 16 GB | 480 GB | 1 Gbit/s | 22 W | 294 NOK / mo | 589 NOK / mo |
| GP332 | 16 | 32 GB | 960 GB | 1 Gbit/s | 44 W | 494 NOK / mo | 989 NOK / mo |
| GP364 | 32 | 64 GB | 1920 GB | 1 Gbit/s | 88 W | 979 NOK / mo | 1959 NOK / mo |
Flexible billing terms — monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, or annual — are available to reduce invoice-processing overhead and simplify long-term budgeting.
Typical Use Cases
The GP3 family covers a broad range of Linux workloads:
- Lightweight (GP32, GP34) – development, web servers, containers.
- Mid-range (GP38, GP316) – business applications, databases, multi-site hosting.
- High-end (GP332, GP364) – heavier application stacks.
All plans share the same cluster architecture and performance policies, ensuring consistent behavior across the range. If workloads change mid-term, we can help move to a different VPS plan — even during an active billing period.
Reliability and Data Protection
Every general-purpose VM includes up to three concurrent snapshots, with old snapshots automatically deleted after one week. For backup customers can choose from two paid backup options:
- Proxmox Backup — A native, integrated solution optimized for effortless backups and simple recovery at both system and file levels.
- Acronis Backup — A premium solution that includes granular, application level backup and recovery, ideal for Windows and mixed OS environments providing a single dashboard for all your backups across your organization.
Power Usage Column
VM PowerDraw values shown in the plan table represent estimated electrical consumption per VPS, including 10 % PSU overhead and our data center’s PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) — a metric used to measure the efficiency of power and cooling infrastructure. Figures reflect typical utilization rather than peak load and are rounded conservatively to favor transparency. They serve as reference points for environmentally conscious users and organizations tracking ESG performance.
Closing Note
The rollout of GP3 General Purpose VPS marks ServeTheWorld’s full transition to clustered design — a move from isolated servers to a resilient, self-healing infrastructure built for predictable performance.
We’ve focused on what matters most: reliable, high-performance technology, sound policies, and technical spec transparency — so users know exactly what VPS they buy.
An overview of the Windows VPS family will follow in the coming days.
Aries Atienza
Senior Engineer, ServeTheWorld
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