Streaming VPS — Virtual Servers for Video Delivery

Traditional VPS hosting shares resources across dozens of virtual machines on a single physical host, creating unpredictable performance that is unacceptable for streaming workloads. A CPU spike from another tenant can cause your stream to buffer. A disk I/O burst from a neighboring VPS can delay content reads. AnubizHost eliminates these problems with dedicated-resource VPS hosting that guarantees your allocated CPU, RAM, and I/O are exclusively yours.

Our streaming VPS plans use KVM virtualization with CPU pinning, ensuring your virtual cores are mapped to specific physical cores that no other VPS can access. This eliminates CPU contention and provides bare-metal-like processing consistency. For streaming, where consistent CPU availability is essential for smooth encoding and delivery, this architecture makes a measurable difference in stream quality.

Storage I/O is equally critical. Our VPS host servers use enterprise NVMe drives with per-VPS I/O guarantees that prevent any single tenant from monopolizing disk throughput. Your streaming VPS gets consistent storage performance whether the host server is running at 10% or 90% occupancy. Combined with dedicated CPU and guaranteed RAM, your streaming service performs predictably under all conditions.

A streaming VPS is the right choice for several common scenarios. New streaming services that are still building their audience benefit from the low entry cost and easy scalability of VPS hosting. Start with a modest plan, grow your viewer base, and upgrade resources as demand increases — all without server migration or downtime.

Edge delivery nodes in a distributed streaming architecture are another perfect fit. Deploy lightweight VPS instances in multiple locations to cache and serve content close to your viewers while your origin server handles ingest and transcoding on more powerful dedicated hardware. VPS edge nodes are cost-effective because they primarily serve cached content rather than performing CPU-intensive transcoding.

Development and staging environments also benefit from VPS hosting. Test your streaming configuration, experiment with new transcoding settings, or set up a staging replica of your production environment at a fraction of dedicated server costs. Our VPS instances deploy in minutes, making it easy to spin up test environments on demand and tear them down when done.

Every streaming VPS includes unmetered bandwidth on a 1Gbps port — no bandwidth caps, no overage charges, no throttling. Stream as much content as your port speed allows, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. For streaming services, where bandwidth is the largest variable cost, unmetered plans provide the cost predictability your budget requires.

Full root access gives you complete control over your streaming stack. Install and configure any streaming software, tune kernel parameters for optimal video delivery, and deploy custom scripts for automated stream management. Your VPS is a fully isolated Linux environment where you have complete administrative freedom.

DDoS protection is included at no extra cost, safeguarding your streaming VPS against volumetric attacks that commonly target streaming services. Our mitigation infrastructure filters malicious traffic before it reaches your VPS, ensuring legitimate viewers can connect even during active attacks. Combined with offshore location and DMCA-ignored policies, your streaming VPS is protected on both technical and legal fronts.

Deploying a streaming VPS on AnubizHost takes less than five minutes. Select your plan based on expected viewer count and content type, choose your preferred operating system, and complete payment with cryptocurrency or traditional methods. Your VPS credentials are delivered immediately, and you can begin installing your streaming software right away.

For customers who want a head start, we offer pre-configured streaming VPS images with popular software already installed and tuned. Choose from configurations with nginx-rtmp, FFmpeg, Icecast for audio streaming, or other popular streaming tools pre-installed and ready to accept content. These images save you setup time and ensure your software is configured optimally for our VPS hardware.

Our support team is available 24/7 to assist with streaming VPS setup, configuration, and optimization. Whether you need help with transcoding settings, HLS configuration, or troubleshooting viewer connectivity issues, we have engineers who understand video delivery inside and out. Start with a VPS today and see what streaming-optimized hosting can do for your viewer experience.