Who Is a Cyprus (TRNC) VDS For? Compared with Türkiye and France

Cyprus VDS is a KVM-based virtual server running on infrastructure located in Northern Cyprus (TRNC). It is the right choice for businesses whose users are in Cyprus, who want their server and IP address to be in Northern Cyprus, or who prefer to keep their data on the island. If your visitors are in Türkiye or Europe, the Türkiye or France location gives better results. This article explains what the Cyprus VDS packages offer and how to choose between the three locations.

Who is Cyprus VDS suitable for?

• Businesses in Northern Cyprus: the website, customer portal and internal applications of companies whose customers and staff are on the island.
• Office software used remotely: teams that run accounting, stock and front office programs on Windows Server and connect from the office by remote desktop.
• Organisations that want to keep their data in Northern Cyprus: when the physical location of the server matters because of a contract or organisational policy.
• Services that need a Cyprus IP address: applications that work with systems that have local access restrictions.

What do the Fiberserver Cyprus VDS packages include?

• KVM virtualisation; processor, memory and disk are reserved for you
• SSD disk space on RAID50 storage
• 1 Gbit network port, unlimited traffic and DDoS protection
• Root (Linux) or Administrator (Windows) access
• FiberVM client area: live resource monitoring, restart, VNC console, operating system reinstallation
• Nine packages, from 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 25 GB disk up to 10 vCPU, 14 GB RAM, 225 GB disk

Fiberserver is a brand of FiBERNET TEKNOLOJİ LTD, based in Nicosia; Northern Cyprus is the location in the company's own home country.

Türkiye, France and Cyprus VDS compared

How to choose a location

1. Where are your users? The closer the server is to the user, the lower the connection latency. If your audience is in Cyprus, the first candidate is Northern Cyprus; if it is in Türkiye, Türkiye VDS; if it is in Europe, France VDS.
2. How critical is disk speed? An NVMe disk makes a difference for busy databases, large WooCommerce shops and applications that read large numbers of small files; for these workloads the Türkiye and France locations, which offer NVMe, stand out. Business websites, email, remote desktop and office software run comfortably on SSD. The criteria are in the article What is an NVMe VDS.
3. Is the location mandatory? If the server being in Northern Cyprus is a requirement, the decision is made; you cover your resource needs through the package size.

Two technical notes you should know

RAID50 is not a backup

RAID50 is a storage layout in which data is spread across several disks and the service continues if one disk fails. It protects against hardware failure; it does not bring back a file deleted by mistake, a corrupted database or data encrypted by ransomware. Plan your own backup separately: the article VDS backup strategy explains the 3-2-1 rule with examples.

Port speed is not guaranteed bandwidth

1 Gbit is the upper limit of the port your server is connected to. The actual speed at any moment varies with how the line is being used at that time; it does not mean a fixed bandwidth reserved for you. There is, however, no limit on the amount of traffic.

First steps after ordering

1. Go from your client area to FiberVM and check that the server is running and that you can see the resource graphs.
2. Change the operating system password; on Linux switch to SSH keys, on Windows open remote desktop only to your own IP addresses.
3. Set up the firewall and automatic updates: VDS security guide.
4. Put your backup plan into effect from day one.

You can settle on the size to start with using the list in what to check before renting a VDS and then compare the Cyprus VDS packages.