Reference
Hosting glossary
Plain-language definitions of terms you'll see across the Vintony Host docs, pricing, and dashboard.
- Anti-DDoS edge
- A network layer that absorbs distributed-denial-of-service attacks before they reach your servers. Vintony's edge handles 1.5 Tbps of L3/L4 mitigation; managed L7 WAF is included on Pro and above.
- BGP (Border Gateway Protocol)
- The protocol that routes traffic between networks on the internet. Vintony peers with multiple Tier-1 transit providers per region for redundancy.
- BYO (Bring Your Own)
- You provide something — usually an OS ISO, an SSL certificate, or a registrar. Common BYO patterns: BYO ISO for VPS provisioning, BYO domain to point at a service.
- CDN (Content Delivery Network)
- A geographically distributed cache that serves static (and sometimes dynamic) responses from the nearest POP to the visitor. Vintony bundles a 300+ POP CDN on every plan.
- DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service)
- An attack where many sources flood a target with traffic to overwhelm it. L3/L4 attacks target the network; L7 attacks target the application layer.
- Dedicated CPU
- A vCPU that is not oversold across tenants — each customer gets exclusive use of the underlying physical thread. The opposite is 'shared' or 'burst' CPU, where many tenants compete for the same silicon.
- DNSSEC
- Cryptographic signing of DNS records to prevent spoofing. Vintony enables DNSSEC by default for every domain registered through us.
- ECC RAM
- Error-Correcting Code memory that detects and corrects single-bit errors in RAM. Required for production database workloads; standard on every Vintony dedicated server.
- HSM (Hardware Security Module)
- A tamper-resistant device that stores cryptographic keys. Vintony uses FIPS 140-2 Level 3 HSMs for per-tenant encryption keys.
- KMS (Key Management Service)
- A managed service that holds, rotates, and exposes encryption keys via API without revealing the key material itself.
- KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine)
- A Linux-native hypervisor that runs each VPS as an isolated VM. KVM provides hardware-assisted virtualisation with low overhead.
- Live resize
- Adjusting a server's vCPU, RAM, or disk while it's running. Vintony's live resize pauses workloads for under one second per change.
- NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express)
- A modern protocol for accessing solid-state storage over PCIe. Roughly 5–10× faster than SATA SSDs at the same capacity tier. All Vintony storage is NVMe.
- Object storage
- S3-style flat storage where you put and get blobs by key, with no filesystem hierarchy. Optimised for media, backups, and build artefacts.
- p95 latency
- The 95th-percentile response time — 95% of requests complete in this time or faster. Tail latency (p99, p99.9) is often where real customer pain shows up.
- POP (Point of Presence)
- A physical CDN location where edge servers cache content. More POPs = lower latency for distant visitors.
- RAID 10
- A storage configuration that mirrors data across two drives (RAID 1) then stripes across pairs (RAID 0). Tolerates one drive failure per mirror with no performance penalty.
- RTO / RPO
- Recovery Time Objective (how long until service is restored) and Recovery Point Objective (how much data loss is acceptable). Vintony's RPO is 5s on managed DBs (WAL archive every 5 seconds).
- SLA (Service Level Agreement)
- A contractual uptime target plus a credit ladder for missed targets. See vintonyhost.com/sla.
- SNI (Server Name Indication)
- A TLS extension that lets one IP serve many domains. Required for hosting multiple HTTPS sites on a single IP.
- Snapshot
- A point-in-time copy of a disk, taken with copy-on-write semantics. Vintony snapshots are sub-second to create; restore is online.
- TLS / SSL
- Transport Layer Security (formerly Secure Sockets Layer) — the encryption protocol behind HTTPS. Vintony auto-issues and auto-renews Let's Encrypt + ECC certificates on every plan.
- TTL (Time To Live)
- How long a DNS resolver may cache a record before re-querying. Lower TTLs let DNS changes propagate faster but increase load on authoritative nameservers.
- VLAN (Virtual LAN)
- A logically isolated network on shared physical infrastructure. Vintony customers get a private VLAN per account for inter-service traffic.
- VPS (Virtual Private Server)
- A virtual machine sold as a service. Vintony VPS instances have dedicated vCPU and RAM, NVMe storage, and full root access.
- WAF (Web Application Firewall)
- A filter that blocks common application-layer attacks (SQL injection, XSS, OWASP Top 10). Bundled on Vintony Pro and above.