C-Servers Announces Migration to VirtFusion-Based VPS Services
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At C-Servers, we are continuously committed to refining our commercial offering and delivering reliable, high-performance services at competitive prices. Throughout such a process, we actively listen to our customers and incorporate their feedback accordingly.
Following sustained user feedback and the recent in-house development of a provisioning module for our billing platform, WiseCP, we have taken the difficult decision to deprecate SolusVM 2 as our primary VPS management panel.
And, as of 23 December 2025, C-Servers will begin to market VirtFusion-based VPS services on our main offerings, under the MultiVPS and JumboDisk product tiers - starting with our new server in Falkenstein, Germany.
The VirtFusion platform will also be adopted progressively across product launches and new service lines in additional locations, as well as existing VPS services, with customer migrations planned to begin in 2026, ensuring a controlled and smooth transition to our existing customers - as much as possible.
Why Transition from an Established Platform?
This decision was not taken lightly.
When SolusVM was originally selected, it followed extensive internal testing and was, at the time, aligned with our requirements for usability and customer experience. However, as our infrastructure and customer base have grown, several structural and operational limitations became progressively clear.
The primary driver behind this transition is network and NAT handling. SolusVM’s long-standing lack of native NAT functionality has led us to seek external implementations, which introduced complexity and operational friction. Over the past 12 months, we observed repeated customer difficulties related to NAT usage, resulting in avoidable support overhead and, of course, the natural inconvenience it brought.
In addition, several other usability difficulties influenced our decision, including:
» Manual intervention requirements when virtual machines fail to restart automatically after host reboots, impacting overall uptime,
» Specific, occasional Open vSwitch-configured network discovery behaviors causing (very punctually) added latency, which only started to occur after a relevant number of VPS users were on dedicated servers;
» Backup tooling limitations, particularly performance and throughput.
Advantages of VirtFusion
With VirtFusion, we are introducing a more modern, resilient, and scalable architecture. We are explicitly abandoning our previous NAT system through socat and NAT64/DNS64, and we are focusing on a DNS-direct, NAT-direct solution.
Whenever possible, we'll use MacVTap; but on NAT solutions, we're now using libvirt bridging paired with Cloudflare DNS servers.
Other improvements include:
» Expanded NAT port allocations, increasing from 10+5 to 20+3 ports,
» Full support for standard IPv4-to-IPv4 service hosting, compatibility with all common web hosting control panels, and customer-managed NAT port ranges.
These changes significantly enhance flexibility, performance, and overall value for VPS customers—particularly for networking-intensive workloads.
Beyond networking, customers will also experience relevant improvements in usability, performance consistency, and operational/uptime reliability, delivered through a platform that is both widely adopted and well-established in the industry.
Importantly, this transition does not materially affect pricing, which solely increases on the range of 0,10 USD per month for newer customers. Of course, upon migration, existing customers will retain their current pricing with C-Servers.
So, when will it be available?
The first VirtFusion-based MultiVPS plans will be available for immediate deployment starting at 11h00 GMT +0, at our website.
A new chapter awaits - and with you, more than ever before, we are making sure you C-Servers.
Merry Christmas!
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So you're going to reduce the amount of available UDP ports with this "upgrade"?
Hey teamacc. You're a dick. (c) Jon Biloh, 2020.
This means $118.80 increase for the 99-year plan.
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Any deals?
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VirtFusion by default offers all ports as TCP/UDP and Libvirt doesn't distinguish between protocols. So they will actually increase - 4x. And UDP reliability will increase too.
We have the main coupon available on our website, "OHMYGOD", which provides a 33% recurring discount on MultiVPS and JumboDisk, also valid for these servers and until 6 January 2026.
Just one final detail: this server is still in soft-launch, so manually activated for the next 2/3 days. We are ironing out some last-minute networking specifics we are encountering with Libvirt and working together with VirtFusion's team (who said embracing a new platform was easy?). So if you buy, bear that in mind, some patience could be necessary - but it will be absolutely worth it.
The disks on this are so fast... and the VM feels very snappy. It's very satisfying to see.
Just to give a heads up - the servers have been started to be automatically activated, so it's not soft-launched, it's now entirely launched.
Merry Christmas!
I want that. But I already have Finland 2C2G for $5/y.
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I got the 2 TB JumboDisk without realizing it was NAT (my fault for not reading closely). But now that it's up and running, it does feel reasonably snappy. It's a great price, I hope it continues to run well.
Hey I've only just realized you guys have lifetime servers (https://web.c-servers.co.uk/category/multivps-one-time-paid-servers) . Interesting expanding idea like Servarica. Anyone tried them? @Ympker ?
Looks like the OHMYGOD coupon works on them as well bringing the Balanced plan down to 66 dollars. I think in price and specs that's roughly equivalent to ZAP. Very intrigued by ZAP and other lifetime plans but not a fan of the "you have to log in every 3 months" thing.
@cservers are there any restrictions like that on these lifetime plans, like they could be deactivated if I'm not logging in?
Also, it says the medium one time plan is based on the CentralVPS-2560. Does that mean that they are using the new virtfusion panel instead of the SolusVM that I see in parens next to the offering?
Thanks for the tag, haven't tried them yet though
That said, for lifetime vps, I'd probably still prefer ZAP even with the login requirement. They'll send an email reminder if you forget anyway. However, I'd also choose ZAP since they've been in the German Hosting Market since 10+ years, their discord is highly frequented by customers, the support replies in 10-20 mins to most tickets and overall I trust the company will be around for years to come. I also like that they transparently publish their lifetime vs rental numbers. I don't know cservers enough to be able to really evaluate this deal, but generally speaking a lifetime deal where the company disappears after a year isn't really the better deal just because you don't have to regularly login imho. Not to say cservers won't be around. Again, I'm not familiar with the service. However, I've seen many lifetimes disappear (few that I myself bought, but others I know), so while it's always a gamble, I'll rather gamble with a good feeling about the company I invest in.
Ympker's VPN LTD Comparison, Uptime.is, Ympker's GitHub.
Yeah I agree, ZAP is definitely the safe bet and I recommended it to a friend this black Friday as they were paying digital ocean like 20 bucks a month just to host an RSS reader and some DNS stuff. Went pretty smooth other than some language and keyboard layout defaulting to German!
I have a bit of an obsession with Lifetimes and in all out of buying over 20-30 lifetime deals there were maybe only 3 that went under. Oh wait, and myW, but I got more than my money's worth for that one. The rest I've gotten massive returns out of.
Lifetime VPS are more rare so I tend to take note of them when I can.
Hello,
These are servers just like our normal ones - there's not any rule/restriction of having to login every 3/6 months, they simply continue working. We just approach the same idea the other way around: we limit stocks/quota for these plans to a total of 5% of all the existing VPS services, for sustainability purposes.
These are not yet using the VirtFusion-based panel, it's still SolusVM-based (for some weeks). We've recently been in touch with VF to understand the procedures to migrate/reimplement existing customers to VirtFusion but there still are some tests to go. A possible time window could be late January (for the procedures to start) but it's not yet fixed.
We're also doing a questionnaire for a pool of existing customers accross all the servers at SolusVM (around 12,5% of the total) and the results were very clear:
» ~86% ranks their interest on the new panel as either "Very High" or "High"
» ~72% wouldn't mind being redeployed instead of migrated (with 28% preferring the other way around, which is naturally non-negligible - we'll have to provide solutions for both)
» 100% (!) wants it as fast as possible.
We're hearing them and we'll have solutions for this in January.
Our support requests have also reduced very significantly, which speaks for the quality of this solution.
Ok, great, so sounds like if I bought now I could have it redeployed in January? Thanks for clarifying as the page says that the pay once plans are identical to the VPS plans so I thought they may also be using Virtfusion
Absolutely - if you buy it you'll be redepoyed to VirtFusion as well, together with the existing users at that server. We manage migrations/redeployments on a per-server basis, there will be no per-plan distinctions (or it would get chaotic quite fast).
In the meantime, purchases like these also help us improve... on things like this one: we're improving our Support. Probably a good time to make that announcement as well.
More specifically, we're now introducing a different, improved way of dealing with it: a direct mixture between Live Chat and ticketing on our new Support website, with an entire new platform just for this. Still with 1/2 things to adjust, not fully complete, but being implemented progressively. Live Chat is also available at the WebStore now, for convenience on starting a conversation (though further escalating still goes to the Support website).
We'll provide very focused and empathic instantaneous answers through the most recent AI models - no roundedness on answers for as much as possible, and we won't save at all on the provided LLM's quality, contrary to other AI implementations - including the well-proven Opus 4.1 (for front-facing communication with the customer) and GPT 5.2 (strictly for back-office information compiling). This will help with several types of requests that can get a proper closed answer without getting to an assistant, saving time for basically everyone.
If and when specialized support is needed, which will still be needed for some Linux/Windows technical topics that obviously can't be seen through the AI, or specific networking issues that AI may not obviously know, the assistant will either send an e-mail with the necessary information automatically to C-Servers and we handle it manually, or provide autonomously the possibility of escalating to an agent - and the allocated human agent pool, with the freed resources, will also be reinforced.
Starting from now, the new support email customer[at]c-servers.co.uk also theoretically supports inputs and agent answers, which will serve some use-cases - for example, it'll help when something is easier to write as an e-mail than getting to a website/ticketing platform, especially on non-smartphone systems or older PCs that have push e-mail, for example.
Yeah this is great you're updating it looks like SolusVM was causing some confusion! Glad that it's helped the number of support tickets.
Out of curiosity it looks like the lifetime servers are on your own hardware, the same as the DMCA ignored ones? Making a guess due to what I was understanding from FAQ and website as the location is saying Frankfurt for those vs Falkenstein and looks like Virtfusion has rolled out already to the Falkenstein location
It's our own hardware, yes, and the same as the Safe DMCA plans.
They're in Frankfurt.
One thing though, and sorry - Safe DMCA plans are not DMCA ignored plans, they are peace-of-mind plans. DMCA is unavoidable in general European servers for the most part, because copyright enforcers are as present as they are on the US (would probably be different in Africa). These are more of a guarantee for the customer for several borderline cases. It's a different way of handling DMCA (one that attempts to be fairer).
They are also a guarantee that, whenever there are DMCA issues, they will not be treated on a 24-hour answer type of things like they need to be with other upstreams, but substantially more considerate, relaxed, analyzed, and if necessary fought/disputed for than on other plans, to give time for everyone to adjust procedures, react, without thinking that they'll lose their hard work on a short notice.
These are built on a risk-reward principle.
No need to apologize my terminology was wrong, should have said Safe DMCA or I think some other providers say DMCA friendly
It's a good policy to have to be upfront with customers about what that means and I appreciate it!
Decided to YOLO and try the performance Lifetime server, YABS can be found here: https://lowendspirit.com/discussion/comment/226038#Comment_226038
As mentioned this is on the DMCA servers so specs probably not comparable to the Virtfusion Germany plans.
I have @cserver to thank because apparently ipv6 has been improperly configured on my home router all this time...Went into this thinking "Who needs IPv6?" and now I can see why people pay extra because IPv6 just isn't as straightforward. Now fixed after 2 hours...that was pretty brutal. To be clear this was 100% my router setup and nothing to do with the service though, lol. So this is just a caution to anyone, make sure IPv6 is stable and not flaky on your personal network. Although I'm connecting now it looks like I'm having some dropped packets (again, IPv6 in general not a C-servers issue).
I may just let it idle for the most part until the Virtfusion migration as SolusVM does seem pretty rough. I can see why you were getting so many support tickets and wanted to switch to Virtfusion. The IPv6 was kind of hidden and I had to reset the root password to be able to SSH in. I was able to run the nat script fine and log in fine though after I found the IP and reset the root password.
Here's hoping you'll be around in another 4 years for the upgrade!
@cserver Hey it looks like support.c-servers.co.uk has been down for a bit and I didn't see it on your Hetrix uptime pages either. VPS has been working fine but I'd like access to the ticketing system thank you! happy new year
There may be some instability on the website but, at this time, it is available. Our Hetrix pages are slightly outdated in the sense that there are 3/4 monitoring servers still out of them and we couldn't get to add those in due time, but they will be updated today.
We are also talking with the software provider's support so they can fix some of the (minor) remaining issues on the support section.
I think I found out what the problem is, support isn't reachable for me if I have IPv6 turned off. I don't always leave it on due to ongoing stability issues.
VirtFusion's speed limitations cause stuttering when watching 2K videos. I can't imagine using it for three years.
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Received this email a few hours ago:
Me too, looking forward to Virtfusion on my VPS! I knew this was coming so I didn't put anything mission critical on there so I have no concern about the migration.