Frequently asked questions about Amherst Systems services.
This page combines common questions across VPS hosting, dedicated servers, system administration, and DDoS protection so buyers can review Amherst Systems answers in one place.
Amherst Systems FAQ
Answers to common questions about Amherst Systems services and how each offering is positioned.
What does Amherst Systems provide?
Amherst Systems provides VPS hosting, dedicated servers, system administration, and DDoS protection for internet-facing infrastructure, applications, internal platforms, and latency-sensitive services.
Who is Amherst Systems built for?
The platform is built for teams that need reliable compute, hands-on server administration, reserved hardware options, and upstream DDoS protection for production workloads, game servers, bots, and custom infrastructure.
Does Amherst Systems include DDoS protection?
Amherst Systems offers DDoS protection backed by Cloudflare Magic Transit so attack traffic can be absorbed and filtered before it reaches protected infrastructure.
What is Amherst Systems VPS hosting used for?
Amherst Systems VPS hosting is designed for web applications, internal tooling, game servers, bots, and other workloads that need fast deployment, predictable plans, and NVMe-backed storage.
Does Amherst Systems VPS hosting include DDoS protection?
Amherst Systems VPS hosting is positioned alongside DDoS protection backed by Cloudflare Magic Transit, giving customers a path to protected infrastructure on the same platform.
Where can I view current Amherst Systems VPS pricing?
Amherst Systems publishes its current VPS plans on the dedicated VPS pricing page so plan tiers, entry pricing, and resource allowances can be linked and compared directly.
What is the starting price for Amherst Systems VPS hosting?
Amherst Systems VPS hosting starts at $4.99 per month for the Nano plan, with higher tiers available for more CPU, memory, storage, and bandwidth.
What is included with every Amherst Systems VPS plan?
The published VPS plans are positioned around NVMe storage, predictable monthly resource tiers, DDoS protection, support availability, and the Amherst Systems uptime SLA.
When should I move from a VPS to a dedicated server?
Move to a dedicated server when the workload needs single-tenant hardware, stronger performance consistency, larger storage planning, or software assumptions that no longer fit comfortably inside a VPS.
When should I choose a dedicated server instead of a VPS?
A dedicated server is the better fit when a workload needs single-tenant hardware, stronger performance consistency, direct infrastructure control, or software that should not share a host.
Are Amherst Systems dedicated servers single tenant?
Yes. Amherst Systems positions dedicated servers as single-tenant hardware reserved for one customer and one workload profile at a time.
How are dedicated servers priced?
Dedicated servers are quote based so the hardware, storage profile, operating system, bandwidth expectations, and protection requirements can be matched to the workload.
What does Amherst Systems system administration cover?
Amherst Systems system administration covers small administrative tasks, config edits, panel setup, installs, backup setup, monitoring-related alerting, and planned server work for a single-server scope.
Are the managed plans limited to one server?
Yes. Managed Lite, Managed Standard, and Managed Pro are published as one-server plans. Multi-server environments and broader scope are custom quoted.
What counts as emergency work?
Emergency work is framed as urgent incident or outage response billed at $150 per hour. Amherst Systems does not publish a numeric public SLA on the page.
What does Amherst Systems DDoS protection cover?
Amherst Systems DDoS protection is built around Cloudflare Magic Transit and is focused on protecting network infrastructure against Layer 3 and Layer 4 attacks.
How does Magic Transit help during a volumetric attack?
Magic Transit places Cloudflare's anycast edge in front of protected IP space so attack traffic can be absorbed and scrubbed upstream before it saturates links to the origin infrastructure.
Is this only application security?
No. The Amherst Systems DDoS protection page focuses on network-layer protection for public-facing infrastructure, not only application-layer filtering.