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Dedicated Server Hosting Pakistan

Bare-metal Intel Xeon servers in Islamabad with SSD, NVMe and large HDD options, 5 TB of monthly traffic at 1 Gbit/s and full root or Administrator access. Six configurations from $149 to $389 a month for stores, portals and apps targeting Pakistani users.

  • Islamabad Capital DC
  • Tier III Facilitation
  • SSD Storage
  • Linux and Windows OS
  • Dual Processors
  • DDR3 with RAID Control
$149/moStarting price
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Pakistan dedicated server hosting
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Plans & pricing

Pakistan Based Servers Pricing and Specification

If you want full control, security, customized networking and the dedicated authority of a live machine's resources, compare the plans below at affordable prices. Every Pakistani configuration comes with 24/7 support from dedicated server specialists, a fully redundant network, full root access and a RAID-capable setup. The range starts with a dual Xeon E5645 machine at $149 a month and reaches a 64 GB Xeon E5-2680 v2 server at $389, all with 5 TB of traffic at 1 Gbit/s and built for speed, power and low latency.

Pakistan plans Plans
Processor Memory Storage / Raid Bandwidth Price Order
Dual Xeon E5645 16GB 120GB SSD / 500GB HDD 5 TB @ 1Gbit/s $149 / Month Order Now
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2 16GB 240GB SSD / 1TB HDD 5 TB @ 1Gbit/s $193 / Month Order Now
Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 32GB 1TB NVMe 5 TB @ 1Gbit/s $199 / Month Order Now
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v2 16GB 250GB SSD / 1TB HDD 5 TB @ 1Gbit/s $257 / Month Order Now
Intel Xeon E5-2650 32GB 360GB SSD / 2TB HDD 5 TB @ 1Gbit/s $329 / Month Order Now
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 64GB 480GB SSD / 4TB HDD 5 TB @ 1Gbit/s $389 / Month Order Now

Each server can be ordered for a minimum of one month. A unique location with a Tier III certified data center, best for the subcontinent region.

Available add-ons

  • Additional IPv4
  • Windows Server 2012, 2016, 2019
  • cPanel / Plesk Obsidian
  • Offsite Daily Backups
  • MSSQL Express
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Hardware spotlight

NVMe Xeon E3-1225 v5 at $199 in Islamabad

The most interesting Pakistani configuration sits in the middle of the range. For $199 a month, the Xeon E3-1225 v5 with 32 GB of RAM and a 1 TB NVMe drive is the only plan in Islamabad with NVMe storage, and it costs only six dollars more than the 16 GB Xeon E3-1230 v2. NVMe reads and writes far faster than SATA SSDs or hard drives, which shows up in database queries, WordPress admin screens and game world loading. With double the memory of the cheaper plans and the same 5 TB at 1 Gbit/s, it is the value pick for most Pakistani web projects.

  1. 1Xeon E3-1225 v5 processor
  2. 232 GB RAM, 1 TB NVMe
  3. 35 TB traffic at 1 Gbit/s
  4. 4$199 per month
Who it is for

Who Chooses an Islamabad Dedicated Server

International brands targeting Pakistan

Needs
They want Pakistani visitors served from a local data center.
Why it fits
Six Islamabad configurations from $149 give them an in-country origin with root or Administrator access.

Windows-based local enterprises

Needs
They run SQL Server applications that need a central host.
Why it fits
Windows Server licensing and MSSQL Express add-ons are available on every Pakistani plan.

Growing VPS customers

Needs
Their Pakistan VPS can no longer keep up with traffic.
Why it fits
Moving to bare metal in the same Islamabad facility keeps users on a familiar path while removing shared-resource limits.

Pakistani Dedicated Servers for Brands Selling to a Huge Online Market

Pakistan is one of the most populous countries in the world, with a young, increasingly connected population and a fast-growing base of online shoppers, students and freelancers. Established companies, local brands and start-ups all depend on their online presence for visibility and sales, and the platform behind that presence decides whether visitors stay or leave.

Shared hosting cannot deliver the speed and reliability a serious business needs. When a product page takes too long to load, customers abandon their carts, and slow pages also hurt your position in search results. For a local brand, a corporate company or an international trademark targeting Pakistani customers remotely, our recommendation is a dedicated server in Pakistan, especially for e-commerce portals with heavy traffic and many images.

A dedicated machine gives you all of its output and exclusive access. You control it fully: change configurations, install new software and the operating system you need, and add security layers that suit your business. These servers are well suited to resource-heavy streaming websites and to applications that require custom software, with far more disk space and bandwidth than shared plans can offer.

Our Pakistani servers run in a Tier III data center in Islamabad, with Intel Xeon processors, SSD or NVMe storage options and a 1 Gbit/s connection. The result is a local platform that loads quickly for visitors in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad and across the country.

Pricing is kept within reach of local companies: plans start at $149 a month for a dual-processor Xeon machine, and every configuration includes 5 TB of monthly traffic. You choose between Linux and Windows, add only the extras you need, and scale RAM, storage and bandwidth as your Pakistani customer base grows.

Islamabad Data Center for Pakistan Hosting

Our Pakistani dedicated servers are hosted in the capital city, Islamabad. That means your infrastructure is provisioned with a local Pakistani IP address and sits on the domestic network rather than in a data center abroad.

Islamabad is home to the federal government, many corporate head offices, universities and a growing cluster of software companies, and it sits next to Rawalpindi in one of the country's major urban areas. A server here is well connected to the national networks that carry traffic to Lahore, Karachi, Faisalabad, Peshawar and smaller cities.

Many Pakistani websites are still hosted in Europe, the United States or the Gulf, which adds a long round trip to every request from local visitors. Moving the origin server into Pakistan shortens that path for the people you actually serve, so page loads, logins, search and checkout steps respond more quickly.

The facility follows Tier III standards, with redundant power and cooling designed to keep equipment running during maintenance. Combined with a fully redundant network and branded server hardware, it gives Pakistani businesses a dependable local base for their most important applications.

Low Latency Across Pakistan and the Subcontinent

Latency is the delay between a user's click and the server's response, and it grows with distance. For Pakistani audiences, an Islamabad server removes the international leg entirely, which is noticeable on mobile connections where every extra round trip adds to the wait.

This location is also positioned for the wider subcontinent. Users across South Asia, along with parts of Afghanistan and Central Asia, can benefit from a server that sits closer than typical European or Middle Eastern hosting hubs, although actual results always depend on how each carrier routes traffic.

The applications that benefit most are interactive ones: online stores with large catalogs, banking and payment front ends, ride-hailing and delivery apps, learning platforms used by students during exams, and news portals that see heavy traffic spikes during breaking stories and cricket matches.

Before committing, run your own tests. Ask support for a test IP and measure ping and traceroute from the cities where your customers live. Real measurements help you decide whether a Pakistani dedicated server alone is enough or whether you should pair it with a node in a neighboring country.

Entry Pakistan Plans with Xeon E5645 and E3 v2

The most affordable Pakistani configuration is a dual Xeon E5645 server with 16 GB of RAM and 120 GB SSD / 500 GB HDD storage for $149 a month. Two physical processors give you many cores for parallel tasks, which suits web servers handling numerous simultaneous visitors, mail servers and background job queues.

Next comes the Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2 with 16 GB of RAM and 240 GB SSD / 1 TB HDD storage at $193. This single-socket quad-core processor has good per-core speed, making it a solid choice for PHP and WordPress sites, small databases and line-of-business applications.

The Intel Xeon E3-1245 v2 plan at $257 also offers 16 GB of RAM, with 250 GB SSD / 1 TB HDD storage. It is a close relative of the E3-1230 v2 and fits teams that want the same reliable class of hardware with a little more SSD capacity.

All three include 5 TB of monthly traffic at 1 Gbit/s. For a company website, a regional e-commerce store or a development and staging environment, these entry plans provide a real physical machine in Islamabad at a sensible monthly cost.

NVMe Xeon E3-1225 v5 Server in Pakistan

One configuration in the Pakistani range stands apart: the Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 with 32 GB of RAM and a 1 TB NVMe drive for $199 a month. It is the only plan on this page that uses NVMe storage, and it costs only slightly more than the entry tier.

NVMe drives connect directly over the PCIe bus and deliver much lower access times than traditional SATA disks. In practice that means faster database queries, quicker search indexing, shorter backup and restore times, and a more responsive admin panel for content-heavy sites.

With 32 GB of RAM, this machine can hold a large share of a database or cache in memory while the NVMe drive serves everything else quickly. It is a strong candidate for WooCommerce or Magento stores with thousands of products, Laravel or Django applications with active users, and API backends for mobile apps used across Pakistan.

If speed matters more to you than having separate SSD and HDD tiers, the E3-1225 v5 often represents the best value in Islamabad. Add offsite daily backups so that fast storage is matched with a copy of your data outside the server.

Xeon E5 Power Servers for Pakistani Enterprises

For larger workloads, the Pakistani range offers two Xeon E5 configurations with more memory and storage. These suit corporate applications, busy portals and virtualization hosts that would overload a smaller machine.

The Intel Xeon E5-2650 plan provides 32 GB of RAM and 360 GB SSD / 2 TB HDD storage for $329 a month. The extra storage capacity and server-class processor make it a good fit for file-heavy platforms, multi-site hosting under cPanel or Plesk, and internal systems such as ERP, HR and document management.

At the top, the Intel Xeon E5-2680 v2 server combines 64 GB of RAM with 480 GB SSD / 4 TB HDD storage at $389. That is the most memory and disk space in the Pakistani line-up, ideal for large databases, media libraries, streaming platforms, learning management systems and private virtualization for several internal VMs.

Both include 5 TB of monthly traffic at 1 Gbit/s and can be extended with more RAM, storage and bandwidth on request. If your growth plans go beyond these specifications, describe your requirements to support and the team will quote a suitable configuration.

Windows and Linux Dedicated Hosting in Pakistan

We offer both Linux and Windows dedicated servers in Pakistan, so you can work with the platform your team knows best. Free operating systems such as CentOS, Ubuntu and Fedora are available, along with paid Windows Server 2012, 2016 and 2019 licenses.

Linux remains the most popular choice for web hosting. It is open source and cost-effective, needs no license fee and runs reliably for long periods. Most PHP, Python, Node.js and Java applications, along with MySQL, PostgreSQL and Redis, run naturally on Linux, and you receive full root access to configure everything.

Windows servers offer excellent support for Microsoft applications and scripts. They are easy to manage with Access and MSSQL databases, and they run ASP and ASP.NET sites, Visual Basic scripts and other Microsoft development technologies that many Pakistani software houses and corporate IT teams rely on. MSSQL Express is also available as an add-on.

Control panels such as cPanel and Plesk Obsidian can be added to simplify management of websites, email and DNS. Whichever system you choose, you receive root or Administrator credentials and full freedom to install the software your business needs.

Pakistan E-commerce and Portal Use Cases

Online shopping in Pakistan has grown quickly, with marketplaces, brand stores and social commerce sellers all competing for the same customers. During sale seasons such as Eid, Ramadan offers and year-end campaigns, traffic can multiply in hours. A dedicated server in Islamabad gives your store reserved CPU and memory that are never shared with another tenant during those peaks.

Media portals and video sites use the larger HDD plans to store image and video libraries, while SSD and NVMe tiers keep the database and cache fast. Education platforms, coaching academies and universities run learning management systems that must stay responsive when thousands of students log in at once.

Pakistan also has one of the world's largest communities of freelancers and remote software developers. Many of them host client projects, staging environments and SaaS products on a local machine they fully control, with root access for custom stacks and Windows for clients who need Microsoft technologies.

Corporate users run internal tools, reporting dashboards and branch-office applications from a Pakistani server so that offices in different cities share the same data with local latency.

Delivery Timeline and Scaling Your Pakistani Server

Physical servers take more preparation than virtual ones. Allow 48 hours to a week for deployment, installation and provisioning of your ordered machine in Islamabad. You will receive your login details once the server is fully ready and tested.

Each server can be ordered for a minimum of one month. If you are not ready to commit to dedicated hardware, you can start with a Pakistani VPS to experience the data center's performance and confirm that the location suits your audience before moving up.

Scaling up is straightforward. Before ordering, or later as an existing client, you can request specific hardware changes such as extra RAM, disk space or bandwidth. We check feasibility and quote accordingly; once you pay, the extra resources are added to your machine without running delays or overcharging.

If your device stops responding, you can reboot it from your online interface instantly, or open a ticket and our technicians will restart it for you. Pakistan Standard Time is UTC+5, so schedule heavy maintenance for late night in Pakistan when local traffic is lowest.

Use cases

What Pakistani Businesses Run on Islamabad Hardware

These projects gain the most from a physical server in Islamabad rather than one in Europe or the Gulf.

  • Daraz Sellers Going Direct

    E-commerce

    Pakistani brands that started on marketplaces often build their own store to keep margins and customer data. A dedicated server in Pakistan keeps product pages, cash-on-delivery forms and JazzCash or Easypaisa callbacks close to buyers in Lahore, Karachi and Rawalpindi, and the SSD plus HDD plans keep databases fast while large photo libraries sit on the bigger disk.

  • MSSQL Business Software

    Enterprises

    Many Pakistani distributors, pharmacies and textile mills run Windows accounting or POS systems built on SQL Server. Windows Server 2012, 2016 or 2019 plus the MSSQL Express add-on lets them move that software onto an Islamabad machine, so branch offices across Punjab and Sindh connect to one central database hosted inside the country.

  • Results and Admission Portals

    Education

    Boards, universities and test-prep academies face huge spikes when results or admission lists go live. The Xeon E5-2680 v2 with 64 GB of RAM has the memory to cache result pages for thousands of simultaneous students, and the 1 Gbit/s port gives burst capacity at the moment the announcement goes out.

  • Urdu News Platforms

    Media

    Urdu news and entertainment sites draw most of their audience from inside Pakistan, with large mobile readerships in every province. Hosting in Islamabad shortens the path for those readers compared with servers in Germany or Singapore, and the 4 TB HDD on the top plan stores years of images and video thumbnails.

  • Local Game Communities

    Gaming

    Pakistani players often accept high ping on Middle Eastern or European servers. Running a community server for PUBG-style mods, Minecraft or GTA roleplay in Islamabad brings it much closer, and the Xeon E3-1225 v5 with NVMe storage loads worlds and player data quickly for a smaller, active group.

  • Offsite Copies Inside Pakistan

    Continuity

    Companies that keep primary systems on-premises can rent an Islamabad server as their offsite location and add offsite daily backups on top. That way records stay within Pakistan, protected against a fire or power failure at the office, while a second copy exists outside the server itself.

Before you order

Check These Before Ordering in Pakistan

Use this list to narrow six Islamabad configurations down to the right one.

pre-order checklist
  • $ check --01 ✓ Decide whether fast NVMe or a split SSD plus HDD layout suits your data.
  • $ check --02 ✓ Confirm 5 TB of monthly traffic covers your expected Pakistani audience.
  • $ check --03 ✓ Choose 16 GB, 32 GB or 64 GB of RAM based on database size.
  • $ check --04 ✓ Pick Windows Server 2012, 2016 or 2019, or a Linux distribution.
  • $ check --05 ✓ Add MSSQL Express if your business software depends on SQL Server.
  • $ check --06 ✓ Add offsite daily backups if the server holds records you cannot lose.
Highlights

Inside Our Islamabad Dedicated Platform

Every Pakistani server is backed by the same hardware, network and support standards. These are the building blocks you get with each machine.

Branded Hardware in Pakistan

Branded systems, network security, SSDs and internal maintenance keep your Islamabad server healthy. These elements matter, because any one of them failing is what causes downtime, so we invest in each one.

Scalable Pakistani Resources

Scalability is built into our data center channel. Enhance your existing machine with more RAM and storage as needed, and we will add it without unnecessary delay, malfunction or overcharging.

Pakistan Troubleshooting Help

Our engineering staff can help you troubleshoot issues, find vulnerabilities and recommend fixes. A specialist IT team with hands-on experience is available to resolve problems efficiently.

Intel Xeon and Dual Processors

Choose from Xeon E3, Xeon E5 and dual Xeon E5645 configurations, with DDR3 and DDR4 memory, so the Pakistani server matches your workload's need for clock speed or cores.

SSD, NVMe and HDD in Islamabad

Plans combine SSD and HDD capacity up to 480 GB SSD / 4 TB HDD, or a 1 TB NVMe drive for the fastest storage, with RAID control on the platform.

Tier III Capital Facility

Servers run in a Tier III data center in Islamabad with a fully redundant network, giving Pakistani businesses a stable home for production systems.

Root Access on Pakistani Servers

Full root access on Linux and Administrator access on Windows let you install software, set firewall rules and configure the server exactly as you want.

24/7 Pakistan Server Specialists

All plans include round-the-clock support from dedicated server specialists trained to handle inquiries, reboots and technical issues.

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Network reach

From Islamabad to Every Province and Beyond

Islamabad sits in the north of the country, a short domestic path from Rawalpindi, Peshawar and Lahore and within national reach of Karachi, Quetta and Multan. Every Pakistani plan has a 1 Gbit/s port with 5 TB of monthly traffic, which suits local stores, portals and business applications that serve mostly domestic users. Outside Pakistan, the Gulf, where many Pakistanis live and work, is a regional hop, and northern India and Afghanistan are close by. Visitors in Europe and North America are reachable but better treated as a secondary audience for this location.

  • Islamabad and RawalpindiTwin cities served right next door
  • Lahore and PunjabShort domestic path down the GT Road
  • Karachi and SindhNational reach from inside Pakistan
  • Khyber PakhtunkhwaPeshawar a short hop to the west
  • Gulf StatesRegional reach to overseas Pakistani communities

Enhance Your Pakistan Server with Add-ons

Sometimes, instead of adding more machines to your network, it is better to add the right extras to the server you already have. Add-ons help you solve resource issues, automate manual work and shorten query times, and they upgrade your machine in its running environment, so you do not need to order separate plans.

Our company lets you request these options together with your hosting account, at a fraction of the cost of new hardware.

  • Additional IPv4Several static IP addresses can be assigned to various services, and supplementary IPs are available on request.
  • Windows Server 2012, 2016 and 2019Paid licenses for Microsoft workloads with RDP Administrator access.
  • cPanel or Plesk ObsidianControl panels that make managing websites, email and DNS on your Islamabad server easier.
  • Offsite daily backupsCopies of your data kept away from the server, so a hardware problem never means lost files.
  • MSSQL ExpressA ready database engine for Windows applications built on Microsoft SQL Server.

Cheap and Reliable Dedicated Server Pakistan

If you expect your website to grow quickly in Pakistan, a dedicated machine is a sound decision early on. It lets you tune the server for your site's specific requirements and stored files, rather than accepting the limits of a shared environment. You remain fully responsible for the security of the software you run, which also means nobody else's mistakes can affect your server.

Our cheap dedicated plans come with static IP addresses that can be assigned to different services, and you can request supplementary IPs whenever you need them. For performance, the range covers Xeon E3 and E5 models with multi-core CPUs, DDR3 and DDR4 memory, SSD, NVMe and HDD storage, generous bandwidth and RAID options.

Management tools help you get the most out of the hardware. With cPanel and WHM or Plesk you can run websites, email accounts and DNS from a clean interface, and the online reboot function lets you restart an unresponsive machine instantly. Our technicians are also available by ticket when you need hands-on help.

All packages are priced to stay within reach of Pakistani businesses without compromising on quality. We value the trust of our clients, and every Islamabad server is delivered to the same international standard regardless of plan size.

Bordering Server Locations Near Pakistan

Have bigger plans across several regions of Asia, or found that Pakistan is not the best fit for your hosting? You can try a different data center without changing provider and pick the location that matches your requirements.

A dedicated server in the UAE is a popular choice for reaching Gulf markets and the large Pakistani community living there, while a Bangladesh dedicated server serves users in the eastern part of the subcontinent. Combining Islamabad with one of these locations gives each audience a nearby machine.

Pakistan VPS Server for Lighter Budgets

If your organization cannot yet carry the cost of launching on a dedicated machine, or you believe your project can run in a container where everything is done as root with fewer resources, a virtual server is the economical option.

Our VPS server hosting in Pakistan uses the same local network at a much lower price. Existing VPS clients are free to move to any of the dedicated machines on this page; the new server is ordered separately and you transfer your data and configuration yourself.

How it works

From Order to Live Server in Islamabad

  1. Compare the six Pakistani plans

    Choose by CPU, memory and storage: entry Xeon E3 and dual E5645, the NVMe E3-1225 v5, or the Xeon E5 power servers.

  2. Pick an operating system

    Select CentOS, Ubuntu or Fedora at no cost, or a paid Windows Server 2012, 2016 or 2019 license.

  3. Add the extras you need: Pakistan server

    Include extra IPv4 addresses, a cPanel or Plesk license, offsite daily backups or MSSQL Express.

  4. Receive credentials and deploy: Pakistan server

    Allow 48 hours to a week for provisioning, then log in with root or Administrator access and start building.

FAQ

Pakistan dedicated server questions

Where is the Pakistan data center located?

Our Pakistani dedicated servers are hosted in a data center in the capital, Islamabad. That means your hosting infrastructure is provisioned with a local Pakistani IP address and connected to the domestic network, giving visitors across Pakistan a shorter path to your website or application than a server hosted abroad.

Can I upgrade my Pakistan VPS plan to a dedicated server?

Yes. If you are already a VPS client with us, you are free to choose any of the dedicated machines on this page. The dedicated server is ordered separately, and you will need to upload your data and configuration to the new machine yourself. Support can answer questions about sizing during the move.

How can I scale up RAM, disk and bandwidth on my Pakistani server?

Before ordering, or at any time as an existing client, request the specific hardware changes you need. We check feasibility and send you a quote. Once you pay, the extra RAM, storage or bandwidth is added to your Islamabad server, so you can grow without moving to a new machine.

When will I get login details for my Pakistan dedicated server?

Please allow 48 hours to a week for deploying, installing and provisioning an ordered machine. Physical servers require hardware preparation and testing before handover. Once the server is ready, you receive your root or Administrator credentials so you can start working right away.

Which operating systems can I get installed in Pakistan?

Free operating systems such as CentOS, Ubuntu and Fedora are available, along with paid Windows Server 2012, 2016 and 2019 licenses. Linux servers come with root access and Windows servers with Administrator access, so you can install any additional software your project needs.

What is the minimum contract for a Pakistani dedicated server?

Each server can be ordered for a minimum of one month. That makes it easy to test the Islamabad location with a real workload before committing to a longer period. If you are not ready for dedicated hardware yet, a Pakistani VPS is a lower-cost way to try the data center.

Which Pakistan plan has the fastest storage?

The Intel Xeon E3-1225 v5 plan with 32 GB of RAM and a 1 TB NVMe drive offers the fastest storage in the Pakistani range, at $199 a month. NVMe drives deliver much lower access times than SATA disks, which helps databases, search and busy online stores.

Is a Pakistani dedicated server good for e-commerce?

Yes. Online stores with heavy traffic and many product images are one of the main reasons customers choose a dedicated server in Pakistan. Reserved CPU and memory keep pages fast during sale peaks, and a local server shortens load times for shoppers in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad and other cities.

What happens if my Islamabad server stops responding?

You can reboot the machine from your online interface instantly. If you prefer, open a support ticket and our technicians will restart it for you. The engineering team can also help troubleshoot recurring issues and recommend fixes for any vulnerabilities they find.

How much traffic is included with Pakistan dedicated servers?

Every Pakistani plan includes 5 TB of monthly traffic at 1 Gbit/s, from the $149 dual Xeon E5645 machine up to the $389 Xeon E5-2680 v2 server. If your project needs more, extra bandwidth can be added on request after we confirm feasibility.

Can I run Windows applications with MSSQL on a Pakistani server?

Yes. Choose a paid Windows Server 2012, 2016 or 2019 license and add MSSQL Express from the add-on list. This combination suits ASP.NET sites, accounting and inventory software, and other Microsoft-based business applications used by Pakistani companies. You receive Administrator access over Remote Desktop to install and configure everything yourself.

Do Pakistan dedicated servers include backups?

Backups are not part of the base plans, but offsite daily backups are available as an add-on. They keep a copy of your data outside the Islamabad server, so a disk failure or accidental deletion does not mean permanent loss. We recommend them for any production store, database or business application.

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