Kitely doubles regional performance, keeps prices the same – Hypergrid Business
Kitely, the leading OpenSim grid, has announced a significant upgrade to its virtual world hosting service, doubling the performance of all Kitely regions without increasing prices. The company achieved this by adopting the latest Amazon server technology, the M7i generation, while maintaining its existing pricing structure.
“This upgrade will allow your world to handle more scripts and avatar activity without server lag,” said Kitely CEO Ilan Tochner.
According to a recent statistical report, Kitely is currently the third largest OpenSim grid by area and one of the top 20 most popular grids by traffic volume.
Grid pricing starts at $15 per month for 15,000 prims with up to 10 concurrent visitors, and goes up to $150 per month for 64-site land areas with up to 180,000 prims and up to 80 concurrent visitors. But for those just starting out, Hypergrid business We recommend the $20/month plan, which gives you 4 contiguous regions, 60,000 premiums, and up to 40 visitors.
Kitely has always been committed to using powerful servers, hosting a limited number of regions on each server, and using a modified version of OpenSim with a proprietary, high-performance asset and inventory system, the company said in a statement yesterday. The company’s servers are hosted in an Amazon Web Services data center in California, with high-speed connections to the Internet.
“This latest upgrade reinforces our commitment to providing a premium experience to OpenSim customers,” said Tochner.
Kitely, which opened to the public in March 2011, is one of the longest-running OpenSim grids. This grid is unique in that it offers on-demand regions. Regions are activated only when people visit and go dormant when they are empty, allowing companies to keep costs low while providing high performance when regions are active.
“We have a great reputation for customer support, reliability, and high-performance virtual world hosting,” Tochner said. “Kitely is also home to the Kitely Market, the premier marketplace for buying and selling virtual items on HyperGrid.”