The Multicore Dropcatch VPS: a purpose-built catching node

The Multicore Dropcatch VPS — £18.00/month is not a general-purpose tier. It's a server built for one job: running dropcatch software as fast as physically possible.

Specification - 6 virtual CPUs - 4 GB DDR4 RAM - 80 GB NVMe storage - Unlimited bandwidth, IPv4 and IPv6 - No contract

What sets it apart is where it sits. The server is positioned inside Iron Mountain in Slough — roughly 3ms round-trip from the Nominet backend. In competitive drops that proximity is the single biggest factor in who wins, and this server type has been tried and tested specifically for the job.

The multi-core spec matters because a good catching engine runs many non-blocking EPP sockets in parallel; six cores let it drive far more concurrent connections than a two-core box. It arrives ready for the Transcom dropcatch engine (PHP 7.4, UTC/Zulu time) or your own catching software.

It suits anyone running their own dropcatch setup, owners of Transcom's dropcatch software who want ideal infrastructure to run it on, and registrars catching under their own Nominet TAG who need low-latency EPP access.