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2010
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Uptime is a critical metric for IT systems in web hosting some applications require up to 99.9% uptime for their revenue-generating online applications. A Linux Hosting solution is an option where designed for such exacting requirements, where, ons: effectively, the solution cannot go down.
Benefits of Linux solution
For sure some people are worried that they will not be able to use Linux hosting because they run Windows on their PCs. The fact is that what operating system you run on your own PC is irrelevant to which web hosting environment you can use, because the latter is run remotely on a web server, where your website files will be uploaded.
Linux is known as an "open source" operating system. i.e. there is no licensing fees to pay. Therefore, compared to Windows, Linux is comparatively cheap. Under Linux, once you own a copy, you are free to install it as many times as you wish on any number of computers. Further Linux has a reputation for being very stable and reliable. This means that a Linux server is much less likely to crash than a Windows server. Subsequently, a Linux server will mean more 'up time' for your website. In a 99.9% uptime environment a Linux solution is optimal.
A Linux design allows for high-volume web-serving capabilities, web-server redundancy, multi-layer managed security and dedicated processing for applications and database servers, and high-availability SAN services for database storage.
Our Linux Hosting solution, using RedHat Enterprise Linux includes:
- Managed Infrastructure Architecture
- 2 * Web Servers in a load balanced group for best performance Linux Hosting
- 2 * Application Servers in a load balanced farm
- 2 * Database Server in clustered architecture
- SAN Storage dual-homed to database servers
- Managed Backup services for all servers
- Perimeter Firewall Policy
- Managed Dedicated Firewall for DMZ management
- Domain Name Hosting – Primary and Secondary
- Dual High-Speed Internet connection
- InView Online Server Reporting Tool
- First Class Linux Hosting Service Level Guarantee
- 99.99% Uptime 24 x 7 x 365
- 4 Hr Server Restoration
- Rebates for underperformance
Most users find that Linux hosting is easier to use, more reliable, provides free, open source software and is much cheaper than .