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FREE Website Builder
All Hosting packages come with a free Website Builder, a fully featured Website-building tool designed to let anyone create professional, multi-page Websites.
FREE Fast Support
All Business Hosting packages are covered under a support agreement providing FREE fast support.
14 Day Money Back Guarantee
All Business Hosting packages are backed by a 14 Day Money Back Guarantee. If you are not happy with the service or can't get going with the product then we offer a no fuss money back guarantee. Please note that this excludes the cost of any domain names you may have purchased, which you will still own.
Manage Account Online
All Hosting packages have access to our Customer Control Panel which allows you to manage your account online 24x7x365.
Instant Activation
All Hosting packages are provisioned immediately and you will be able to access within minutes. You will be notified of login details, ftp user details, email details, etc via email.
Feature Rich Hosting
All Hosting packages support a wide range of features. All packages support SSH Shell Access, MySQL database, Password Protection, Sub Domains, POP3/IMAP Email, Webmail and much more. From a scripting point of view, the very latest technologies such as ASP, PHP, Perl, Python, etc are supported at no additional cost.
Our Technology
We only use Dell servers in our web hosting platform. Utilising state-of-the-art technology we have built a web hosting platform that is second to none.
Our platform is designed in such a way that if any server fails another server automatically and without delay takes over that server's workload. For example, if one of our mail servers breaks down another server automatically comes online, with all the correct configuration, and takes over the work of the failed server. During this period no email is lost.
As well as this, all data is stored in two large network disk arrays. Data is automatically synchronised between the arrays so that in the event of an array failing the remaining array continues to serve data to the servers with no downtime.
Our network arrays operate RAID, a way of configuring a system so a disk can fail with no impact to data. As explained above we also operate our network arrays in mirrored pairs so a whole array can fail with no impact. Each array is also backed up each night to a separate backup cluster which is then written to tape and stored offsite.
Our backup procedure goes above and beyond the majority of web hosting companies.
Our network operates 100% on industry-leading network equipment from Cisco Systems. All our switches and routers are developed by Cisco. Our network is based on gigabit technology, which means that it runs at a speed of 1000 Mb per second - most other web hosting networks are limited to just 100 Mb per second.
Our network also utilises 100% CAT6 network cable, which contains four pairs of copper wire and, unlike CAT5, utilises all four pairs. CAT6 supports Gigabit (1000 Mbps) Ethernet and supports communications at more than twice the speed of CAT5e, which is the other popular standard for Gigabit Ethernet cabling.
We operate a multi-homed network utilising BGP4 technology. Simply put, we have multiple connections to the Internet with different backbone providers, should any connection fail our other connections automatically take all the traffic. Not only does this mean that we are very unlikely to lose connectivity to the Internet, but it also means that traffic moving to and from our network can choose from a range of paths to get to its final destination. This means that we have been able to configure the network always to take the fastest paths.
Redhat is the leading provider of Linux open source software. For many years now Redhat Linux has been the number one choice for web hosting companies, not just because of Redhat's amazing scalability but also because of its track record as the most stable operating system available in the market today.
Our systems utilise the latest Redhat server technology to allow our servers to be continually up to date with Redhat system & security patches.
Unlike many of our competitors we run Redhat Enterprise Linux, the most stable release of Redhat Linux available and the only version that keeps completely up to date with security patches.
We use Microsoft Windows Server 2008 to power our Windows shared hosting platform.
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 is the most advanced Windows Server operating system yet, designed to power the next generation of networks, applications, and Web services. With Windows Server 2008 you can develop, deliver, and manage rich user experiences and applications, provide a highly secure network infrastructure, and increase technological efficiency and value within your organization.