Choosing a hosting provider can be overwhelming
Not only do you have to understand the hardware you are renting, but also wade through the vague technical terms used for marketing products. When you get access to the server, what exactly is on it? How much work is it going to take to make sure the machine is running the software you want and how are you going to verify that it has been set up properly? Will the hosting provider tell you when you are starting to tax the limits of your machine and make recommendations to upgrade (and what to upgrade to)?
We can help
Talk to us and tell us what kind of online presence you are going for. What kind of things you are doing or hope to do. With that information we can help you pick out a server configuration (or server configurations) that will be cost effective and fit the needs of your business. When you rent or purchase a server from us, we have a standard configuration that goes on every machine:
- Apache > 2.2
- Perl > 5.1
- PHP >= 5.3
- MySQL > 5.1
- Postfix > 2.6
- Webmin > 1.5
These six server programs will always be set up and ready for you to use the moment we hand over the keys to your new machine. If you need assistance further setting up your new server, help is only a call away. Did you need iCal installed? Do you want OpenLDAP linked to Postfix so that your organization can use all the features an LDAP backend provides? Do you know what an LDAP backend can provide? Simply tell us what you want the end result to be, and we'll make the path to get there.
Day to day monitoring and backups are automatic, with status reports being sent to people who can look for errors and take measures to either correct or prevent bad things from happening. We'll watch the load and response time of your system, and if things start slowing down we'll make appropriate recommendations to correct the situation. Our goal is to make sure that your experience with your server isn't an experience – everything just "works".
Server Rates
2 Gigs RAM
500 Gig hard drive
3 Expansion Slots
$130/month
This basic server configuration is perfect for smaller businesses who are too large or have too many special requirements for a cheap hosting provider, but don't need heavy processing power or massive amounts of space.
4 Gigs RAM
2 x 500 Gig hard drive
RAID 0,1 available
3 Expansion Slots
$180/month
This is small business server which can handle a lot of traffic, and data processing plus keep your data safe with a RAID 1 configuration or speed up database and filesystem responsiveness with a RAID 0.
6 Gigs RAM
2 x 500 Gig hard drive
Raid 0,1 available
4 Expansion Slots
$215/month
The same server as above, except with greatly increased processor power. This combined with a RAID 0 configuration makes for a wonderful medium to heavy use database server or high traffic web application server.
8 Gigs RAM
6 x 500 Gig hard drive
Raid 0,1,5,6,10 available
6 Expansion Slots
$500/month
This server is perfect for high traffic sites that render a lot of video or images, or use heavy calculations (i.e. for financial or simulation applications). With a high processor speed and core count, every action this machine takes will be very responsive.
All these configurations are completely customizable - whether you'd like a higher core count for multithreaded applications, more hard drive space to store all of your data, or more memory for better response time.
To Order
Please call 315-212-9158 or email stephen@liberty-irm.com.
Here's a list of specific services that we offer in our server management. Keep in mind that you can opt out of having a server managed by us.
- Operating system updates
- Application updates
- Server monitoring
- Application monitoring
- Technical support
- Firewall setup and monitoring
- Antivirus setup and monitoring
- Backups and restoration
- Disaster recovery
- DNS hosting
- Software installation and configuration
- User management
- General consultation
Would you be interested in donating some of your server's cycles to Standford University's "Folding @ Home " project? This project uses spare CPU cycles to help scientists understand protien folding, and the problems that can arrise under different circumstances. With the volunteer cycles that have been donated so far, they have made come up with some astonishing results. You can get more information at the Folding@Home website. Installing this software on your server generally makes for minimal impact, with only the busiest of servers noticing any slowdown. Being part of this project is voluntary and can be stopped at any time.