Abivia's Managed Application plans go above and beyond the features normally found with shared web hosting packages. They provide added redundancy and features at little added cost.
Key Features:
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No Overselling – Our bandwidth prices are somewhat higher that many other providers. There are two reasons for this: The first is connectivity. The data centre connects to three separate high quality tier-1 backbone providers. This ensures that your site is available and responsive, worldwide. The second reason is that many hosting companies "oversell" their bandwidth by allocating the same bandwidth to multiple customers. We don't. The bandwidth you pay for will always be available to you. -
Hardware RAID5 + Hot-Swappable SCSI Hard Disks – All our premium servers come with hardware RAID5 support and have at least four individual hot-swappable SCSI hard disks for redundancy, including one local backup disk which is not part of the RAID array. This means that in the event of a hard disk failure you should experience no system downtime or loss of data.
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Server-Side Anti-Virus Protection – Full server-side anti-virus protection is provided for both inbound and outbound e-mail in addition to all uploaded files. We update our virus definitions list hourly to help protect you against the latest virus threats. You are protected wherever you check your email.
- cPanel Server Manager – Use the industry-leading cPanel hosting management software to monitor and control all aspects of your service.
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Twice Weekly Remote Backups – In addition to daily local backups, full off-site remote backups are captured twice per week, as opposed to our regular once per week. This provides our premium hosting clients with extra peace of mind that their important data is safe.
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PostgreSQL Hosting – Support for the PostgreSQL database engine is available on Abivia's premium hosting servers in addition to MySQL. You can take complete control of your databases and manage them via the control panel system, as you can with MySQL databases.
Hardware and Infrastructure:
Guaranteed Server Specifications:
- Supermicro Enterprise-Grade Rackmount Servers.
- Powerful Dual AMD Opteron (Dual Core) CPUs.
- Minimum of 6144MB (6GB) ECC Registered DDR Dual Channel System RAM.
- Hot-Swappable Seagate Cheetah 15,000 RPM SCSI Hard Disks. A minimum of four drives are used.
- Hardware RAID10 Disk Controllers.
- Use of 2U chassis for better cooling and air flow.
- Redundant Power Supply Units (PSUs).
- Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) cards for hardware event monitoring.
- Remote reboot functionality allows our team to power cycle servers faster if the need arises.
Guaranteed Network Specifications:
- High performance bandwidth from InterNAP, Level 3 and Time Warner Telecom. We only peer with top quality tier-1 backbone providers.
- Flow Control Platform (FCP) BGP optimization to ensure your site traffic is routed via the most efficient path possible.
- 100% Cisco powered network architecture.
- Hot-Standby Routing Protocol (HSRP) fail-over protection at all network levels. Most network maintenance can be performed transparently.
- Dual network cable drops to all racks ensuring no single point of failure and complete redundancy.
- Proprietary Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS).
- Full off-site remote data backups using the latest Network Attached Storage (NAS) technology.
- Excellent connectivity within the United States and internationally through peering exchanges.
Guaranteed Data Centre Specifications:
- Located within a private data centre suite of the Colo4Dallas carrier neutral facility at 3000 Irving Boulevard near downtown Dallas, TX.
- Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) powered by independent Leibert and Powerware units.
- Around the clock environmental monitoring to ensure temperature remains at a constant 68°F.
- Raised flooring for under floor cooling and to allow for increased reliability by keeping power cables completely separated from data cables.
- Fully Locking Cabinets for extra physical security.
- Pre-action dry pipe fire suppression system rated for telecommunications / data centre use.
- Access to the data centre floor is restricted by biometric locks and key card access.
- All areas of the facility are monitored 24/7 via CCTV as well as patrols by security staff. Video recordings are kept for a five day period.
Hosting and Software Features:
- Sub-Domains – Create unlimited sub domains under each of your primary hosted domains.
- Domain Pointers –Unlimited
- Control Panel – cPanel
eMail Tools:
- eMail Accounts – Unlimited
- SMTP Access – Provided on both ports 25 and 1025
- eMail Forwarders – Unlimited
- Auto Responders – Unlimited
- Mailing List Software – Unlimited (See Acceptable Use Policy for bulk mail restrictions).
- Web Mail Access – Yes
- Spam Filtering – Spam Assassin, Spam Box and Box Trapper.
- Enterprise Anti-Virus – Full server-side enterprise anti-virus protection for all email. Definitions list updated hourly.
- MX Record Changes – Yes
Site Development Tools:
- PHP Platform – PHP5
- CGI / Perl – Yes
- Python – Yes
- Custom Error Pages – Create your own custom pages for errors such as 404 (File Not Found), 403 (Forbidden Access) etc.
- Apache Handlers – Yes
- Password Protection – Configure private password protected areas of your website.
- Support for .htaccess – Yes
- Raw Logs Access – Yes
- AW Stats – Yes
- Cron Jobs – Yes
- Shared SSL (HTTPS) – Yes
- Server Side Includes (SSI) – Yes
- ionCube Loader – Run ionCube encoded scripts.
- Zend Optimizer – Run Zend encoded scripts.
- Image Magick / GD – Yes
- Curl / Curl SSL – Yes
- Blogging – Create a blog and be up and posting entries within a matter of minutes.
- Fantastico Auto-Installer – Instantly install many popular scripts such as Joomla, SMF, Gallery and many others with a single click and with little technical knowledge.
Site Publishing / File Management Tools
- FTP Access – Full FTP access to each of your domains allows you to upload and manage your files on the server.
- Secure FTP Access – Yes
- Web File Manager – Manage your files securely via your web browser where FTP access may be blocked or unavailable.
- SSH (Secure Telnet) – SSH access can be enabled upon request for any of your hosted domains. Ideal for advanced users who wish to manage their files via the command line.
Database Tools:
- MySQL – Create unlimited MySQL databases instantly.
- Remote MySQL Access – Yes
- phpMyAdmin – Online management for your MySQL databases.
- PostgreSQL – Create unlimited PostgreSQL databases instantly.
- phpPgAdmin – Online management for your PostgreSQL databases.
Redundant Backup Tools:
- Daily Local Backup – Yes
- Twice-Weekly NAS Backup – All of your data is backed up twice per week to an off-site remote location using the latest Network Attached Storage (NAS) technology.
- “One Click” Backup – Create your own backups instantly with one click.
