exa-networks - business ISP

Managed Server Hosting

Having a webspace on a shared server with up to a hundred other similar sites is fine for sites with lower volumes of traffic, or for sites with a limited need for database interactivity.

Once the platform of shared server hosting becomes too restrictive or limiting as the website grows, you should look at hosting a managed server

For an ecommerce site with a database driven product catalogue and a growing volume of site visitors, it can make sense to buy your own server and host it in one of our co-location data centres - with us providing the data bandwidth, power and facilities. Your own dedicated server also allows you to have a secure certificate (eg Thawte, Verisign etc) registered in your own name, giving greater customer confidence for transactional websites.

Managed Server - Silver.
  • Intel® Xeon or Intel® Pentium 4 processor 2.8GHz with 1MB L2 cache
  • 512MB DDR2 SDRAM
  • Dual 80Gb SATA Drives, Software RAID 0
  • Constant 512Kbps full duplex bandwidth
  • Windows 2003 Server - £187 per month + £199 set up
  • Linux server - £124 per month + £199 set up
 Managed Server - Gold.
  • Dual Intel® Xeon processor 2.8GHz with 1MB L2 cache
  • 2Gb DDR2 SDRAM
  • Dual 146Gb SCSI RAID1 Drives with controller
  • Constant 2Mbps full duplex bandwidth
  • Windows 2003 Server - £532 per month + £299 set up
  • Linux server - £469 per month + £299 set up

Managed servers - an alternative to co-location

If your business doesn't have the neccessary IT expertise to support and manage the server, there is an alternative. Our managed server package offers all the benefits of co-location hosting, backed up with our technical expertise to get the server up and keep it running.

We will maintain the server's hardware and ensure it is patched with any relevant software updates leaving you to get on with what you do best - running your own business.