Dedicated web hosting is for businesses that are serious about their online presence.
A FireHost-managed, dedicated web server delivers the best security, speed, and uptime available in a web hosting environment. With a dedicated server, you will have the capacity to go far beyond the typical resources available in a shared hosting environment.
For example, the exclusivity and fast processor speeds associated with dedicated servers will allow you to:
- Scale bandwidth to meet your customers’ requirements and improve your website’s load-time during peak traffic times.
- Install software per your requirements and run software that may not be allowed in shared hosting environments.
- Offer streaming audio or video downloads and provide a more graphically-rich experience for your website users.
- Provide a stable platform for ecommerce activities and improve the reliability of heavy-duty web applications you need for your business.
FireHost endorses Dell PowerEdge rack mountable servers for our dedicated web hosting clients. Our servers are professionally configured and maintained per Microsoft’s best practices to ensure years of trouble-free service and blazing fast site performance.
FireHost’s standard dedicated server configuration includes:
- Dell 1U 1950 / 4 Gigs of memory / Perc5i RAID/ Redundant Power Supply
- 2 x 73 Gigs of Hard Drive Web 15k RPM SAS (SCSI) – Raid
- Windows Server Enterprise 2003 R2 w/ SP2 64bit
- PerfectDisk
- Nightly Offsite Server Backup provided by FireVault
- TrendMicro Anti-Virus Protection
- FireHost Security Zone (redundant firewalls) SMTP Relay Server (available)
- Gene6 FTP Server with 24/7 Access
- SQL Server 2005 Database (50 Databases per server maximum)
- ASP Web Application configured to run on own Application Pool for reliability
- 24/7 Real-time Stats Package (daily reports can be delivered right to your inbox)
- FireHost Server Management (disk, log, and error checking)
- Burstible Bandwidth of 100Mbps
Most FireHost clients’ websites reside within one of our Premium Shared Web Hosting environment. Shared website hosting is a popular choice because it’s more affordable than Dedicated Hosting Services. FireHost strives to maintain an enviable shared hosting environment, and we promote a stable and reliable shared hosting environment by using the best equipment and software available.
FireHost is a premium shared hosting provider because we:
- Maintain every server below 50% of overhead capacity so your websites load as fast as possible.
- Limit each server to 200 websites MAXIMUM (industry standard 2,000+).
- Have role-based appliances. Each server has a unique purpose (web hosting, database hosting, email hosting, offsite backup, Blackberry services, etc).
- Use the most powerful servers for Web and Database hosting. We endorse only Dell PowerEdge servers that deliver “next generation” Internet hosting performance and reliability.
- Prohibit clone PCs
FireHost web hosting clients can choose from a variety of flexible service options that can be bundled, sliced, and dices to make a customized package for your business’ needs.
Standard Shared Web Hosting Services:
Firewall and Internet Security
FireHost endorses Sonicwall Internet security devices. In fact, we run two side by side to provide every client firewall redundancy. Sonicwall’s firewall appliance safeguards your website, emails, and databases from viruses and unauthorized intrusion.
We also run TrendMicro Anti-Virus Protection on every server. Trend Micro has been a great product delivering reliable anti-virus, anti-spy ware protection since 1988. The latest version of the software offers additional safety features like, email scanning, protection against rootkits, proactive intrusion blocking, and website authentication.
Backed by Sonicwall and Trend Micro, FireHost enables you to quickly and reliably move vast amounts of critical data to your customers across the Internet.
Website Monitoring and Statistics
FireHost website monitoring is full of statistics and graphs that deliver real-time visibility to website performance. Track visitor tendencies and explore your website’s trends. See the number of visitors per day, per hour, etc and discover popular countries and states from which your customers originate. Create customized reports to highlight popular “at-a-glance details”, then create a schedule to have your favorite views delivered to your inbox every morning.
Website and Database Backup
Every night, the FireVault Online Backup Software is hard at work safeguarding your hosting environment. Your website, databases, and hosted Exchange data are replicated in our primary data center once each day.
FireHost Server Management (disk, log, and error checking)
Technical Expertise is the primary reason businesses seek a website hosting provider. FireHost would not exist if network security procedures and server maintenance best practices were intuitive. Our Agents are hungry for knowledge and regularly attend certification courses that propel them to the highest level of proficiency in their field. Routine management activities include:
- Applying any software security patches or service packs that have been deployed by the OS.
- Monitoring event logs, Firewall functionality, and Trend-Micro alerts.
- Maintaining hardware and ensuring RAID integrity.
- Troubleshooting any glitches or hang-ups during the backup schedule.
SQL Server 2005 Database
FireHost provides you access to SQL Server 2005 that was built for enterprise data management, developer productivity, and business intelligence. You can see an overview of the features and enhancements here. You can have 50 Databases per server maximum.
ASP Web Application
FireHost provides ASP.NET web application configured to run on a private Application Pool to promote reliability and availability.
Shared Web Hosting Service Options:
Google Search Appliance
Google.com delivers relevant search results from billions of internet web pages in seconds. FireHost’s Google Mini appliance empowers you to do the same thing. Effective use of Google’s search methodology on your website content can increase sales and employee productivity while reducing customer support costs by efficiently managing the information on your website and corporate extranet.
Community Server Hosting
Community Server is a popular platform for social media and online communities. With built-in applications for blogs, forums, content management, email distribution list integration, news server integration, and photo and file galleries, it’s helped many FireHost clients develop public and private online communities. Community Server is especially useful for franchises or any business that needs to maintain a secure extranet.
Powerful and Fast Email Connectivity
FireHost POP3/SMTP email connectivity is powered by SmarterMail. POP3/SMTP includes an online mail viewer so you can access your inbox from any computer with Internet connectivity, and a FireHost Agent personally walks you through the intuitive setup. Recently, SmarterMail’s webmail interface has been updated to include elements of AJAX making the remote experience look and feel more like a desktop application.
Email Anti-Spam and Virus Protection
Our MailFoundry appliance handles FireHost’s anti-spam and anti-virus capabilities. The MailFoundry does a very effective job of scanning incoming email for viruses and spam, then preventing infectious or offensive messages from reaching your inbox.
Web Drive
FireHost’s Web Drive service empowers you to share company files with vendors, clients or employees anywhere in the world. Using the FTP Client of your choice, you can grant permission for users to download, upload, or replace files hosted on our servers. The Web Drive is an invaluable tool when you need to share information quickly with large groups such as Franchisees or remote office locations. In a small team environment, the Web Drive service helps ensure everyone on your team has access to the latest document versions at all times.
All FireHost plans include:
- Dell 1U 1950 / 4 Gigs of memory / Perc5i RAID/ Redundant Power Supply
- 2 x 73 Gigs of Hard Drive Web 15k RPM SAS (SCSI) – Raid
- Windows Server Enterprise 2003 R2 w/ SP2 64bit
- PerfectDisk
- Nightly Offsite Server Backup provided by FireVault
- TrendMicro Anti-Virus Protection
- FireHost Security Zone (redundant firewalls) SMTP Relay Server (available)
- Gene6 FTP Server with 24/7 Access
- SQL Server 2005 Database (50 Databases per server maximum)
- ASP Web Application configured to run on own Application Pool for reliability
- 24/7 Real-time Stats Package (daily reports can be delivered right to your inbox)
- FireHost Server Management (disk, log, and error checking)
- Burstible Bandwidth of 100Mbps
