Managed Dedicated Servers represent the best combination of technology and service, and are a huge advantage over traditional unmanaged hosting. A managed dedicated server at WestHost will give you:
- Greater reliability, performance, and security
- Powerful server and Web site control panels
- Fully MANAGED server hosting services (with security updates and server monitoring)
- Instant software installation capabilities
- WestHost Virtual Private Server (VPS) technology
- 24/7 FREE administrative technical support (Level 1, 2, AND 3)
- SAS 70 Type II certified world-class datacenter that features a disaster tolerance, physical security, network security, a redundant network, and uninterruptible power.
Great server specs at a great price. If you're on a budget, this plan is for you.
By far our most popular dedicated server plan, as it fits the needs of most every client.
Ultimate power, redundancy, and resources. The best you can get in managed hosting.
- Intel P4 3.0 GHz
- 80GB SATA
- 512MB1GB PC3200 ECC DDR
- 1500GB Data Transfer
- Up to 2 Hard Drives
(Upgradeable to 4 HD Chassis)
- 5 WestHost VPSs
- 5 Dedicated/Static IP's
- Unlimited Web sites Per VPS
- Root-like Administration
- Supermicro 1U rackmounted
- Red Hat Enterprise Server
- 1 Business Day Setup
- And More Below!
- Intel Dual Core 2.0 GHz
- 250GB SATA
- 1GB PC2-5300 DDR2
- 3000GB Data Transfer
- Up to 4 Hard Drives
- 25 WestHost VPSs
- 5 Dedicated/Static IP's
- Unlimited Web sites Per VPS
- Root-like Administration
- Supermicro 1U rackmounted
- Red Hat Enterprise Server
- 1 Business Day Setup
- And More Below!
- Dual Intel Xeon Quad Core 2.0 GHz
- 2x500GB SATA II (RAID 1)
- 3Ware RAID Controller
- Up to 4 Hard Drives
- 2GB PC2-5300 DDR2
- 3500GB Data Transfer
- 25 WestHost VPSs
- 10 Dedicated/Static IP's
- Unlimited Web sites Per VPS
- Root-like Administration
- Supermicro 1U rackmounted
- Red Hat Enterprise Server
- 1 Business Day Setup
- And More Below!
With a WestHost Virtual Private Server (VPS) you have the ability to host multiple Web sites within your hosting account. You can point multiple domains to the same Web site or point domains to separate Web sites within your web space. Learn More
This is the default Web site limit for your hosting account. Some plans allow for an unlimited number of Web sites while others allow multiple Web sites with a default limit. For limited accounts capable of supporting multiple Web sites, you can add an additional at any time for a $10 one-time fee (per Web site). Learn More
With Subdomain support, you can place a word or phrase in place of the standard "www" (subdomain.domain.com) and redirect all requests for that URL to a different directory within your Web site. Learn More
All WestHost clients can take advantage of WestHost's powerful domain management services for web aliases, DNS headers, DNS records, and more. Learn More
Each web hosting account is managed with an online control panel (Site Manager). It allows setup and administration of e-mail/FTP user accounts, your own DNS, real-time statistics, web applications, and gives complete control over your web server, e-mail server, and ftp server settings. Learn More
Want to build a professional Web site without hiring a web designer? Our site builder (Web site Creator) allows you to create a presence online using only a web browser and Internet access. Learn More
Joomla is one of the most powerful Content Management Systems (CMS) on the planet. It can empower anything from a personal Web site to a large business portal, combining blogging, news feeds, polls, link management, forums, and more. Learn More
Blogging is extremely popular these days as it is offers a simple means of posting and managing Web site content. With WordPress, you have the most popular and (arguably) powerful blogging application available. Learn More
phpBB is the world's leading Open Source flat style discussion forum (message board) application. It can integrate into any existing Web site, or be the Web site in and of itself. Learn More
Perlfect Search is a sophisticated, powerful, versatile, customizable and effective site indexing/searching suite. Once installed, and your site indexed, your visitors can quickly find the information they need. Learn More
FrontPage is an extremely popular web publishing application created for non-programmers. WestHost supports the use of FrontPage 2003, 2002, 2000, 98 and 97. Learn More
WestHost's File Manager allows access to all your Web site files. You can navigate through directories as you would your own computer. Once in a particular directory, you can upload files, edit files, create new files and folders, download/view files, search, and more. For the advanced user, there is the ability to execute shell commands. Learn More
Use this utility to limit access to your site by filtering a single IP or a block of IP addresses. This can be a great utility, for blocking or allowing select individuals or entire countries to your Web site. Learn More
Secure Shell (SSH), sometimes known as Secure Socket Shell, is a UNIX-based command interface and protocol for securely getting access to a remote computer. It is widely used by network administrators to control Web and other kinds of servers remotely. Learn More
Cron is the ability to run programs based on the server's clock. A cron job is a scheduled task that you want to automatically run at a scheduled time, e.g. automatically back up your Web site at 7:30pm each day. Learn More
Our system utilizes a unique "watchdog" system. This system checks the web service on every WestHost Virtual Private Server on our network every 30 seconds and restarts if it's down. If the web service cannot be restarted, an e-mail is sent to you and our network engineers are immediately notified. Learn More
This application will allow you to display a response of your choice as an alternative to conventional error messages such as: "404 Not Found". You can choose to display either a custom text message or a select web page. Learn More
The Counter Site Application keeps track of the number of 'hits' to your web pages and displays them to visitors. You can choose from a few different display types.
Dominate the web's leading search engines with our tools. Optimize and submit your site instantly. Track your results, make modifications and control top keyword positions. Learn More
Gallery 2.0 is the next generation of photo and movie sharing web applications, giving you an intuitive way to blend photo management and photo printing seamlessly into your own Web site. Upload your photos, edit them, and create slideshows with comments, polls, statistics, and more. Learn More
ImageMagick is a free software suite to create, edit, and compose bitmap images. Images can be cropped, rotated, colors can be changed, various effects can be applied, and more. Learn More
Darwin Streaming Server is the technology that allows you to stream QuickTime media files on your Web site using the industry standard RTP and RTSP protocols. It was developed as an open source version of the popular QuickTime Streaming Server. This application requires a dedicated IP address. Learn More
Helix DNA Server is an open source media streaming server developed primarily by Real. It streams RealAudio, RealVideo, and MP3 files via RTSP/RTP and HTTP.
E-mail accounts are mailboxes for you and anyone else whom you want to give e-mail at your domain name. Once a user mailbox/account is set up, you can create as many forwarding addresses (aliases) as you want to go to that address. Learn More
E-mail Aliases are forwarding rules for your e-mail. You create an e-mail address and decide to forward mail sent there to one or more specified e-mail addresses, e.g. forward mail sent to sales@abc.com over to joe@abc.com and mike@xyz.net. Learn More
Webmail is a secure web application that allows you to view e-mail stored on a mail server (rather than downloading it). You can access your e-mail directly from a web browser anywhere in the world. Some popular examples of other webmail applications are Hotmail and Yahoo Mail, but at WestHost, you'll use your own domain name. Learn More
SpamAssassin is a popular SPAM filtering program that uses a set of rules to determine if incoming e-mail is potentially SPAM. It uses a scoring system to add or subtract points based on conditions that match certain rules, and, if enough points are recorded, marks it as SPAM. Learn More
WestHost offers both IMAP and POP3 e-mail protocols for accessing your e-mail. This ensures the greatest level of compatibility with your preferred e-mail client/program.
Once set up, WestHost's autoresponder automatically returns a prewritten message to anyone who submits e-mail to a particular Internet address. Learn More
The application Dada Mail is an intuitive, web-based e-mail list management system allowing automatic subscription management by the mailing list recipient. Learn More
This application allows you to make an interactive form on your site where users can submit various information into fields, which will in turn be e-mailed to you. Learn More
With Anonymous FTP you can specify a directory of your web space that anyone can access to download or upload files. This application requires a dedicated IP address. Learn More
osCommerce is a powerful and extremely popular online e-commerce solution. It features a rich set of out-of-the-box online shopping cart functionality that allows store owners to set up, run, and maintain their online stores with minimum effort. Learn More
Those that do not wish to purchase their own SSL Certificate for 128bit SSL data encryption, server authentication and message integrity, can share ours for free by installing this application. Learn More
OpenSSL is a required application for those that wish to use their own SSL certificate issued from a trusted Certificate Authority (CA). This application requires a dedicated IP address. Learn More
The CGI-BIN is a directory on the server where the executable CGI scripts reside. You have complete control over your CGI-BIN and can install any custom or 3rd party CGI scripts that you would like.
Perl is a server-side scripting language which is commonly used to write CGI programs. If installing your own applications, it is often a required that your server supports Perl. Learn More
FastCGI is a language independent, scalable, open extension to CGI that provides high performance without the limitation of server specific APIs. Learn More
eAccelerator increases performance of PHP scripts by caching them in compiled state, so that the overhead of compiling is almost completely eliminated.
A popular server side scripting language, Python is used in many situations where a great deal of dynamism, ease of use, power, and flexibility are required. Learn More
Flash and Shockwave are multimedia technologies developed by Adobe/Macromedia to allow a lot of Web site interactivity (graphics, animation, video) to fit in a relatively small file size. Learn More
SSI (abbreviation for "Server-Side Includes") is a server-side scripting language. Common uses of SSI are to include or populate common areas of your Web site (e.g. a header or footer) from a single file. This way, you make the change to one file, and your entire site changes. Learn More
At WestHost, we know that web hosting is much more than price, space, and bandwidth. This is why we offer a level of 24/7 support and response times via toll-free phone, live chat, and e-mail that are unmatched in this industry. Learn More
Dedicated Servers
Overview
Managed Dedicated Servers represent the best combination of technology and service, and are a huge advantage over traditional unmanaged hosting. A managed dedicated server at WestHost will give you:
