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Do you need your website, database, or custom application hosted but don't want to buy and maintain hardware? By utilizing our shared clusters, you enjoy the benefits of a fully redundant, highly available server cluster without the need to purchase and maintain the hardware.
Shared clusters start with five servers. Two work as a redundant load balancing pair, three are redundant RealServers serving your data. Our server clusters are designed with three things in mind. High availability, redundancy, and scalability. What does this mean?
• High Availability - One server might not be enough to service requests in a timely manner so you can get on with your businesses operations. By having multiple servers all serving the same data, the server that actually handles the request is chosen on a request by request basis so that the load is spread evenly across the servers.
• Redundancy - Our clusters offer you protection from a server failure much like our paired servers. Only better. With Heartbeat, if one RealServer fails, the other two are able to continue handling requests while the failed server is repaired. Two load balancers ensures that the failure of one load balancer does not prevent the RealServers from receiving requests.
• Scalability - What happens when three RealServers are not enough to handle the load? Simple, we add in another RealServer to the cluster. Typical peak performance occurs at eight (8) RealServers, delivering more than 1.5 terabytes of data per month. This is an efficient alternative to using a single, powerful server that would have to be completely replaced with yet another expensive single, powerful server when the first becomes obsolete.
Access to our shared cluster starts at a base price of $50.00 a month. The price will vary depending on your application needs. We ask that you contact us for a specific quote. Blocks of ten hours of technical support can be purchased ahead at $100 per hour, otherwise our standard rate of $200.00 per hour will apply. All Shared Cluster clients receive
• Secure WebDAV access to the cluster allowing you update content for free
• Fixed IP address(es)
• Continuous on and off-site backup of your data
• Managed DNS
• Email addresses for your business
Because the cluster is shared with our other clients, we must insist that only production material be placed on the cluster. If you require a test server, please contact us for pricing and availability. All databases, websites, and applications must pass our security audit to be allowed on the cluster. Only outbound bandwidth will be counted against your monthly bandwidth limit. There is, however, a per megabyte charge for exceeding the outbound limit.
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