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What the
Competition Doesn't Tell You
Our Award winning WebhostingOS hosting platform,
which includes a Windows-like control panel
for the users to manage their hosting experience,
is one of our best features! Of course, in
addition to standard things like web promotion
and web stats tools, we have a few stand-apart
feature packages that differentiate ourselves
‘from all the other webhosters’ out there.
1. We offer both NT and
Unix-based webhosting services
in one single bundle
a. Everyone else
makes their customers ‘pick’
one or the other, we give
both by default.
b. We also offer
My-SQL (Unix) and MS-access
(Windows) database support
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2. Complete self-provisioning
for the customer, including complete
branding and look and feel of
their desktop
a. The environment
was mimicked after the Windows2000
User Interface
b. Drag and Drop,
and standard desktop things
like backgrounds, and last-link-clicked
are standard (and exclusive!).
c. Of course, very
simple menu-driven setup
of services like FTP sites,
email accounts, SSL certificates,
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3. Load-balanced mission
critical datacenters between Toronto
and Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Tier 1 North American network
via direct OC-192 (10 gigabit)
connectivity to the backbone.
The center boasts strict environmental
controls, triple-level physical
security and robust logical security.
Fire suppression is state-of-the-art
and smoke detection can scan particles
to 3 parts per million. Power
is redundant with multiple diesel
and battery generated backup power
supplies
a. The web servers
themselves are NOT stand-alone
boxes.
i. NOR are they just
1-2 servers in front of
a load balancer
- The web platform
is a major redundant platform
with n-n+1 boxes running
in tandem such that your
website is running (and
indeed serviced) from/across
MANY different boxes, including
in fact, during that same
web page download (as the
page load continues, html
and images may be loaded
from different servers as
the load progresses)
- NO-ONE ELSE OFFERS
THIS.
ii. Additionally,
the servers are a mix of
NT and Unix platform servers.
iii. Raid 5 Data
Storage, mirroring and automated
back-ups (If you have ever
been down with another web
host and lost your entire
site you will understand
immediately why this is
so essential. Really no
amount of savings is worth
the gamble if your webhost
doesn’t offer this service.
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4. This technology make
up means that:
i. Web capacity
is added dynamically, and
on the fly.
ii. This capacity
is not limited to a single
(or few) servers.
a. A
single server outage does
not bring down everything.
iii. This solution
is much more robust vs.
simple load balancing that
other webhosters offer.
b. Obviously,
being this distributed,
performance never degrades
because 1 guys’ script is
hogging the CPU
- Another issue other
hosters usually have. |
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| 5. We Offer real 99.99
uptime availability, and pay if
we don’t meet it |
| 6. 24-7-365 unlimited
customer support help desk available
via toll-free phone lines, online
chat or e-mail |
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Things
to Watch Out For With ‘Other’ Providers:
1. No real load balancing
a. Their definition
of load balancing means
sticking 2 servers behind
a load splitter if at all.
i. Inelegant, and
still gives you risk with
outages, never mind data
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2. Most offerings do
not include backup services, and
if they do, it is extra charge.
a. If a server
you are hosting dies, you
lose ALL sites that were
on that server, and have
to WAIT for them to restore.
i. Of course, this
restore is dependant on
them having another ‘spare’
box available.
ii. With us, your
content is on multiple devices,
not just one. |
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3. Drive space
a. Most servers
that these vendors offer
are single drive, IDE-based
i. No RAID-5 Protection
(thus large chance for failure,
and no recovery options)
ii. IDE-based is
much slower than SCSI-based
iii. RAID-5 gives
dynamic drive swap technology,
with no downtime.
iv. IDE-based – no
hot-swap
b. With these other
vendors, drive availability
is fixed per server
i. Scale is an issue,
as is adding additional
space when needed.
ii. No chance to
‘share’ this with other
servers.
- Our solution is RAID-5
SCSI connected via SAN-based
technologies (Storage Area
Networks).
- All drive space is shared
by all servers.
- Adding and deleting space
is handled dynamically by
us as needed with no interruption
or reboots. |
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4. Service listing
a. Customers expect,
as you should as well, the
following list of services,
built in:
RAID-5 Storage
Same-day Setup
99.9% Uptime Guarantee
Multiple T3 Connections
on Diverse Backbones
24/7 Network Monitoring
24/7 Toll Free Technical
Support Help desk Free!
Totally Redundant
Platform
Self-Administered
Email Accounts Be the postmaster
of your own domain)
Auto www.
File Transfer Protocol
(FTP)
Web-based Email
Free Site Building
Tools
Robust Site Management
Tools
Disk Usage Meter
Website Promotion
Wizard
Website Checker
Domain Manager
Support Both Windows
& UNIX
FrontPage® 2000 Server
Extensions
Access to Log Files
Web Stats
Log Management
CGI FormMail
Hit Counter
Support for RealTime
Credit Card Processing
CGI-BIN
PHP
Free Shopping Cart
Database Manager
Active Server Pages
(ASP)
Cold Fusion Support
Ad Server
RealAudio/Video Streaming
MySQL
MS Access
MS-SQL
Secure Server (SSL)
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would like assistance, please contact us at hosting_info@creativesparks.com
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