A Review of VPS Hosting Services by Lunar Pages
As the number of visitors to your site goes up you would find that basic hosting solutions do not cut it any more. They are just not enough. You would need more resources and more control. This is where the VPS hosting services provided by lunar pages comes into picture. Lunar Pages provides you a number of different hosting plans. Moreover you also get the Virtuozzo control panel to administer your virtual machine. The divides each site into various partitions. Each site behaves like an independent environment. You can get total control over the site without having to spend a fortune.
Unique Benefits
• The Company follows one-plan fits all approach.
• Virtuozzo Power Panel (VZRP) is provided to manage virtual machines.
• $700 Free CoffeeCup web design software that is provided makes website creation a breeze.
• You also get free setup and free domain for life.
• Managed Services for only $9.99/month.
• You can host any number of sites on your server.
Key Features
• SSH/Shell & Root Access means that you can handle the server in the way you want. This is great for Ruby on Rails.
• Plesk and cPanel are available as optional alternatives to Virtuozzo for the people who want these panels.
• You also get credit if you transferring from another host.
• 1/25 power of a Dual Xeon 3.0 GHz Processor is guaranteed to you.
• CentOS 4.2 operating system is provided as the hosting platform.
Editor's Comment:
The plans of VPS hosting provided by Lunarpages are among some of the best in the market. They are affordable, easy to manage. The company has gained a lot of experience in shared hosting services. This makes its VPS services as reliable as hosting services.
Basics: What you need to know
Lunar Pages data center is located in Los Angeles. The company allows you to choose between Windows Server 2003 and CentOS, which is a free Linux distribution based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The hardware includes Dell Poweredge Server. Processors are Intel Celeron, Pentium or Dual Xeon. The RAM can go up to 4 GB. Connections include 2000 Mbit fiber network. It has a direct connection to more than 150 carriers. The connectivity providers include AT&T, Global Crossing, Level 3 and many more.
In order to ensure continuous power supply Lunar Pages has connections from two different sources. There are backup generators, which are equipped with barrels of fuel to keep them running for three days and nights. Trained experts maintain the physical security of servers. The company does not provide physical access to the server though it does allow root access to your server.
Service Offerings
All the clients get a thousand GB of bandwidth. Sotage space is rated as 20000 MB. The company offers you Cent OS Linux distro. All clients get Virtuozzo control panel. The company provides you a number of services but tries to make sure that you do not get confused with unwanted services.
In order to maintain the security of your server, the company provides you fast update and patch services. Firewall and backup services are also available.
Sample Server Plans
Lunarpages Virtual Private Servers Hosting Plan: 20,000 MB storage and 1000 GB bandwidth for $39.95 per month
Vendor Comments
Quote from Lee Coleman, Director of Technology - Lunarpages Web Hosting
Sometimes, you need a server more powerful and spacious than you can find in a Shared Hosting environment, but you're not ready or can't afford to go with your own Dedicated Server. For you, Lunarpages Web Hosting is able to offer an affordable and reliable solution with 24/7 support and the same great customer service you expect from all of our plans - the Virtual Private Server. VPS Hosting with Lunarpages is only $39.95/month and you receive the same incredible perks that Shared Hosting users get - a Free Domain Name for Life, Free Setup, and $700 of CoffeeCup Webmaster and Design Software. But with our VPS Plan, you'll also get root access to the server, guaranteed RAM for bigger JSP deployments, the ability to run software not supported in a shared environment (almost any 3rd party software you can imagine!), and a guaranteed 1/25th of an extremely powerful server. And if you want the ability to have it managed, it's only $9.99/month extra. This plan is great for web developers, programmers, webmasters, designers, and Ruby on Rails gurus alike.
Customer Profiles
• This is a great option for running web hosting servers and reseller usage
• Data Storage as a redundancy.
• Application Service Providers who want to cloud based applications.
• Online gaming server hosting
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