Mobile Apps Platform
- Mobile App / Web App Development Process
- Mobile App / Android, iPhone App Development Cost
- Native App Development vs Hybrid / PhoneGap App Development
Web Apps Platform
- Web Application Planning
- PHP vs ASP.net Comparison
- Ruby on Rails vs PHP Comparison
- Web Application Framework Comparison
- Web Application Development Process
- Guide to Web Application Development
- Internet Database Development
- PHP & MySQL Development
Online Business
- How Start an Online Business / Store
- Magento Issues
- Website Launch Checklist / Ecommerce Application Launch Checklist
- Enterprise eCommerce Platform
- Magento vs OScommerce vs Zen Cart vs OpenCart Comentum eCommerce Comparison
- Best eCommerce software
- What is PCI DSS Compliance
- eCommerce SEO / Shopping Cart SEO
- FAQ, Comparison and Guide to Merchant Accounts and Payment Gateways
- e-Business Strategy and Process
- Internet / Online Business Ideas and Strategies for Entrepreneurs
- Hiring a Web Application Company Considerations
- How to Hire a Good Web Application Development Company
- Web Development Cost Comparison
Server and Hosting
- Amazon EC2 vs Rackspace Cloud vs Linode
- Cloud vs Dedicated Servers vs Colocation Comparison
- Dedicated / Managed Hosting Comparison
- Shared Hosting vs Managed Hosting
- Domains, DNS, Web Hosting, Email
- Domain Name System and DNS Servers
- All About Domain Name Registration
- Email Services Comparison
- Who is winning the spam war?
- Email Services
CMS Applications
- What is Content Management System (CMS)
- Drupal vs Joomla vs WordPress CMS Comparison
- Enterprise CMS Comparison - Summary
- Enterprise Content Management System vs Open Source CMS - Detailed Guide, Security, Performance Statistics
- Pros and Cons of Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal
Marketing
Design
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Dedicated / Managed Hosting Comparison
Reviews, Uptime Statistics
by Bernard Kohan
There are many companies that provide managed hosting services.
Comentum also provides managed hosting services. For the clients who need full confidence that their website stays online even when there is a major event such as earthquake, fire, fiber cut, major power outage or other large events, we recommend colocating in different locations. We also recommend using different providers.
For the purpose of hosting your enterprise site in multiple locations, I have put together a managed hosting comparison chart of the top hosting providers (see below chart).
Additional note:
Below research is in the area of Managed Hosting and not
Cloud Computing.
For Cloud Hosting, please review below link:
Amazon EC2 vs Rackspace Cloud vs Linode
Below research was completed on Feb. 15, 2010; Pricing, Hardware, SLAs, ratings and other data may change.
| Rackspace | INetU | LiquidWeb | The Planet | NeoSpire | |
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| Live Phone Support | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 | 24/7 |
| Overall Rating based on:
personalized approach, knowledgable support, growth support, value, and my opinion |
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| Backup | CommVault Daily, Two Weeks Retention Tape Backup |
Daily, Weekly Internal Hard Drive |
Guardian, off-site point-in-time snap shots up to minute backup | Alpha Managed - SAN Backup to offsite network EValult Backup |
NetVault Site & MySQL Daily, Weekly, Offsite |
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| Hardware Replacement | 1 hour | 1 hour | 30 minutes | 1 Hour | 1 Hour |
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| Server Control Panel | N/A | N/A | cPanel Available | cPanel Available | N/A |
| Network SLA / Uptime | 100% |
100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Load Balancing | Available - Cisco 5520 Dedicated |
Available - Shared or Cisco ACE4710 Dedicated | Available - Shared - ASUS or Dedictaed Cisco 5520 | Available - Cisco 5520 - Dedicated |
Available Propriatory Shared or Cisco 5520 / F5 Dedicated |
| Server Clustering | Available Dedicated Maintained |
Available Dedicated Maintained |
Available Dedicated Maintained |
Available Dedicated Maintained |
Available Dedicated Maintained |
| Company Started | 1998 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
| US Data Center Locations | San Antonio & Dallas, TX, Herndon & Ashburn, VA | Allentown, PA | Lansing, MI | Houston, Dallas, London | Atlanta GA, Dallas, TX |
| Current Managed Hosting Signup Location | Herndon, VA | Allentown, PA | Lansing, MI | Dallas, TX | Dallas, TX |
| Number of Data Centers | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Backbone Providers | Level 3, Qwest, Telianet, Above.net, At&t, Internap | Qwest, UUNET, Above.net | At&t, Sprint, Level 3, Global Crossing, Savvis, | At&t, NTT, Above.net | Internap, Level 3 |
| Linux | Red Hat Enterprise - ES 5 | Red Hat Enterprise ES 5 | CentOS 5.0 | CentOS 5.0 / Red Hat ES 5.0 | Debian, Red Hat ES 5.0 Ubuntu |
| SAS 70 Compliance | |
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| Recent Outages | June 29 2009 - few minutes - power related - Dallas, TX July 7, 2009 - few minutes - power related - Dallas, TX Nov. 3, 2009 - few minutes - power related - Dallas, TX Dec. 18, 2009 - few minutes - power related - Dallas, TX |
N/A | January 30, 2008 March 11, 2008 Partial / Network Issue |
June 1st, 2008 - Severe - electrical explosion - power related | N/A |
| Customer Served | Small - Enterprise | Mid-sized - Enterprise | Small - Mid-sized | Small - Mid-sized | Mid-sized - Enterprise |
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| Firewall | Available - Dedicated Cisco 501 Cisco 5505 |
Available - Dedicated Cisco 5505 | Available- Dedicated Cisco 5505 | Available- Cisco ASA 5510 | Available - Dedicated Cisco 5505 |
| Firewall Cost | $139 per month | $95 per month | $100 per month | $220 per month | $150 per month |
| Backup Cost | Included | Internal Drive: $35 | Data: $100.00 - MySQL: 50 | Alpha -Offsite $120 per month EVault Onsite $80 |
Data: $50 - MySQL: $185 |
| Term | 12 month | 12 month | 12 month | 12 month | 12 month |
| Server, Bandwidth and Pricing* |
1 X AMD Opteron 1212HE DualCore 4GB, 2 X 250GB 2000 GB Outbound Unlimited Inbound $419 Monthly |
1 X Intel Xeon E5504 QuadCore, 4GB RAM, 2 X 250GB RAID 1 500 GB Outbound Unmetered Inbound $425 per month |
2 X Intel Xeon E5504 QuadCore, 4GB RAM, 2 X 250GB 5000GB Inbound/ 5000GB Outbound Monthly $239 per month |
1 X Intel Xeon 2.8 QuadCore. 4GB RAM, 2X 250 GB Drive 2000 GB Inbound/ Outbound monthly bandwidth $299 per month |
1 X Intel Xeon 2.0 QuadCore. 4GB RAM, 2 X 300 GB SCSI RAID Drive 1000 GB Inbound/ Outbound monthly bandwidth $389 per month |
| *Above research was completed on February 2010; Pricing, Hardware, SLAs, ratings and other data may change. | |||||