Mountain West Hosting - VPS Information

Virtual Private Servers

Mountain West Hosting's Virtual Private Server (VPS) is a breakthrough Web hosting platform that looks and performs much like a dedicated server, with a price tag comparable to many shared server solutions. VPS is a one-of-a-kind Web hosting product that's ideal for businesses with big needs, small budgets, and limited internal IT resources.

Now, we have combined the industry leading Sun Solaris™ platform with our exclusive VPS technology to create a powerful and formidable Web site development and hosting solution. The VPS is a Web developer's paradise - choose from applications like ColdFusion, Active Server Pages, Java™ servlets/JSPs, PHP, and more!

Virtual Private Servers Advanced Virtual Private Servers

Solaris VPS Ecommerce Servers

FreeBSD VPS

VPS in the Real World
What can I do with a VPS? Since the VPS looks and behaves like a dedicated server, the possibilities are almost limitless! The VPS features unmatched reliability, security, and flexibility in a shared server environment, so feel free to pick the solution of your choice: e-commerce, multimedia, or Web development suites like ColdFusion, Active Server Pages, and Java™.

Virtual Private Servers Platform
Our Virtual Private Servers is no less than state-of-the-art. This technology allows our Virtual Private Servers to provide the same flexibility and control as a dedicated server.

Each Virtual Private Servers is hosted on an Internet server featuring powerful hardware, innovative software, and fast and reliable network connectivity. The Internet server operating system and various Internet services are partitioned into a limited number of, so-called Virtual Private Servers. Because it is the operating system and Internet services that are partitioned (not just the web server), each Virtual Private Servers operates independently from the other Virtual Private Servers that share the same host.

	Features
Powerful Hardware	Intel Pentium III CPU 512 MB 50 ns ECC Viking memory 3 10,000 RPM Seagate HDDs: Dual 36 GB user volume with RAID 1 mirroring 36 GB 24-hour user volume backup 2 "Ultra SCSI 2" disk I/O channels
Innovative Software	FreeBSD 4.4 UNIX O/S Telnet/SSH access Apache 1.3 Web Server FTP, POP, IMAP, and SMTP servers Extensive Add-On support
Network Connectivity	Data centers in the USA and Europe Redundant OC12, OC3, and DS3 Internet connectivity Cisco routers and switches Redundant power backup 24/7 data center monitoring
Aggressive Security	Triple data backup: RAID 1 user volume mirroring Accessible 24-hour user volume backup Regularly scheduled digital tape backups Each Virtual Private Servers resides in a protected sandbox Potentially insecure programs are disabled or removed Hacking alert system immediately notifies system administrators