Services
Hosting
We can offer web site hosting and web application hosting on both shared and dedicated web servers.
Many web design companies who offer web hosting services use “reseller” accounts from larger web hosting companies, the result being that their clients’ websites are hosted on servers over which they have little control. We found this type of hosting service inflexible and unreliable, and for the last few years have continued to invest in our own server hardware.
Owning our own web servers provides several important advantages:
- Performance – We can ensure that the webservers are continually optimised and that the servers and components we use are of the highest quality
- Flexibility – We can create customised configurations for clients to suit their requirements
- Stability – We can ensure that our servers are not “overfilled” with hundreds or thousands of sites so that each site/application receives the resources it needs
- Security – Because we have full control of the servers, we can ensure that operating systems are “hardened” and secure
- Scalability – Additional equipment can be added as required, enabling clients to grow their sites and businesses organically
The servers are remotely monitored 24-7 from several remote independent monitoring servers around the UK and undergo regular maintenance to ensure optimal performance, stability and security.
Key features of our hosting services
- Ruby on Rails optimised
- Secure hosting environment with air-conditioned server room
- Datacentre located just off M1 (less than an hour from Reflex office)
- 2 x independently routed bandwidth connections via Cisco routers
- Gigabit local network
- Redundant, hotswap power supplies
- RAID storage with hot swap hard disks
- All systems managed remotely, including reboots
- UPS backup power
- Nightly incremental backups with media stored offsite
- 24-7 server monitoring with sms alerting for engineers
What does it cost?
Web hosting prices start at only £250 p.a for a website hosted on our shared web hosting servers and dedicated servers are available from £399 a month.
We can also provide a customised quotation should you have specific requirements for hardware or support, including dedicated and managed web servers. Please get in touch to find out more.
