Managed dedicated servers

A managed dedicated server allows you to take advantage of the power of your own dedicated server without the hassle of running your own box. The things we handle for you include:
  1. applying frequent security patches to your linux box
  2. making nightly backups of all your data
  3. monitoring your server availability from multiple points around the globe
  4. monitoring your server health (CPU, Disk, Network, RAM, overall response time, ...)
  5. installing and configuring all common software for you
Plus you benefit from all the other features available in our shared hosting plans:

     Dedicated 1           Dedicated 2           Dedicated 3     
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Price (paid monthly) $350/month +
$300 setup fee*
$500/month +
$300 setup fee*
$700/month +
$300 setup fee*
Price (1 year payment) $4200*
(no setup fees)
$6000*
(no setup fees)
$8400*
(no setup fees)
Delivery time 3 working days 3 working days 3 working days
Processor Celeron 2.4Ghz Dual Xeon 2.8Ghz Dual Woodcrest 5130
Dual Core
RAM 1GB 2GB 4GB
Disk space 250GB - RAID1 250GB - RAID1 250GB - RAID1
Bandwidth per month 1TB 2TB 3TB
Websites
Number of hosted websites Unlimited
SSL (https) support** Yes
Detailed daily usage statistics Yes
Full control of DNS Yes
Email
Email addresses Unlimited
Mailboxes Unlimited
SMTP, POP and IMAP secure access Yes
Webmail secure access Yes
Mailman mailing lists Unlimited
Strong anti-spam filter Yes
Autoresponders and server-side rules Yes
Databases
Number of databases Unlimited
MySQL support Yes
PostgreSQL support Yes
Shell
Full shell access with SSH and SFTP Yes
Ability to run long-running processes such as Rails, Django, etc Yes
Extra SSH and SFTP users Unlimited
Backups
Full backup of all your data to remote servers every day Yes
Software
One click installer for tons of applications including Rails, Django, Drupal, WordPress and a lot more Yes
Secure Linux system with thousands of pre-installed tools Yes
Apache hosting with PHP, SSI includes, .htaccess files Yes
One-click webdav and subversion repositories (over SSL) Yes
Ability to run any software that runs on PHP, Python, Ruby, Perl or Java with MySql, Postgresql or sqlite Yes
Ability to compile and install any software you need in your HOME directory Yes
Dedicated 1 Dedicated 2 Dedicated 3
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* For all customers in the UK (including the Isle of Man) and customers in the EU without a VAT registration number, VAT will be added at the prevailing UK rate (currently 17.5%). Countries in the EU for VAT purposes are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden

** If you want to use your own certificate you have to get a dedicated IP address, which costs $5/month

What they say:

" @webfaction My favourite hosting provider: smart panel, SSH, awesome service, affordable pricing. "
Ryan McGreal via Twitter

" I love Webfaction. For what they do, I don't think they have any real competitors that I know of. "
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Sign up FAQ:

Do I get root access on my dedicated server?

You don't get root access. The reason is that it is a managed dedicated server: we make sure that your server runs smoothly and securely and in order to do that we need to install our own tools on it and make sure that they stay there and that the server is set up in a certain way. In practice this is almost never a problem though because you can install pretty much all you want in your HOME directory and we can install some tools globally for you..

Where are your servers located?

Our servers are in ThePlanet's datacenter in Texas (often cited as one of the best datacenters in the world).