Control of Your Virtual Private Server
Break free from the restrictions of shared web hosting!
The flexibility of Fasthosts virtual private servers makes them the ideal choice when you need total control of your server to install your own applications.
All Fasthosts virtual servers include:
- Customisable server configuration with performance upgrades
- The option to install Parallels Plesk 9 control panel
- Microsoft Web Platform Installer 2.0
- Remote server control
- New SSL Certificates free for the first year
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- Automatic deployment - get your server online fast
- Flexible payment options - including monthly contract payment option
Software
Get to work straight away! A range of pre-installed software is included with all of our virtual hosting solutions.
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| Operating systems | Windows Server 2008 R2 Web Edition | Linux Red Hat Enterprise 5.5 |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition | Linux CentOS 5.5 | |
| Web server | IIS7 | Apache 2.2.3 |
| Mail server | MailEnable | Dovecot 1.0 |
| Postfix 2.3 | ||
| FTP server | MS FTP Software | vsftpd 2.0.5 |
| Databases | MS SQL Server 2008 Web Edition* | My SQL Server 5.0 |
| DNS Server | MS DNS Software** | Bind 9.3.6 |
| Scripting | ASP.NET 3.5 | PHP 5.1.6 |
| PHP | Ruby 1.8.5 | |
| Perl | Perl 5.8.8 | |
| Python 2.4.3 | ||
| Security | IPSec port security | |
| Windows Platform Installer 2.0 | Yes | - |
| Free SSL certificate | Yes | Yes |
*Pre-install MS SQL Server 2008 Web Edition on your virtual private server from £29.00pm.
**Requires Windows 2008 Standard.
Microsoft Web Platform Installer 2.0
Included with every Windows virtual private server. Microsoft Web Platform Installer makes it easy to download, install and keep up-to-date with the latest server components and open source software.
- Install popular open source software including Word Press, DotNetNuke and Drupal
- Keep your Microsoft .NET installation up to date with the latest version
- Install the latest patches and updates for IIS7
- Download free Microsoft tools including Visual Web Developer Express 2008
- Install PHP5 in 1 click!
Install popular open source software such as WordPress.
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- Automatic deployment - get your server online fast
- Flexible payment options - including monthly contract payment option
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