Dedicated Servers

MediaLayer offers fully managed dedicated servers complete with DirectAdmin, LiteSpeed Web Server, Percona MySQL Server, and an accelerated PHP installation. Below you will find a server which is readily available on a month to month agreement. If you are looking for a server with different hardware, we would happy to provide a custom quote. Please contact our sales department for more information.

Servers
Features
Xeon Dedicated Server
Quad Core Intel Xeon E3 1230v2 3.30GHz CPU
8192 MB ECC RAM
2x 128GB Samsung 830 SSDs in RAID 1
5000 GB Premium Data Transfer
» LiteSpeed Web Server & Full Management | Located in Los Angeles, CA
Reseller-Level Access, with Accelerated PHP 5 and Unlimited Domains, MySQL 5 Databases, FTP accounts, email accounts, etc
Comprehensive feature list
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$199 setup, $329.95/mo

Location: Our primary location for dedicated servers is Los Angeles. However, we can offer servers in other locations depending on your requirements. If you are interested in this, please contact our sales department for a custom quote.

Possible Configurations

High Bandwidth: Do you need a server capable of delivering high volumes of content? We can offer solutions with anywhere from 10mbps to 1000mbps unmetered uplinks along with large-scale RAID arrays capable of high throughput.


MySQL Performance: If you are looking for the best MySQL performance, we can offer servers with 15,000 RPM SAS or solid state storage as well as large amounts of RAM and CPU. Using the Percona MySQL Server we can achieve improved multi-processor scaling over the standard MySQL server, deliving the highest performing solution possible.


Dedicated Cluster: For large websites, we can offer solutions that extend beyond a single server, harnessing the capabilities of multiple systems tuned to handle specific applications. For example, we can configure one server to handle all MySQL requirements, while another handles web server processes only. More elaborate configurations may feature multiple web servers as well as load balancer to distribute requests.


Virtualization: For maximum utilization of hardware we can provide solutions that use virtualization technologies such as Xen to create independent virtual servers on dedicated hardware. This allows simple migration of virtual servers from one hardware node to another, achieving a perfect balance of resource utilization. Virtual servers can also be seamlessly upscaled or downscaled in terms of CPU, RAM, or disk allocations.

Features of Dedicated Servers

DirectAdmin Control Panel

The powerful yet simple and easy to navigiate DirectAdmin control panel allows for full management of your hosting account, including everything from sub domains to MySQL databases. With a dedicated server, you will also have access to the reseller level, allowing you to create additional DirectAdmin accounts. We have a demo of the control panel available here:

DirectAdmin CP Demo
» Username: demo_reseller
» Password: demo

Full Management

Our full server management encompasses everything from operating system updates to server optimization. We will handle all server-side management and monitoring tasks, allowing you to focus on your website and applications.

LiteSpeed Web Server

Instead of Apache, we utilize LiteSpeed Web Server as a drop-in replacement. It is fully compatible with .htaccess and mod_rewrite, as well as common PHP and MySQL based scripts (such as WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, etc). LiteSpeed allows us to provide enhanced performance and resilience to high traffic within our hosting environment.

Percona MySQL Server

Instead of the standard MySQL server commonly used by web hosts, we are one of the few providers to implement the Percona release of MySQL which includes significant performance enhancements, specifically for InnoDB. This greatly benefits PHP and MySQL based applications, especially those which heavily rely on InnoDB such as Magento.

Accelerated PHP 5

We configure PHP 5 with Zend Optimizer, ionCube loaders, as well as eAccelerator. This means that not only do you experience the best performance, but also the greatest compatibility for encoded scripts with support for the two most used encoders in the industry.

Daily Off-Site Backups

All hosting plans feature nightly off-site backups which are available in the case of server failure. We do also strongly recommend our customers to maintain their own backups to allow for maximum data security. Backups can be generated and downloaded through our control panel at any time.

Application Firewall

All servers feature a web application request filtering system based on mod_security which is custom-crafted to block common exploits of application vulnerabilities. To ensure maximum security, we recommend our customers to also keep applications up to date with new releases.


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