What are Shared Server Environments?
LuxSci offers our shared hosting customers a choice of server
environment (hardware & data center) to provide different price points and
reliability/security levels for varying customer needs. This mirrors how
dedicated server
customers can choose between "Basic" and "Premium" style servers for
the same reasons.
- Premium Environment
- Provides a better SLA, better privacy policy, better security, and higher reliability.
- Basic Environment
- Provides low cost disk space: 2x the disk space included (30 GB)
and 1/3 the cost for further upgrades ($0.50/GB).
LuxSci standard web and email hosting services are available in either environment -- you choose which is right for you.
Note: HIPAA, High Volume, and Premium High Volume accounts are only available in the Premium Environment.
Basic and Premium Compared
| |
Basic |
Premium |
 Price starts under
| $10/mo |
$15/mo |
Disk Space included with account | 30 GB |
15 GB |
Disk Space upgrade increments | 10 GB blocks |
10 GB blocks |
Disk Space upgrade cost | +$0.50/GB |
+$1.50/GB |
Uptime Guarantee | 99.99+% |
99.99+% |
 Service Level Agreement (SLA)
| Good |
Excellent |
Network Infrastructure | Good |
Excellent |
Software Firewalls |  |
|
Hardware Firewalls |  |
|
Redundant Hardware Firewalls | |
|
HIPAA Compliant Accounts | |
|
Daily On-site Backups | |
|
Weekly Off-site Backups | |
|
Oldest Backup | 6-7 days |
21-28 days |
Performance & Redundancy | Good |
Excellent |
LuxSci Email Domain | luxsci.me |
luxsci.net |
Use your own domain | |
|
Privacy Policy | Good |
Excellent |
Which Environment is Right for You?
Choose Premium If You Require:
- HIPAA or the best security
- The most reliable and fastest service
- The best SLA and privacy policy
- Backups kept for more than 1 week.
Choose Basic If You Require:
- Significant amounts of disk space and you are cost conscious
Go Dedicated If You Require:
- The additional security and privacy of a dedicated solution over a shared one
- Total disk space amounts of 200GB or more
- Large numbers of users
- Custom backup schedules
- Custom firewalls, load balancers, or other hardware
- High capacity for sending email, processing inbound email,
web and FTP access, etc.
Comparing Disk Space
When comparing disk space limits purchased at LuxSci vs other providers,
please keep in mind:
Most other providers give you a specific amount of space "per
user".
- Most users will use far less than their disk space limit; only
a few power users will, in general, approach the limit
- If a user reaches his/her limit, that limit is hard and that user's
services may be interrupted!
- There is generally no way to increase individual user limits!
So, if the limit is 10GB/user and you need 12GB, you are completely
out of luck.
- These limits are not sharable among the account,
i.e. 10 users with 10 GB/user does not give you 100 GB to distribute
freely across all users.
At LuxSci, we do not impose per-user disk space limits. (Though as an
admin, you can)
- Disk space is account wide and shared by all users and services
- An individual user can use as much disk space as needed and not be cut off.
- If the account-wide usage exceeds the purchased limit, you are merely charged
for the extra space -- no services are interrupted.
- You can easily add more space to your account as needed.
- Unlike with other email providers, you buy the disk space you actually need and not some artifically high limit.
Price starts under
Service Level Agreement (SLA)
