Dedicated Servers

LuxSci recommends Business Class servers as the best combination of price, performance, and reliability. Ultra-reliable Enterprise Class servers and clusters are also available.

See: Enterprise vs Business Class.

	Business Class Servers	Enterprise Class Servers
Starting Price	$60/mo	$400/mo
Setup fee	$100 one time	$300 one time
Server ready in	1-3 bus. days	0-7 bus. days*
Enterprise-class servers take more time to prepare. LuxSci keeps a number of these pre-configured and ready for finalization for new customers. If any of these are ready, then servers will be ready in 0-2 days. If we have had a significant influx of enterprise-class server orders, then we may be backlogged in server setup. In that case, it could take up to 7 business days. Ask your Sales rep about our current provisioning time line.
Disk Subsystem: Fast & Redundant	SSD	SAS+SSD RAID, Private SAN
Disk Space Upgrades	$0.20-$0.40/mo per GB	$0.40/mo per GB
Rackspace Business Class Servers: $0.40/GB/mo AWS Business Class Servers: $0.20/GB/mo
Full-disk encryption?	*
Enterprise Class Servers All disks (operating system and data) are encrypted at the storage-array level. This protects if the disks are somehow stolen and when the disks are decommissioned. Enterprise Class Servers: Amazon All disks (operating system and data) are encrypted at the storage-array level. This protects if the disks are somehow stolen and when the disks are decommissioned. *Business Class Servers: RackSpace The default "included" system disk on Business Class Servers cannot be encrypted. To have full-disk encryption, you need to order more than the "included" disk space (so that you get a separate data drive) and request that the data drive be encrypted. This option protects the data should the underlying media be stolen from the data center, when the underlying storage is reused or decommissioned, and should the media be somehow accessed from a location outside of your running server. Full-disk encryption does really affect the performance of the drive (it will be marginally slower than otherwise) and it does not protect the data from access via users or processes running in the server itself (e.g. malicious software injected into your web site or a malicious hacker that has penetrated your server).
No risk: 30-day refund policy?		no
Minimum Contract Term	1 month	2 months
Redundant HA Hardware Firewalls	*
Rackspace Business Class servers use redundant HA hardware firewalls. Business Class servers at AWS use virtualized firewalls ("Security Groups").
Virtualized Firewalls

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	Feature
Backups,included
Custom Backup Schedules?
Redundant HA Networking
Intrusion Detection System
LuxSci Proactive Server Monitoring
LuxSci uses proprietary software to monitor its dedicated servers to ensure their uptime and proper function. This includes, but is not limited to: Port checking to monitor server and application uptime and to alert on any issues Automated server health monitoring to alert on and auto-remedy many common problems that may arise on a server, such as a denial of service attack, perceived abuse, etc.
Account Firewall
Software Firewall on Server
Optional VPN Access

Server Options

LuxSci offers four standard levels of Dedicated Servers in both the Business and Enterprise Classes. You can choose the one right for your size, needs, and budget. More powerful servers and clusters are also available: contact Sales for details.

Compare Business vs. Enterprise

Other server sizes (e.g. very large memory) are available for as special orders. Additional disk space is an upgrade.

The prices listed above are the entry prices for web hosting with each type of server. Adding other services such as TLS certificates, VPN, SecureForm, Domain Registration, and Email services will add to the overall price.

Choosing the Server Size

What server size is best for you? You can use the table, below, to see what works particular needs. If you want to do multiple things (e.g. 50 power email users plus a low traffic web site), we recommend going up to the next size as the "minimum" recommended for just one of these may have degraded performance when you do two or more. If you just want better performance or room to grow quickly and easily, choose a larger size. We can also re-size your server later you need more power.

Note: Any database-driven web site (e.g., WordPress, Joomla, etc.) must be on a server with at least 2 GB of memory. A "Micro" server just does not have enough memory.

Based on number of users for business email

Note that these levels are only guidelines. Actual needs will be based on your how actively your users actually use the system.

	Micro	Small	Medium	Large	X-Large	2X-Large
Up to 50 Users
Up to 500 Users
Up to 1,000 Users
Up to 2,000 Users
Up to 4,000 Users
4000+ Users

For dedicated web site & MySQL database hosting

	2+ GB Ram	2+ Cores	4+ Cores
Anti-virus scanning
Very low traffic/static
PHP
Databases
Dedicated WebMail
Dedicated SecureForm Processing
Moderate traffic
Low traffic and compute intensive
High traffic
Moderate traffic and compute intensive