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.

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	Business Class Servers	Enterprise Class Servers
Starting Price	$60/mo	contact sales
Setup fee	$100 one time	contact sales
Server ready in	1-3 bus. days	1-7 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 per 100G	$20-$40/mo	$40/mo
Rackspace Business Class Servers: $0.40/GB/mo AWS Business Class Servers: $0.20/GB/mo
Full-disk encryption?
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.

Business Class Servers for Small Accounts Amazon Web Services Public Cloud
Server Type	Code	CPU	RAM	Max Network Speed	Disk Included	Bandwidth Included	Price
Micro	A/1/1	1 Core	1 GB	70 Mbps	25 GB	200 GB/mo	$60/mo
Small	A/1/2	1 Core	2 GB	125 Mbps	50 GB	400 GB/mo	$100/mo
Medium	A/2/4	2 Cores	4 GB	250 Mbps	100 GB	600 GB/mo	$200/mo
Large	A/2/8	2 Cores	8 GB	400 Mbps	100 GB	800 GB/mo	contact sales
X-Large	A/4/16	4 Cores	16 GB	700 Mbps	100 GB	1 TB/mo	contact sales
2X-Large	A/8/32	8 Cores	32 GB	1 Gbps	100 GB	1.2 TB/mo	contact sales
4X-Large	A/16/64	16 Cores	64 GB	1 Gbps	100 GB	1.2 TB/mo	contact sales
Rackspace Public Cloud: Used primarily for large-scale email solutions (i.e., smart hosting and high volume sending).
Server Type	Code	CPU	RAM	Max Network Speed	Disk Included	Bandwidth Included	Price
Micro	R/1/1	1 Core	1 GB	80 Mbps	10 GB	2 TB/mo	$100/mo
Medium-2G	R/2/2	2 Cores	2 GB	160 Mbps	30 GB	2 TB/mo	$200/mo
X-Large-4G	R/4/4	4 Cores	4 GB	320 Mbps	70 GB	2 TB/mo	contact sales
2X-Large-8G	R/8/8	8 Cores	8 GB	640 Mbps	150 GB	2 TB/mo	contact sales
Enterprise Class Servers for Custom Accounts Private VMWare Cluster and SAN at RackSpace
Server Type	Code	CPU	RAM	Max Network Speed	Disk Included	Bandwidth Included	Price
Small	E/1/2	1 Core	2 GB	1 Gbps	25 GB	10 TB/mo	contact sales
Medium-1C	E/1/4	1 Core	4 GB	1 Gbps	50 GB	10 TB/mo	contact sales
Large	E/2/8	2 Cores	8 GB	1 Gbps	100 GB	10 TB/mo	contact sales
X-Large	E/4/16	4 Cores	16 GB	1 Gbps	100 GB	10 TB/mo	contact sales
2X-Large	E/8/32	8 Cores	32 GB	1 Gbps	100 GB	10 TB/mo	contact sales

Compare Business vs. Enterprise

Other server sizes (e.g. very large memory) are also available. 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^TM Processing
Moderate traffic
Low traffic and compute intensive
High traffic
Moderate traffic and compute intensive

Maximize Security, Privacy, Reliability, & Capacity

Server Options

Business Class Servers for Small Accounts

Enterprise Class Servers for Custom Accounts

Choosing the Server Size

Based on number of users for business email

For dedicated web site & MySQL database hosting

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