Q: Do you offer virtual servers with a control panel pre-installed?

A: Our Virtual Servers come with the open source Webmin control panel installed by default.

Other commercial control panel applications can be installed although we cannot guarantee compatibility as we have not tested any of them. If you'd like to use a particular control panel and already own a license, we'd be happy to set up a test server for you to ensure everything works properly.

Q: I'm not sure what specification server I need, can I change plans at any time?

A: Yes, you can change plans at any time. If you're experiencing problems with performance and aren't sure if upgrading will help, contact us and we can arrange to upgrade your virtual server for a week free of charge!

Q: What software comes pre-installed on my Virtual Server?

A: By default your Virtual Server will have the following software installed:

• Apache 2
• PHP 4
• vs-ftpd FTP server
• MySQL database server
• OpenSSH (ssh, scp, sftp)
• Sendmail SMTP server
• gcc compiler with standard development environment

If you need a specific software configuration we'll be happy to configure a virtual server to your specification.

Q: Can I host my own SSL certificate?

A: Yes. Your virtual server will come with an SSL-capable web server pre-installed, all you need to do is purchase an SSL certificate (we can do this for you) and install it.

Each SSL certificate requires its own IP address, so for every certificate you want to host you'll need an extra IP address. Extra IP addresses are free of charge.

Q: How many sites can I host per server?

A: This all depends on how large your sites will be, how much traffic they will generate, and how complex they are. For example, you could host 100 plain HTML sites with 10-20 pages on a Standard virtual server no problem. However if those sites were large, database intensive sites you might only be able to host 10 before your server becomes sluggish.