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IP mOnitor by DeepMetrix

 

724 Hosting offers a comprehensive dedicated server and managed services product line, from backup, database, network and security services, as well as monitoring and administration of your systems.

Monitoring Services
Administration Services
Backup Services
Security Services
Managed Firewall Services

Database Services


Monitoring Services

IP mOnitor by DeepMetrixCustomers can rest assured their servers are running optimally when 724 Internet Solution engineers examine and evaluate performance through our advanced monitoring services.

We offer several Monitoring Service plans to fulfill any company's requirements:

Basic Monitoring:

Ping Server (1 Port) ,
HTML monitor, general web server service. (1 port)

What is monitored? This monitoring is available to all our dedicated server, co-located hosting and shared web hosting customers. 

Cost:
$10.00 per mo.


Business Level Monitoring:

Monitoring of six ports (in addition to Ping Server). We monitor HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, DNS, SMTP and POP. The HTTP and HTTPS ports are monitored once per minute while the other ports are monitored every 5 minutes. Our engineers will alert you and the 724 Hosting NOC of possible system downtime.

Unlike other hosting companies, our tests of the HTTP port will actually retrieve a web page to ensure that the applications behind the HTTP request (ASP, PHP, Perl, etc.) are operating correctly. If any test fails, a second test is immediately attempted and if that test fails, you will be contacted via email and our NOC center will be alerted as well.

Depending upon the actions you wish the NOC to take, they will attempt to repair the problem. This repair process usually entails stopping/starting services and daemons and if that fails, rebooting the server. Each customer can detail the recovery steps to be taken by our NOC personnel.

Cost: $50/month $50 setup


Enterprise Monitoring:

Monitoring of Ping Server and six ports -- HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, DNS, SMTP and POP -- With "Auto-Correction" to restart services automatically when they fail.

Cost: $100/month $100 setup

Courses of Action

In addition to port monitoring, we will also take the following actions dependent upon what fails:

  • Reboot the server

  • Start/Stop a service (NT)

  • Kill/Restart a process (UNIX)


Administration Services

The cost of hiring qualified engineering and technical expertise is growing every month. Retaining people is even more difficult. This is why many companies are outsourcing the administration of their systems to 724 Hosting's qualified engineers and database administrators who are certified in the technologies our customers require. When companies outsource their web infrastructure administration to 724 Hosting, it allows them to focus on their core competencies.

Supported Platforms:

  • Windows NT 4.0 / 2000

  • Red Hat Linux 5.x and above

  • Mandrake Linux 7.x and above

  • Cobalt Linux

Some examples of system administration include:

·         System configuration
- Operating System upgrades
- Supported software upgrades or service patch updates
- Mail Server management (adding/deleting users, mail forwards, auto-responders)
- Web Server management (adding domains, password protection, server module support)
- FTP Server management (restricting access, setting up new users)

·         Software installation and configuration
- We will install and configure any software you desire - however, we cannot guarantee that we can support every application. If you will be unable to support the applications you are using, please check with a sales rep to see if we can support it.

  • Operating system troubleshooting

  • Log file rotation and analysis

Standard Administration Plan

$200 per month - includes 2 hours of support per month*.
Additional support will be billed at the discounted rate of $115 per hour

Gold Administration Plan

$500 per month - includes 5 hours of support per month*.
Additional support will be billed at the discounted rate of $115 per hour

Platinum Administration Plan

$750 per month - includes 10 hours of support per month*.
Additional support will be billed at the discounted rate of $115 per hour

*All Admin Package tasks will be performed during standard business hours of 9AM to 9PM Eastern Time. Tasks performed off-hours will be billed separately at $250 per hour.

Hourly Engineering Assistance

724 Hosting's engineers can help our customers ensure the most robust system possible as well as assist in troubleshooting and maintenance beyond the standard technical support. We will work with customers to assist them in a number of areas including architectural and system design, security infrastructure design, network design, systems management and maintenance and application load testing and code review.

Engineering Assistance and Consulting: Starts at $115 per hour.


Backup Services

724 Hosting understands the importance of our customer's data. Our Network Backup Solution is a comprehensive data preservation and storage solution. We can also support backup of live MS Exchange and SQL Server databases without shutting down the database.

There are several options available to backup your server.

Option #1 - FREE - You may choose to login to your server periodically and run your own backup scheme. If you have a sharepoint site or database server, you can use the built in backup utilities to create a backup. Then download the backup files to your computer for storage. This method requires manual intervention, but it's free.

Option #2 - Network Backup Solution:
Full Weekly Backup With Daily Incremental.
724 Hosting saves you the expense and headaches of managing tape backups. We will backup the files specified every night (incremental backups every night, and full backups once per week) to our centralized high-speed storage system and off-load them to tape for off-site storage once per month.

Standard Setup Fee:
$100
SQL Server Setup Fee: $495 (optional)
MS Exchange Server Setup Fee: $495 (optional)
Monthly Price: $50.00 per each 40GB of storage

Option #3 - Disaster Recovery Off-Site Solutions

724 Hosting contracts with several off site backup companies to provide off-site backup solutions. Since the World Trade Center disaster on Sept. 11th, 2001, off site data backup has become tremendously important for companies who rely on their data for everyday business. Off-Site Backup solutions start at  about $10.00 per GB. E-mail eyork@724hosting.com for details.

Security Services

Security is one of the most important issues for Internet exposed servers yet something most companies ignore until it is too late. 724 Hosting offers a number of different security services for our customers to protect their servers.

Security Auditing

All servers are audited for security holes before being placed onto our network. However, new holes are constantly exposed in operating systems by hackers and security organizations. Other security exposures can occur during normal administrative work undertaken by the customer. 724 Hosting will scan a server every two weeks for any new security holes. The customer will receive a report immediately after a completed scan that will detail security problems as well as walk the customer through ways to fix the problem. Of course, 724 Hosting's security engineers are always available to assist in administering any patches or resolving any security problems.

Security Auditing Fees

Setup: $50 per server
Monthly: $50 per server



Managed Firewall Services

By default, your server will be protected behind our Network Firewall and intrusion prevention security system. This configuration will already protect you from most Internet threats today and this service is provided free to all our dedicated server customers at no additional cost. If you need additional protection, then please e-mail  eyork@724hosting.com with a detailed description of the security services you are looking for and we'll be happy to provide you a quote.

Database Services

724 Hosting's Database Administrators are extensively trained to assist customers in managing and troubleshooting their database environment.

High Availability Solutions

724 Hosting offers a number of options to provide high-availability, clustering solutions for SQL Server. These options are based on each customer's needs as well as upon industry standards and will offer the highest levels of uptime. Customers requiring high availability database backends should contact 724 Hosting's sales department to discuss our HA database options.
 

Shared SQL Server DB Services

Although many customers may have dedicated web servers, they do not always require dedicated database servers. 724 Hosting offers shared SQL Server database hosting for all customers within its facilities. Customers receive a set amount of disk space and DBO privileges to their databases. Of course, dedicated database servers are always available to our customers. The shared option should really only be used by customers in development or expecting light amounts of database traffic.

SQL Server Shared Fees

Setup: $50 per databaseMonthly: $50 per database
Amount of Space: 50MB data device and 10MB log device
Additional Disk Space: $10 per 50MB

MS SQL Server Management Services

Instead of hiring your own DBA team, you can take advantage of the vast experience 724 Hosting's DBAs have gained in managing hundreds of customers. Assistance can be provided on an ongoing monthly basis or services can be provided for hourly purposes.

Hourly SQL Server DBA Assistance:

$225 per hour with a 30 minute minimum. Available with 24 hour notice.

Emergency SQL Server DBA Assistance:
$350 per hour with a 1 hour minimum. Available with 2 hour notice.

Standard SQL Server Administration Package:
$200 per server per month
 

  • 724 Hosting manages the addition of users and permissions.
  • Resolution and tracking of storage allocation issues.
  • Monitor the availability of SQL Server databases.
  • Additional DBA assistance available at $175 per hour with 30 minute minimum with a 24 hour notice window.

Gold SQL Server Administration Package:
$400 per server per month
 

  • All features of the standard package.
  • SQL Server patch tracking and application.
  • Monitor performance of SQL Server databases and make capacity planning recommendations once per month if necessary.
  • Monthly DBCC database checks.
  • Additional DBA assistance available at $175 per hour with 30 minute minimum with a 12 hour notice window.
  • Manage daily incremental backups and weekly full backups of up to 1GB of SQL data.
  • Each additional GB costs $35 per month. Any restores not due to hardware failure cost $100 per GB.

Platinum SQL Server Administration Package:
$1000 per server per month
 

  • All the features of the Gold package.
  • 2 hours of troubleshooting assistance per month (cannot be carried over from month to month). Must be requested 12 hours in advance.
  • 1 hour of emergency assistance per month (can not be carried over from month to month). Available within 2 hours of request.
  • Once per month security audits.
  • Once per month conferences between customer and their dedicated DBA team at 724 Hosting.
 
 
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$345/mo.

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