{"id":1551,"date":"2009-08-18T12:32:13","date_gmt":"2009-08-18T10:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/helpcentre\/?p=1551"},"modified":"2025-12-22T13:15:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T11:15:40","slug":"managed-hosting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/products-and-services\/managed-hosting\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Managed Server hosting?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/managed-servers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Managed Server<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> provides you with an entire web server specifically dedicated to your needs, that\u2019s conveniently administered by our experienced team. For websites that need more resources than our shared Web Hosting packages can provide, a Managed Server is an ideal option. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Recommended uses for a Managed Server:<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This solution is ideal as a <\/span><b>high-end web server<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, for email and collaboration, to host a web development project, or for any task where a server\u2019s full resources are needed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We recommend it for customers who would like to leave all their server worries in the hands of our reliable and competent engineers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We handle all monitoring, management, and maintenance for you, therefore <\/span><b>no root access is provided<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Server specifications:<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our Managed Servers are built to specifications similar to those used for our Shared Web hosting packages: we use xneelo\u2019s standard hardware and software setup. S<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ee our list of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/products-and-services\/software\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">standard software.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> As this is a managed server setup, we use our standard build.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Operating System is Debian \u2013 should you require different hardware or software configurations, please consider our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/dedicated-servers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Self-Managed Server<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> options.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With this solution, you are provided with a web-based administration system for the creation and configuration of your own customised hosting packages \u1806 ideal for businesses and agencies that would like to create their own custom offering for their clients.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can host all your websites on this one server without having to pay hosting fees for each website added.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While we make a server available to you for your own exclusive use, the server remains our property.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><b>Our Managed Server offering includes:<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">24\/7 customer support<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">99.9% uptime guarantee<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A dedicated IP<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Option to configure multiple websites or dedicate the server to a single, high-trafficked website<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ability to create and configure your own customised hosting packages<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bespoke control panel with tools to manage your account and hosting services<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CMS support<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supports popular CMS\u2019s like WordPress, Drupal &amp; Joomla<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WordPress easy install minimising the time needed to setup<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Multiple PHP version support (all upstream supported versions)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Email hosting including mail filtering<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Security:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Web Application Firewall\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DDoS protection &amp;\u00a0 brute force prevention\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily anti-malware scanning\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Protection against attacks from known malicious IP sources via the IP Reputation service<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Free SSL certificate from Let&#8217;s Encrypt for web and email<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Server monitoring:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">24\/7 monitoring and alerting of critical customer services (like Apache)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">24\/7 monitoring of supporting services that run on servers (like api services)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"3\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Backups (for disaster recovery as well as site\/email content daily) for two weeks<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information on our Managed Hosting packages, or to order,<\/span> please visit our <a title=\"product pages\" href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/managed-servers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">product pages<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"plain":"<span >A <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/managed-servers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Managed Server<\/b><\/a><span > provides you with an entire web server specifically dedicated to your needs, that\u2019s conveniently administered by our experienced team. For websites that need more resources than our shared Web Hosting packages can provide, a Managed Server is an ideal option. <\/span>\r\n<h2><b>Recommended uses for a Managed Server:<\/b><\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><span >This solution is ideal as a <\/span><b>high-end web server<\/b><span >, for email and collaboration, to host a web development project, or for any task where a server\u2019s full resources are needed.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span >We recommend it for customers who would like to leave all their server worries in the hands of our reliable and competent engineers.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span >We handle all monitoring, management, and maintenance for you, therefore <\/span><b>no root access is provided<\/b><span >.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2><b>Server specifications:<\/b><\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li  aria-level=\"1\"><span >Our Managed Servers are built to specifications similar to those used for our Shared Web hosting packages: we use xneelo\u2019s standard hardware and software setup. S<\/span><span >ee our list of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/products-and-services\/software\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span >standard software.<\/span><\/a><span > As this is a managed server setup, we use our standard build.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li  aria-level=\"1\"><span >The Operating System is Debian \u2013 should you require different hardware or software configurations, please consider our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/dedicated-servers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span >Self-Managed Server<\/span><\/a><span > options.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li  aria-level=\"1\"><span >With this solution, you are provided with a web-based administration system for the creation and configuration of your own customised hosting packages \u1806 ideal for businesses and agencies that would like to create their own custom offering for their clients.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li  aria-level=\"1\"><span >You can host all your websites on this one server without having to pay hosting fees for each website added.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li  aria-level=\"1\"><span >While we make a server available to you for your own exclusive use, the server remains our property.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2><span ><b>Our Managed Server offering includes:<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li  aria-level=\"2\"><span >24\/7 customer support<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li  aria-level=\"2\"><span >99.9% uptime guarantee<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li  aria-level=\"2\"><span >A dedicated IP<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li  aria-level=\"2\"><span >Option to configure multiple websites or dedicate the server to a single, high-trafficked website<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li  aria-level=\"2\"><span >Ability to create and configure your own customised hosting packages<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li  aria-level=\"2\"><span >Bespoke control panel with tools to manage your account and hosting services<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li  aria-level=\"2\"><span >CMS support<\/span>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li  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