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Isn't it about time you made some dedicated
commitment to your
web site?

BSG looks after your web site so you can look after your business.

If your site has outgrown its shared hosting environment or you have other special requirements, BSG Hosting Services offers dedicated hosting, managed above and beyond the levels associated with traditional Internet Service Providers (ISPs).

Hosting Services offers single server managed dedicated hosting solutions on several platforms, including Microsoft, Linux, Solaris (Sun) and AIX (IBM).

Hosted within BSG’s totally fault tolerant infrastructure, which is monitored on a 24x7 basis and includes managed firewall protection, managed dedicated hosting is available at a cost effective price and with a flexible contract.

Managed dedicated hosting is designed with scalability in mind, with simple progression to managed Complex Hosting.

Dedicated managed hosting service typically includes:

Data Centre Environment

Exclusive use of the server.

Fault tolerant 24x7 managed network – ensures no single point of failure between your server and the Internet backbone.

Managed shared firewall – within the data centre network protecting your server.

Hard disc redundancy – mirrored or RAID 5 array redundancy, enables disc ‘hot swap’ on single disc failure.

Power Supply redundancy – dual server power supply ensures server power supply failover.

Bandwidth - burstable to your needs and available on a pay per use basis.

+ Additional Data Centre Environment options include:

Connectivity from the client premises to the data centre, via one of the following options:

  • Leased Line, ADSL/DSL or Laser (line of sight)


Hardware and software

Hardware available on a purchase or rental basis on a
1 to 3 year basis.

Operating system and server software included.

+ Additional Hardware and software options include:

Additional software licenses available for purchase outright or with 12 month payment terms.



Professional Services

Twenty free TAP credits – to be used during the first month to help set-up your service.

Monitoring - managed availability monitoring ensures that your server hardware and services are up and running with a response / break fix time defined on your SLA.

Backup – daily off-site tape backup. Data is stored for 56 days to enable disaster recovery.

Disaster Recovery – data restore in the event of hardware failure

Anti-virus – protection for your server with daily virus definitions update.

Help Desk – operated 24x7 to meet your service needs.

Support24x7 server uptime and hardware break / fix support, scalable to additionally cover your application.

Service Level Agreement – the SLA defined to your service level requirements through one single point of contact.

DNS hosting – ensuring your domain name is located and translated to your allocated IP address and POP3 mailboxes

Monthly availability report – reporting on server availability, bandwidth usage and threat alert report; summarising the software security patches made available.

+ Additional Professional Services:

Monitoring – additional monitoring, alerting and reporting up to application level is available at additional cost.

Advanced Backup – backup enabling restore of application which includes databases.

Archiving – for long-term data storage needs.

Firewall – managed and dedicated for your own needs.

VPN – Enabling secure connection to your servers.

SSL certificates – to facilitate secure and private collection of information via web facing applications.

Load Balancing – between servers or locations.

Web stats reporting – provides comprehensive user statistics with up to the minute traffic, marketing and demographic reports on how your website is operating in real time.

Detailed monthly report – includes reporting on server availability, response, performance, bandwidth usage and threat alert report; summarising the software security patches made available.

POP 3 Email and List server – dedicated mailboxes, managed and web enabled, secure and spam resistant mail server capable of handling over a million emails a day.

Managed data centre LAN – enables safe, cost effective and secure exchange of information between servers without the risk of data being sent over the public Internet.

Additional administration services – available via change request.

Application Support – full application support for both of-the-shelf and bespoke applications with SLA to match your need



Hosting services makes available a wide range of additional
products and services

For further information see: Infrastructure Why Hosting Services? Levels of Support



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