Dedicated Servers / Managed Java Servers

With a range of servers starting from only $199/month, we are sure you will find something to suit your budget and your power requirements.

We use only Dell hardware for maximum reliability and performance. Intel Xeon CPU's are used for scalable computation and strong error checking. Ideal for mission critical applications. SCSI disks, much faster than SATA/IDE, are included on all plans. Most servers also come with hardware RAID drive mirroring.

All servers are located in our racks at the Primus Corporate Data Centre, King St, Melbourne, Australia, for maximum network speed and reliability. See the Data Centre Page for more information.

Please contact us with your specific requirements if you cannot find a suitable server below, or check the Optional Extras section at the bottom of this page.

Hardware/network/power management and monitoring - included in above pricing

• Full hardware management
• 24x7 network and ping monitoring
• 24x7 hardware monitoring with email alerts for hardware warnings/errors (eg: Power Supply, Fans, Memory, Drive Errors)
• 99.9% power and network uptime guarantee, next business day hardware replacement
• 99.9% hardware guarantee (excludes drives unless using RAID)
• Automatic monitoring escalation to Metawerx support staff

All servers include

• Dell(tm) hardware, Seagate or Fujitsu drives
• 1 or more Intel Xeon CPU(s) with optional HyperThreading, single, dual or quad-core architectures
• Dual power supplies and dual network cards, (1 connected, 1 spare, or option of dual-connection for full redundancy)
• Choice of 1Mbps/2Mbps/10Mbps/100Mbps switch port, or option to purchase redundant NIC connection
• Traffic graphs (See Sample)
• Full Administrator/root access for self-managed servers
• Remote reboot facility
• 3 IP addresses (3 usable) - more available if required, for larger servers
• Free use of metawerx redundant DNS services, unlimited domains

Server Setup - Windows

• Windows 2003 Server Standard Edition
• IIS / FTP
• SQL/Server 2005 Express Edition (4gb Database Limit, 1gb RAM limit) or MySQL 5 (2gb RAM limit on Windows 2003 Standard unless 64bit)
• Tomcat 5.5.x / 6.0, JBoss 4.0 / 5.0
• Installation of latest security updates and patches
• Terminal Services (5 CAL License) for remote desktop access

Server Setup - Linux

• Ubuntu Dapper LTS, Ubuntu Hardy Heron LTS, Debian
• PostGreSQL 8.1 and MySQL 5
• Tomcat 5.5.x / 6.0, JBoss 4.0 / 5.0
• Installation of latest security updates and patches
• OpenSSH for remote shell access

OS/Java Managed Services - Windows - $399/month

• Metawerx security lockdown including portscan protection
• Monitoring of critical services, with automatic restart or manual intervention as required
• Monitoring of RAM usage, disk space per partition, high CPU usage, with alerts and intervention
• Metawerx mail server with unlimited user accounts, POP3 and IMAP
• IIS, FTP, Terminal Services management
• SQL Server, MySQL or FireBird management
• Full Tomcat and JBoss management (up to 4 dedicated VMs on your own server, limited only by disk space and traffic). Restart your own VM and applications as necessary. We manage the rest.
• Tomcat, JBoss upgrades
• Optional Tomcat clustering support and management
• Ongoing installation of latest security updates and patches
• Off-server backup of critical data up to 50gb on the metawerx backup SAN
• SSL CSR generation and certificate installation
• Regular inspection & server health-checks

OS/Java Managed Services - Linux - $399/month

• Metawerx security lockdown including portscan protection
• Monitoring of critical services, with automatic restart or manual intervention as required
• Monitoring of RAM usage, disk space per partition, high CPU usage, with alerts and intervention
• Metawerx mail server with unlimited user accounts, POP3 and IMAP
• Apache, FTP, SSH management
• PostGreSQL or MySQL management
• Full Tomcat and JBoss management (up to 4 dedicated VMs on your own server, limited only by disk space and traffic). Restart your own VM and applications as necessary. We manage the rest.
• Tomcat, JBoss upgrades
• Optional Tomcat clustering support and management
• Ongoing installation of latest security updates and patches
• Off-server backup of critical data up to 50gb on the metawerx backup SAN
• SSL CSR generation and certificate installation
• Regular inspection & server health-checks

Options - Traffic

• Extra 5gb traffic blocks $34/month (traffic excess rate is $22/gb if you exceed your plan limit)
• Extra 10gb traffic blocks $49/month (traffic excess rate is $22/gb if you exceed your plan limit)

Options - RAM

• Extra 1gb RAM upgrade $39/month (limit of 12-16gb on mid-range, 32gb on enterprise servers. Windows 2003 Standard max RAM is 4gb)
• Extra 2gb RAM upgrade $69/month (limit of 12-16gb on mid-range, 32gb on enterprise servers. Windows 2003 Standard max RAM is 4gb)

Options - Disk

• Extra 36gb/10k drive $24/month (limit of 2, 3, 5 or 6 drives depending on server)
• Extra 36gb/15k drive $39/month (limit of 2, 3, 5 or 6 drives depending on server)
• Extra 73gb/10k drive $49/month (limit of 2, 3, 5 or 6 drives depending on server)
• Extra 73gb/15k drive $79/month (limit of 2, 3, 5 or 6 drives depending on server)
• Extra 146gb/10k drive $89/month (limit of 2, 3, 5 or 6 drives depending on server)
• Extra 146gb/15k drive $149/month (limit of 2, 3, 5 or 6 drives depending on server)
• Extra 300gb/10k drive $169/month (limit of 2, 3, 5 or 6 drives depending on server)
• Extra 300gb/15k drive $319/month (limit of 2, 3, 5 or 6 drives depending on server)
• 36gb/10k to 73gb/10k drive upgrade $25/month per drive
• 73gb/10k to 146gb/10k drive upgrade $39/month per drive
• 73gb/10k to 300gb/10k drive upgrade $129/month per drive
• 73gb/10k to 73gb/15k drive upgrade $49/month per drive
• 73gb/10k to 146gb/15k drive upgrade $99/month per drive
• + Configure RAID-5 (free at setup time)
• + Configure RAID-10 (free at setup time)
• + Configure RAID HotSpare drive (free at setup time)

Options - Other

• Redundant power on separate city power grid (power-supply/cable/power-grid redundancy) $18/month
• Redundant network connection using NIC-teaming (NIC/cable/switch-port redundancy) $18/month, $375/setup, where supported by OS and NIC cards
  
• Windows Server 2003 Standard to 2003 Enterprise upgrade $299/month
• Microsoft SQL/Server 2005 Express to 2005 Standard upgrade $599/month
  
• Hardware firewall $99/month
• External backup space on Metawerx SAN drive-array $2/gb/month
• External slave replication server for MySQL 4/5 $2/gb/month
• External subversion storage space $20/gb/month, or run Subversion from your own server
  
• Per incident on-site server maintenance $250/hr, minimum 1 hr. $1500 for 10 hour block pre-paid
• No charge for hardware maintenance, as it is covered by our hardware management
• Complete server and Java environment management $299-$599/month (see above, typical cost $399)