Dedicated Gentoo Linux Server
The concept of Gentoo Linux was devised in around the year 2000 by Daniel Robbins, a former Stampede Linux and FreeBSD developer. It was the author's exposure to FreeBSD and its "autobuild" feature called "ports", which inspired him to incorporate some of the FreeBSD software management principles into Gentoo under the name of "portage". The idea was to develop a Linux distribution that would allow users to compile the Linux kernel and applications from source code directly on their own computers, thus maintaining a highly-optimised and always up-to-date system. By the time the project released its 1.0 version in March 2002, Gentoo's package management was considered a superior alternative to some binary package management systems, especially the then widely-used RPM.
Gentoo Linux was designed for power users. Originally, the installation was cumbersome and tedious, requiring hours or even days of compiling on the command line to build a complete Linux distribution; however, in 2006 the project simplified the installation procedure by developing an installable Gentoo live CD with a point-and-click installer. Besides providing an always up-to-date set of packages for installation with a single command, the other important features of the distribution are excellent security, extensive configuration options, support for many architectures, and the ability to keep the system up-to-date without re-installing. The Gentoo documentation was repeatedly labelled as the best online documentation of any distribution.
Features and benefits of a Cybercon Dedicated Gentoo Linux Server:
- 100% Network Uptime Guaranteed!
The Cybercon data center maintains direct connections to four of the top five Internet backbones: ATT, Verizon/MCI/UUNET,
Qwest and Level 3. Cybercon's IP Network is powered by redundant high capacity Cisco data center routers and switches.
- One Hour Hardware Replacement Guarantee!
Reliable equipment means hardware failures are extremely rare. In the event of a failure, Cybercon will repair or replace
the equipment within one hour - 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
- Managed services included: Server monitoring, unlimited server reboots, and unlimited application service
restarts.
- Technical Experties: Serving thousands of servers for over 10 years, we have extensive experience with Red Hat
Linux, CentOS Linux, Fedora Linux, Debian Linux,
Slackware Linux, SuSE Linux and Solaris operating systems; Apache web server; Sendmail and Qmail mail servers;
MySQL database server; PHP, IPtable, and more.
- Free backup space: Receive 10GB of free backup space for each dedicated Solaris server (Additional backup space
is available
as an option). Cybercon RAID-6 backup systems provide twice the redundancy of the popular RAID 5 systems. Our backup systems
support iSCSI, NFS, CIFS, and FTP.
- Live on-site technical support: available 24x7x365 by email, telephone or through our user friendly on-line
support web portal.
- State-of-the-art data center facility
includes diesel power generators, UPS, environmental cooling systems, multi-level security, and pre-action fire suppression
systems.
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