Dedicated Ubuntu Linux Server

The launch of Ubuntu was first announced in September 2004. Although a relative newcomer to the Linux distribution scene, the project took off like no other before, with its mailing lists soon filled in with discussions by eager users and enthusiastic developers. In the few years that followed, Ubuntu has grown to become the most popular desktop Linux distribution and has greatly contributed towards developing an easy-to-use and free desktop operating system that can compete well with any proprietary ones available on the market.

What was the reason for Ubuntu's stunning success? Firstly, the project was created by Mark Shuttleworth, a charismatic South African multimillionaire, a former Debian developer and the world's second space tourist, whose company, the Isle of Man-based Canonical Ltd, is currently financing the project. Secondly, Ubuntu had learnt from the mistakes of other similar projects and avoided them from the start - it created an excellent web-based infrastructure with a Wiki-style documentation, creative bug-reporting facility, and professional approach to the end users.

On the technical side of things, Ubuntu is based on Debian "Sid" (unstable branch), but with some prominent packages, such as GNOME, Firefox and OpenOffice.org, updated to their latest versions. It has a predictable, 6-month release schedule, with an occasional Long Term Support (LTS) release that is supported with security updates for 3 - 5 years, depending on the edition (non-LTS release are supported for 18 months).

Features and benefits of a Cybercon Dedicated Ubuntu 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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