Managed Hosting Services | Canada Web Hosting

Much of the work at Canada Web Hosting is done behind the scenes to keep your eMax managed server running smoothly. To duplicate the administrative services and systems provided by Canada Web Hosting would cost the small or medium-sized business hundreds of thousands of dollars. At Canada Web Hosting everything is included for one very affordable monthly fee.

Server Monitoring and Reporting

Almost every aspect of your eMax Managed Server is monitored around-the-clock using multiple remote sensors that cross-reference each other to provide more accurate reporting then typical in-house monitoring systems. Connectivity, server load, disk and memory usage are a few of the metrics that are monitored and reported to administrative teams. These teams are automatically paged about any critical alerts and use the information to ensure availability and performance SLAs are met or exceeded. Via the Unity hosting portal, customers can review the same alerts and reports or even monitor their server(s) in real time.

Network Security

The eMax managed hosting platform features a multi-dimensional security system that is among the most potent in the industry. This security system includes redundant, stateful packet-inspection firewalls on each dedicated network segment and a robust network-based intrusion detection systems that scans network traffic for known vulnerabilities and attack signatures.

• Automated Security Patches

  The best approach to security is a proactive one. Canada Web Hosting advanced patch delivery system allows it to deploy critical Linux and Window's server patches and updates within hours of their release. Canada Web Hosting also provides its clients with the option of upgrades on all standard OS and application software as production releases become available.

• AVG Anti-Virus

  An AVG Professional anti-virus solution is included with every eMax Windows Business or Enterprise server. AVG is continuously certified with a 100% virus detection rate by the ISCA and has an excellent reputation for trouble free operation.

Managed Backups and Recovery

CommVault QiNetix suite of software helps you to efficiently and reliably perform all aspects of data management -  including archive, protection, recovery, remote office and disaster recovery, and storage resource management.  This service includes a generous backup allowance; custom backup scheduling; daily, weekly and monthly data archiving, a one hour restore guarantee, a remote backup option and more.

Optimized Installs

Canada Web Hosting spends hundreds of hours engineering optimized versions Unix and Windows web, application and database servers. These installs are carefully tested and benchmarked before being released into the production environment and represent many years of research and experience by our development teams. For example, industry standard benchmarking has shown Canada Web Hosting's optimizations of Red Hat Linux and MySQL allow it to run up to 37% faster under load than comparable installs.

Managed Microsoft Exchange Email

The Microsoft Exchange messaging and collaboration platform allows you to access your email, calendars, and address book anywhere via Outlook 2003/2007 desktop client, Outlook Web/Mobile Access or a PDA. Canada Web Hosting's managed Exchange hosting solution is designed to be simple to use and as flexible as possible while providing the highest level of security and reliability. Hosted on high availability clusters and geographically redundant networks, clients receive enterprise-level performance, reliability and support at an affordable price starting from $2.99/email/month!

Find out more about Managed Exchange Hosting.

Geographically Redundant DNS Service

Although often overlooked, the performance and security of your DNS servers is essential to the overall performance of your web site. Canada Web Hosting provides fully managed DNS services via its redundant BIND servers in Vancouver and Toronto. Alternatively, clients on the eMax platform can choose to host their own DNS servers.