====== MD Web Hosting - VPS vSlice======

  * [[http://www.mdwebhosting.com.au/|Home Page]]
  * [[http://www.mdwebhosting.com.au/virtual-dedicated-server-plans.html|VPS vSlice Plans]]
  * [[http://mdwebhosting.com.au/virtual-dedicated-servers.html|VPS vSlice Overview]]
  * [[http://mdwebhosting.com.au/virtual-physical.html|vSlice vs. VPS vs. Dedicated]]
  * [[http://mdwebhosting.com.au/virtual-choose-vslice.html|Choosing the right vSlice]]

===== Company Details =====

From the [[http://www.mdwebhosting.com.au/aboutus.html|About Us]] page:

MD Web Hosting was established in 2001. From very modest beginnings, the company has proudly registered over 60,000 domains for Australian businesses, and continues to report record growth year on year. MD processes over 2 billion DNS queries monthly, a testament to how many websites rely on their hosting.
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MD's goal is to provide the best hosting and domain services at the most affordable price possible. This is achieved by:
  - Their commitment to support: All clients get 24x7 phone, ticket and livechat support, 365 days a year.
  - Their superior technology: Sites are hosted on industry-leading clustered server technology and enterprise storage arrays usually reserved for high end sites.
  - Their qualifications: MD is officially accredited by the Australian Domain Name Administrator to give customers better protection, support and pricing.

  * ACN: 109 613 194

===== Vslice VPS Plans =====

^ Package ^ Memory ^ Storage* ^ CPU ^ Mthly Xfer ^ Backup Storage ^ IP Address ^ Monthly Cost* ^
| 256MB vSlice | 256MB | 10GB | 1000Mhz | 10GB | 10GB | 1 |  $19.95 |
| 512MB vSlice | 512MB | 15GB | 1500Mhz | 20GB | 15GB | 1 |  $39.95 |
| 768MB vSlice | 768MB | 20GB | 2000Mhz | 30GB | 20GB | 2 |  $59.95 |
| 1024MB vSlice | 1024MB | 20GB | 2333Mhz | 40GB | 25GB | 2 |  $79.95 |
| 1536MB vSlice | 1536MB | 20GB | 2333Mhz | 60GB | 30GB | 2 |  $109.95 |
| 2048MB vSlice | 2048MB | 20GB | 2333Mhz | 80GB | 35GB | 2 |  $129.95 |
| 2048MB vSlice+ | 2048MB | 25GB | 4666Mhz | 100GB | 40GB | 2 |  $189.95 |


Overage charges:

^ IP | $3.90/month |
^ Storage* | $25/5GB/month |
^ Data Transfer | $50/20GB prepaid |
^ Data Transfer | $120/50GB prepaid |
^ Data Transfer | $3/1GB overage |
^ Onsite Backup | $10/5GB/month |
^ Management | Various options |
^ Windows software | Various options |

Advanced Feature Upgrades:

^ Clustering | Clustered vSlice for high availability, dynamic server load balancing, failover to new node on hardware failure. |

Notes:

  * CPU, RAM, Storage are guaranteed
  * *vSlices are stored on dual redundant Storage Area Networks across dozens of spindles for performance

===== Network =====

^ Location | Melbourne |
^ Data Centre | Globalcenter |
^ Network | Nextgen, ANC/Pacnet, Pipe Networks. MD Web Hosting AS38877 |

===== Server Hardware =====

  * Quad core x 2333Mhz Intel clustered server nodes
  * 16GB per node. 4Gbit backbone per node with redundant multipathing to SANs
  * Dual load-balanced Equallogic Storage Area Networks (2 x 16 spindles in RAID50, 6Gbit Active and 6Gbit Passive backbone).

===== Virtualisation =====

VMWare ESX3.5

===== Operating Systems =====

All O/S available in 32 and 64 bits

  * Centos 5.2
  * Ubuntu 8
  * Fedora Core 10
  * Debian Stable 4/5
  * Any other Linux distro supported
  * Windows Server 2003
  * Windows Server 2008
  * Windows 2000/NT
  * FreeBSD

===== Reviews =====