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Server Configurations

From both hardware and software perspectives, 3DPixel.net maximise the performance and efficiency of the shared hosting platforms.

Server Hardware

All our server chassis are provided by Supermicro. Supermicro provide high performance, energy efficient chassis and mainboard combinations with the ultimate specifications in reliability. Our own staff then build the rest of the server based around high performance multi-core Intel Xeon processors, Corsair DDR2 memory and the latest in performance yet energy efficient hard drives, be it SAS / SATA / SSD.

Our mainstay shared hosting server is currently the Supermicro 6025B-3RB (offsite link: supermicro.com).

Apache

3DPixel.net currently operates Apache webservers running version 2.0.x or 2.2.x. Heavily optimised for shared hosting environments Apache is currently the defacto mainstay webserver daemon of the hosting industry. We can also proxypass to other daemons such as lighttpd should it be required for static content / custom applications (business accounts or higher only).

PHP5 & Legacy PHP4 (on the same system!)

With PHP4 now officially end of life, 3DPixel.net runs PHP5 (default) via mod_php and PHP4 for legacy applications via mod_fastcgi.

PHP4 can be selected for immediate activation via .htaccess.

We currently disable dangerous PHP functions on both platforms (please contact us for a list). We also disable allow_url_fopen for maximum client security.

MySQL5 & MySQL4

3DPixel.net offers both MySQL5 and MySQL4 to customers via the plesk control panel. MySQL has been heavily optimised for maximum performance.