How do the new HTN Cloud Hosting plans stack up against the older Virtual and Managed Private Servers? Exceptionally well. Across the board, the Cloud Hosting plans deliver better performance; more modern software which is easier to use; and more functionality. At every price point, HTN Cloud Hosting accounts run faster than comparably prices VPS and MPS accounts.
Cirrus accounts pass the PCI External Vulnerability Scans mandated by PA-DSS requirement 11.2.
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| Cirrus | Linux VPS | Linux MPS | |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAM | 256 MB - 16 GB | 256 - 768 MB | 1 GB - 4 GB |
| Processes | Unlimited | 70 - 300 | Unlimited |
| CPU | 2.4 GHz Dual Quad-Core CPUs | ? | Xeon Quad-Core 3000 Series, 1 or 2 CPUs |
| Data Stream Rate | 10 Mb/s - 300 Mb/s | 0.128 MB/s - 1 MB/s (about 1 Mb/s - 8 Mb/s) |
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| Operating System | Ubuntu 10.04 LTS or 8.04 LTS | RHEL 4 | |
| Add-on Software | All package repositories available | Restricted, Verio-maintained, set of repositories supported | |
| Control Panel | Choose either Parallels® Plesk 10.0 or 9.5 | Proprietary | |
| Web Mail | @Mail and Horde IMP | Proprietary | |
| Web Applications | Yes. Includes over 200 applications for your web site. | Fewer than 10 web applications. Installation requires using ssh to log into the server as "root" and running the "vinstall" command. | |
| DNS Management in Contol Panel | Yes | No | |
| Pass PCI San | Yes | No (unless you intentionally hide outdated software from the scanner) | |
| PCI Scanning Permitted | Yes, without conditionns or restrictions. | Only with prior written permission and then only at the time specified. No more often than once per week. | Only with prior written permission and then only at the time specified. No more often than once per day. |
| Backups | Nightly backups retained for 5 days. (Longer time available for small additional fee.) No charge for restorations. | Nightly disk backups, overwritten each night. Weekly tape backups, retained for 2-3 weeks. No charge for restoration from disk backups. $100 charge for restoration from tape backups. | |
| Reliability | Excellent. Backed by Hen's Teeth Network, Rackspace, Canonical, and Parallels. | Excellent. Backed by Hen's Teeth Network and Verio. | |
While we make every effort to assure that the information presented here is accurate, specifications are subject to change without notice.