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Business Semi-dedicated Plan

Don't yet have the budget for a fully dedicated server? With our Semi-dedicated Business Plan you will enjoy all the same benefits of our other business hosting plans (with WestHost VPS Hosting Technology), but in addition, have the assurance of no more than 20 other accounts sharing your server and guaranteed resources. Sign up today and get a FREE upgrade to Miva Merchant 5.5 when it is released.

Core Features

Domain Management

Multiple Web site Support
- With a WestHost Virtual Private Server (VPS) you have the ability to host multiple Web sites within your hosting account. You can point multiple domains to the same Web site or point domains to separate Web sites within your web space. Learn More
Unlimited Included Web sites
- This is the default Web site limit for your hosting account. If your plan supports Multiple Web sites, you can increase the Web site limit of your account at any time for a $10 one-time fee (per Web site). Learn More
Subdomains
- With Subdomain support, you can place a word or phrase in place of the standard "www" (subdomain.domain.com) and redirect all requests for that URL to a different directory within your Web site. Learn More
DNS Records & Web Aliases
- All WestHost clients can take advantage of WestHost's powerful domain management services for web aliases, DNS headers, DNS records, and more. Learn More

Site Management

Statistics

AWStats
- AWStats is a powerful, feature-rich statistical tool that generates advanced reports on visitor traffic and web server statistics. Learn More
Counter
- The Counter Site Application keeps track of the number of 'hits' to your web pages and displays them to visitors. You can choose from a few different display types.

Site Promotion

Search Engine Tools
- Dominate the web's leading search engines with our tools. Optimize and submit your site instantly. Track your results, make modifications and control top keyword positions. Learn More
$50 Yahoo Search Marketing Credit
- All WestHost clients now receive $50 credit with Yahoo Search Marketing. If you want to get your site listed instantly with leading search engines like Yahoo, MSN, Alta Vista, Infospace and CNN.com, the only way is with Yahoo Search Marketing.

Media

Real Audio/Video
- Allow your visitors to listen to audio or watch video on your Web site in real-time as they are being downloaded (called "streaming media"), instead of the user having to download the complete file first. Learn More
Photo Album Application (Gallery)
- Gallery 2.0 is the next generation of photo and movie sharing web applications, giving you an intuitive way to blend photo management and photo printing seamlessly into your own Web site. Upload your photos, edit them, and create slideshows with comments, polls, statistics, and more. Learn More
ImageMagick
- ImageMagick is a free software suite to create, edit, and compose bitmap images. Images can be cropped, rotated, colors can be changed, various effects can be applied, and more. Learn More
Darwin Streaming Server
- Darwin Streaming Server is the technology that allows you to stream QuickTime media files on your Web site using the industry standard RTP and RTSP protocols. It was developed as an open source version of the popular QuickTime Streaming Server. This application requires a dedicated IP address. Learn More
Helix DNA Server
- Helix DNA Server is an open source media streaming server developed primarily by Real. It streams RealAudio, RealVideo, and MP3 files via RTSP/RTP and HTTP.

E-mail / FTP Management

Unlimited E-mail / FTP Accounts
- E-mail accounts are mailboxes for you and anyone else whom you want to give e-mail at your domain name. Once a user mailbox/account is set up, you can create as many forwarding addresses (aliases) as you want to go to that address. Learn More
Unlimited Forwarding & Aliasing
- E-mail Aliases are forwarding rules for your e-mail. You create an e-mail address and decide to forward mail sent there to one or more specified e-mail addresses, e.g. forward mail sent to sales@abc.com over to joe@abc.com and mike@xyz.net. Learn More
Web Based E-mail (RoundCube)
- Webmail is a secure web application that allows you to view e-mail stored on a mail server (rather than downloading it). You can access your e-mail directly from a web browser anywhere in the world. Some popular examples of other webmail applications are Hotmail and Yahoo Mail, but at WestHost, you'll use your own domain name. Learn More
Spam Protection
- SpamAssassin is a popular SPAM filtering program that uses a set of rules to determine if incoming e-mail is potentially SPAM. It uses a scoring system to add or subtract points based on conditions that match certain rules, and, if enough points are recorded, marks it as SPAM. Learn More
Autoresponders
- Once set up, WestHost's autoresponder automatically returns a prewritten message to anyone who submits e-mail to a particular Internet address. Learn More
Mail List Manager
- The application Dada Mail is an intuitive, web-based e-mail list management system allowing automatic subscription management by the mailing list recipient. Learn More
Formmail
- This application allows you to make an interactive form on your site where users can submit various information into fields, which will in turn be e-mailed to you. Learn More
Anonymous FTP
- With Anonymous FTP you can specify a directory of your web space that anyone can access to download or upload files. This application requires a dedicated IP address. Learn More

E-commerce Services

osCommerce
- osCommerce is a powerful and extremely popular online e-commerce solution. It features a rich set of out-of-the-box online shopping cart functionality that allows store owners to set up, run, and maintain their online stores with minimum effort. Learn More
MIVA Merchant (a $995.00 value!)
- MIVA Merchant is a premier e-commerce solution that enables businesses of all sizes to create, enhance and grow a thriving online store. Its web-based software comes complete with page design templates, inventory management, payment gateway support, shipping calculation, and an integrated shopping cart. Learn More
FREE Upgrade to Miva Merchant 5.5
- Free upgrade to be applied when Miva Merchant releases version 5.5 and WestHost completes deployment of the application on our infrastructure. Plan comes with Miva Merchant 5 by default.
Practical E-commerce Magazine
- Sign up for any of our Business Hosting plans today and receive 6 Months of Practical eCommerce Magazine for FREE! Learn More

Security

Shared SSL
- Those that do not wish to purchase their own SSL Certificate for 128bit SSL data encryption, server authentication and message integrity, can share ours for free by installing this application. Learn More
OpenSSL
- OpenSSL is a required application for those that wish to use their own SSL certificate issued from a trusted Certificate Authority (CA). This application requires a dedicated IP address. Learn More
Password Protect Directories
- With WebPassword you can create and manage shared web directories with password protection.

Development

Database

Unlimited MySQL Databases
- MySQL is a popular Open Source Software relational database management system which uses a subset of ANSI SQL (Structured Query Language). Learn More
phpMyAdmin
- phpMyAdmin is an application written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL databases directly from a web browser. Learn More

Support

24/7 REAL Support
- At WestHost, we know that web hosting is much more than price, space, and bandwidth. This is why we offer a level of 24/7 support and response times via toll-free phone, live chat, and e-mail that are unmatched in this industry. Learn More

Server Specs

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- - P4 3.4 GHz
  - 4GB RAM
  - Red Hat ES Linux 4 OS w/Apache 2
  - Gigabit Ethernet
  - Daily Backups

RAID

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- All WestHost servers are configured with RAID functionality for data redundancy.

Pricing

Hosting Fees
- $54.95 x 24 Months
  $58.95 x 12 Months
  $61.95 x 3 Months
  $64.95 x 1 Month