| Feature / Plan |
Budget |
Student |
Developer |
Database |
Commercial |
Pro |
Pro II |
| Setup fee |
$0 / Free Setup |
Price/month
(AUD prices ex. GST) |
AUD$29.95
USD$22
£12 |
AUD$12.95
USD$10
£5 |
AUD$49.95
USD$37
£20 |
AUD$69.95
USD$52
£28 |
AUD$99.95
USD$74
£40 |
AUD$119.95
USD$88
£49 |
AUD$139.95
USD$99
£58 |
| Space |
200mb |
200mb |
500mb |
1gb |
2gb |
3gb |
5gb |
| Traffic |
1gb |
500mb |
2gb |
3gb |
4.5gb |
6gb |
7.5gb |
| RAM |
shared up to 2gb (48mb minimum per account) |
shared up to 2gb (48mb minimum per account), or dedicated 96mb linux VM |
dedicated 256mb |
dedicated 384mb |
dedicated 512mb |
| Database |
None |
Choice of: SQL/Server 2005
MySQL4/5
PostGreSQL
FireBird |
Choice of: MySQL4/5
PostGreSQL
FireBird |
Choice of:
1 x SQL/Server 2005
2 x MySQL4/5
1 x PostGreSQL
1 x FireBird |
Choice of:
2 x SQL/Server 2005
4 x MySQL4/5
2 x PostGreSQL
2 x FireBird
Dedicated MySQL server
Dedicated PostGreSQL server |
| Java(tm) Support |
Tomcat 3.3 on JDK1.3
Tomcat 3.3 on JDK1.4
Tomcat 4.1 on JDK1.3
Tomcat 4.1 on JDK1.4
Tomcat 4.1 on JDK1.5
Tomcat 4.1 on JDK1.6
Tomcat 5.0 on JDK1.4
Tomcat 5.5 on JDK1.5
Tomcat 5.5 on JDK1.6
Tomcat 6.0 on JDK1.6
Linux or Windows |
Tomcat 3.3 on JDK1.3
Tomcat 3.3 on JDK1.4
Tomcat 4.1 on JDK1.3 *
Tomcat 4.1 on JDK1.4 *
Tomcat 5.0 on JDK1.4 *
Tomcat 5.5 on JDK1.5 *
Tomcat 5.5 on JDK1.6 *
Tomcat 6.0 on JDK1.6 *
JBoss 4 on JDK1.4 *
JBoss 4 on JDK1.5 *
JBoss 4 on JDK1.6 *
JBoss 4 on JDK1.6 *
JBoss 5 on JDK1.6 *
Command Line VM (any JDK) *
Tomcat 5.5 Cluster (ProII Only)
Tomcat 6.0 Cluster (ProII Only)
Linux or Windows
(*) Dedicated VM (256mb+ physical RAM)
(*) Metawerx-Managed or Self-Managed |
| Full JDK |
yes |
| Clustering |
not available |
Tomcat 5.5/6 Clustering on 2 Load-Balanced High Performance JVMs |
| Tomcat Logs |
yes - all logs |
| Online DB Administration |
n/a |
MySQL: phpMyAdmin, Metawerx MySQLAdministrator
PostGreSQL: phpPgAdmin
FireBird: Metawerx FBAdministrator
SQL Server: Metawerx SQLAdministrator |
| Firewalled Database |
n/a |
yes |
| Secure External DB Connection |
n/a |
yes - via easy to use secure SSH connection, allowing full remote access from GUI-based tools, command line tools, and your applications, from your office/desktop |
| Database Optimization |
n/a |
yes |
| Database Backups |
n/a |
Hourly and Daily SQL/Server backup (48 hours + 7 days kept)
Daily PostGreSQL Backup (30 days kept)
Daily MySQL Backup (14 days kept)
MySQL Master/Slave Replication |
| ASP/.NET |
yes - Windows plans only |
| Mail addresses |
15 |
- |
40 |
60 |
80 |
| Domain name |
yes
(includes 1 free
domain name transfer) |
free metawerx address only |
yes
(includes 1 free
domain name transfer) |
yes
(includes 3 free
domain name transfers) |
yes
(includes 5 free
domain name transfers) |
yes
(includes 8 free
domain name transfers) |
Additional domain transfers
(no charge) |
free |
n/a |
free |
| Cocoon Support |
Cocoon 2.1 |
Any version |
| Struts Support |
Any version |
| Spring Support |
Any version |
| Hibernate Support |
Any version |
| Lucene Support |
Any version |
| Payment Gateways |
We support all payment gateways and SSL-related services, including SunJCE, SunJSSE, Paypal, WebPay, Cryptix, Camtech, ANZ, VeriSign and more. |
| POP3 URL Notifier |
yes |
| Secure SMTP |
yes |
| Custom MX Records |
yes |
| SSL Secure Subdomain |
- |
yes |
| Free Subdomains |
- |
- |
1 |
3 |
4 |
10 |
20 |
| WAP/WML Support |
yes |
| i-mode Support |
yes, all international phones |
| Free Support |
yes |
| FTP Access |
yes |
| RSync Access |
yes |
| Daily Website Backups |
yes - 7 days of rolling backups kept for all website files |
| IIS Server Logs |
yes |
| Daily Statistics |
yes |
| Tomcat monitoring |
yes - including response, OutOfMemoryException and high-CPU monitoring |
| Java VM monitoring |
yes - very comprehensive java monitoring improved gradually since 1997 |
| Server monitoring |
yes - including advanced hardware monitoring |
| Security monitoring |
yes - intrusion detection and anti-port scan system |
| CPU monitoring |
yes - all processes are CPU monitored to prevent slowdowns |
| Disk Space monitoring |
yes - disk space is monitored to prevent data loss and corruption |
| World Class Data Centre |
yes - Primus Corporate Data Centre, Melbourne CBD
Click here for full list of features and security |
| Java Load-Balancing |
extensive options available including Round-Robin DNS, Round-Robin Request or High Availability Transparent Load-Balancing
* consultancy available |
| Server or VM level failover |
available as scale-up option with 2 or more hosting plans
* consultancy available |
| Session-level failover |
not available |
* requires Tomcat Clustering
* your application must be distributable
* consultancy available, or check our wiki |
| RAID Drives |
yes - all servers are RAID-1 or RAID-5 protected |
| SCSI Drives |
yes - cheaper SATA drives are *not* used, only 10k/15k SCSI |
| Redundant Power |
yes - servers use two power leads, connected to separate power grids |
| Redundant NIC |
yes - all servers have two Network cards |
| Uptime Guarantee |
99.8% |
99.9% |
99.95% |
