Dedicated Servers
From Gravity Internet Technical Support
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Configuration Notes
When using Linux operating systems, do not configure eth1 as this is reserved for the integrated Lights-Out management port.
Troubleshooting
Server Documentation
Sun Fire X2100
AMD1210, AMD1218 and AMD 1222 dedicated servers:
- Product documentation - Official documentation from Sun Microsystems
- Lights Out Manager (LOM) Admin Guide
Sun Fire X2250
E5405 dedicated server:
- Product documentation - Official documentation from Sun Microsystems
- Lights Out Manager (LOM) Admin Guide
Sun Fire X2270
E5504 and L5520 dedicated servers:
- Product documentation - Official documentation from Sun Microsystems
Recommended software for dedicated servers
Virtualization
- VMWare ESXi - Create your own virtual servers with this bare metal hypervisor.
- Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 - A free hypervisor-based virtualization system for x64 systems. Able to host Windows andLinux guest operating systems.
- OpenVZ - OpenVZ is container-based virtualization for Linux. OpenVZ creates multiple secure, isolated containers on a single physical server.
Operating Systems
- CentOS - CentOS is a freely-available operating system that is based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It is popular due to its stability and frequent updates.
- Fedora - Fedora is a general purpose operating system developed by the community-supported Fedora Project and sponsored by Red Hat. One of Fedora's main objectives is not only to contain free and open source software, but also to be on the leading edge of such technologies.
- Solaris - The Solaris Operating System—supported on over 1000 x86 and SPARC platforms—delivers the performance, stability and security your users and customers demand. With more applications available than for any other open operating system, one OS can span your entire enterprise: the Web tier, the data warehouse, and the most demanding technical compute applications.
- OpenSolaris - OpenSolaris is an open source operating system based on Solaris. OpenSolaris offers free, built-in features that help you build, debug and deploy new applications faster.
- FreeBSD - Another popular Unix operating system highly regarded as reliable and robust.
- openSUSE - A general purpose Linux operating system, developed by the community-supported openSUSE Project and sponsored by Novell.
Control Panels
- Webmin - Webmin is a web-based interface for system administration for Unix. Using any modern web browser, you can setup user accounts, Apache, DNS, file sharing and much more. Webmin removes the need to manually edit Unix configuration files like /etc/passwd, and lets you manage a system from the console or remotely.
- Parallels Plesk - Parallels Plesk Control Panel allows a server administrator to set up new websites, e-mail accounts, and DNS entries through a web-based interface. The administrator can create client and site templates, which predetermine resource allocation parameters for the domains and/or clients. Recommended for use on CentOS.
Productivity
- Zimbra Community Edition - An increasingly popular alternative to hosted MS Exchange, Zimbra is a client and server platform for next-generation messaging and collaboration.
- SME Server - An open-source alternative to Windows SBS server, that offers web, email and hosting services.
Other
- Jinzora media server - A web-based streaming media and management system. Access to your online music and video collection from any device with a web browser. Enjoy your media from your PC, notebook, PDA, Smart Phone, Xbox, PS3 or Wii.
- SHOUTcast Radio server - SHOUTcast is a server for streaming media developed by Nullsoft. It allows digital audio content, primarily in MP3 or HE-AAC format, to be broadcast to and from media player software, enabling hobbyists and professionals to create Internet radio networks.
- Live For Speed - Online racing simulator
