Our Network and Servers - Operating System and Software
All new user servers at pair Networks run the FreeBSD or Ubuntu operating system (FreeBSD 8.2 & Ubuntu 10.04 LTS).UNIX operating systems have been proven stable and reliable through decades of enhancement and improvement. pair Networks uses the open-source FreeBSD and Ubuntu operating systems exclusively for all of our Web hosting services. You can count on this added reliability, scalability, and security as a benefit to your site.
On the FreeBSD and Ubuntu sites, you can read more about the past, present, and future of these operating systems.
We are currently using the Apache Web server (Apache 2.2.23) on all new user servers with the following modules installed:
- mod_authn_file
- mod_authn_dbm
- mod_authn_anon
- mod_authn_default
- mod_authz_host
- mod_authz_groupfile
- mod_authz_user
- mod_authz_dbm
- mod_authz_default
- mod_auth_basic
- mod_auth_digest
- mod_include
- mod_log_config
- mod_deflate
- mod_env
- mod_expires
- mod_headers
- mod_usertrack
- mod_unique_id
- mod_setenvif
- mod_proxy
- mod_proxy_http
- mod_mime
- mod_status
- mod_autoindex
- mod_asis
- mod_cgi
- mod_negotiation
- mod_dir
- mod_imagemap
- mod_actions
- mod_userdir
- mod_alias
- mod_rewrite
- mod_cband
- mod_php
- mod_logio
Secure server and commerce services (SSL) are provided by the mod_SSL extension with our standard Apache configuration. This provides complete compatibility with our standard hosting services while ensuring the best possible performance and reliability.
Database services are provided by the famous open-source MySQL software. Available with our Advanced and higher level accounts, MySQL provides robust, high-performance SQL databases. We are currently running MySQL 5.1.61.
PHP is a powerful, server-side scripting language that can be used to extend the functionality of your pages in many ways. It is available for use with Advanced level accounts and higher and is activated by naming the files that use it with the extension .php.
We are currently running PHP 5.3.18.