These tables show the software packages (and versions) that come pre-installed with the various operating systems available. Where software is optional, or comes with an additional fee, this is shown in the table. All prices quoted exclude VAT.
| Software Installed with Linux Distributions |
| |
CentOS 5.4 |
Fedora 11 |
Ubuntu 10.04 |
| Vendor Support |
No |
No |
No |
| Control Panel |
Plesk (£5/m) or Cpanel (£15/m) on request |
Plesk on request (£5/m) |
n/a |
| Web Server |
Apache 2.2.3 |
Apache 2.2.13-1 |
Apache 2.2.14 |
| PHP |
5.1.6 |
5.2.11 |
5.3.2-1 |
| Perl |
5.8.8 |
5.10.0-82 |
5.10.1-8 |
| Python |
2.4.3 |
2.6-12 |
2.6.5-0 |
| Ruby |
1.8.5 |
1.8.6.383-6 |
1.8.7 |
| Rails |
2.1.0 |
2.3.5 |
2.1.0 |
| Passenger (mod_rails) |
2.0.2 |
2.2.9 |
2.0.2 |
| Database Server |
mySQL 5.0.77 |
mySQL 5.1.41-21 |
mySQL 5.1.41-3 & PostgreSQL 8.3.1-1
|
| SSH |
OpenSSH 4.3p2-26 |
OpenSSH 5.2p1-2 |
OpenSSH 5.3p1-3 |
| Vsftp |
VSFTPd 2.0.5-12 |
VSFTPd 2.1.2-2 |
VSFTPd 2.2.2-3 |
| Mail |
Postfix 2.3.3-2 |
Exim 4.69-10 |
Postfix 2.7.0-1 |
| Webstats |
Webalizer 2.01_10-30 |
Webalizer 2.21_02-2 |
Awstats 6.9 |
| DNS server |
BIND 9.3.4 |
BIND 9.6.1-7 |
BIND 9.7.0 |
| Gem |
0.9.2 |
1.3.2 |
1.1.0 |
| Additional Software |
Can be installed with Yum |
Can be installed with Yum |
Can be installed with Apt |
| Software Installed with Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard |
| Control Panel |
n/a |
| Web Server |
IIS 7.5 |
| ASP.NET |
.net framework 3.5 |
| MS SQL 2005 |
Express (free), Workgroup (£45/m) and Standard (£170/m) Editions available |
| MS SQL 2008 |
Express (free), Web (£14.99/m) Workgroup (£45/m) and Standard (£170/m) Editions available |
| Additional Software |
Can be installed using 'Add roles' snap-in |
| Software Installed with Windows Server 2008 Standard |
| Control Panel |
Plesk 8.6 on request |
| Web Server |
IIS 7 |
| ASP.NET |
.net framework 3.5 |
| MS SQL 2005 |
Express (free), Workgroup (£45/m) and Standard (£170/m) Editions available |
| MS SQL 2008 |
Express (free), Web (£14.99/m) Workgroup (£45/m) and Standard (£170/m) Editions available |
| Additional Software |
Can be installed using 'Add roles' snap-in |
| Software Installed with Windows Server 2003 Standard |
| Control Panel |
Plesk 8.6 on request |
| Web Server |
IIS 6 |
| ASP.NET |
.net framework 3.5 |
| MS SQL 2005 |
Express (free), Workgroup (£45/m) and Standard (£170/m) Editions available |
| MS SQL 2008 |
Unavailable - please user Server 2008 or above if you need MSSQL 2008 |
| Additional Software |
Can be installed using 'Add/Remove Programs' applet |
