Comparison of OUCS web hosting services

The following tables compare the various web hosting services available from OUCS.

1. Hosting model

Web Services
Web hosting for individualsWeb hosting for unitsNSMS - Linux HostingNSMS - Windows hostingWebLearnSharepoint
Dedicated host no no yes yes no no
Web vhost no yes yes yes no no
Shared vhost yes no yes yes no no
Standard service free? yes yes no no yes yes

2. Platform

Web Services
Web hosting for individualsWeb hosting for unitsNSMS - Linux HostingNSMS - Windows hostingWebLearnSharepoint
Linux / Apache yes yes yes no no no
Windows / IIS no no no yes no yes
Drupal no no yes no no no
Zope / Plone no no yes no no no
Typo3 no no yes no no no
Other no no yes no yes no

3. Supported languages

Web Services
Web hosting for individualsWeb hosting for unitsNSMS - Linux HostingNSMS - Windows hostingWebLearnSharepoint
PHP no no yes yes no no
PERL no no yes no no no
safe_perl yes yes no no no no
Python no no yes no no no
Ruby on Rails no no yes no no no
.NET no no no yes no no
FrontPage SE no no no no no no
Java (Tomcat) no no yes yes no no

4. Features

Web Services
Web hosting for individualsWeb hosting for unitsNSMS - Linux HostingNSMS - Windows hostingWebLearnSharepoint
Access Control yes yes yes yes yes yes
Quota 100MB 1GB* 250MB* 250MB* 1GB* 1GB*
Usage information yes yes yes yes yes yes
Database backend no no yes yes no no
Management UI no no no no yes yes
Choice of URL (*.ox.ac.uk) no yes yes yes no no
Non-ox.ac.uk domain no yes yes yes no no
Support yes yes yes yes yes yes

* extension possible