Our support extensively covers server management. The following overview of our grades shows how well common topics are covered by our fully managed support:
Grade A – Comprehensive
Our support team is very well-versed on the items in this grade and can provide rapid quality support on these items. These also encompass important or critical matters that entitle you to fast action on our part.
Operating Systems
Configuration, Installation, & Troubleshooting
- Initial server setup
- Server reinstallation/reimaging
- Boot problems
- Operating system password resets
- Internet connectivity
- IP aliasing (for hosting with more than one IP address)
- Basic attack mitigation
Software
Grade B – Detailed
Our support team knows these items well and can handle most issues pertaining to them. Some advanced or atypical configurations may take more time or correspondences to address, but generally, our support team can quickly help you with items in this grade.
Operating Systems
- Ubuntu (all other officially supported releases)
- Fedora (all other officially supported releases)
- CentOS (all other officially supported releases)
- Debian (all other officially supported releases)
Configuration, Installation, & Troubleshooting
- DNS zones
- Task automation
- Installing, updating, and removing software from official repositories
- General server slowness
Software
Grade C – Partial
Some basic support for this grade is available for free under our managed services. More complex tasks may be unsupported or done for an additional fee, depending on what’s involved in the tasks.
Operating Systems
- Ubuntu (pre-release)
- Fedora (pre-release)
- CloudLinux (all officially supported releases)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (all officially supported releases)
- Debian testing, unstable
Configuration, Installation, & Troubleshooting
- netfilter/iptables
- Email accounts
- Website migrations
- Website and script errors
- Password resets on some programs
- Backups
Software
Grade D – Conditional
The following may be subject to an additional fee not included in our managed support or be unsupported entirely, depending on the complexity of the configuration. Support for these items is at our discretion.
Operating Systems
- Windows Server (all officially supported releases)
Configuration, Installation, & Troubleshooting
- Load balancing
- Database clustering
Software
Grade E – Best-Effort
Our support administrators may not be familiar with support issues in this grade but will use their critical thinking skills to try to help at least to some degree. There is no guarantee that we can resolve your issue.
Operating Systems
- FreeBSD (all officially supported releases)
Configuration, Installation, & Troubleshooting
- Ubuntu major release upgrades
- Debugging existing scripts and programs
Software
Grade F – Unsupported
We do not offer support for this grade due to feasibility, scope, and/or policy.
Operating Systems
- Client versions of Windows
- macOS
- ARM-based operating systems
- Android-x86
Configuration, Installation, & Troubleshooting
- Nested virtualization
- GPU applications
- Cryptocurrency applications
- Proxy servers
- Web design
- Template/theme integration
- Operating system major release upgrades
- Custom kernels
- Programming new software
- Writing apps