The following tables show comparisons on critical components of hardware, software, and networking. These components have a direct impact on the total overall performance of the hosting solution. Each table compares the components used in our Virtual Server System to the components used by a typical hosting company.

Hardware Components

			Our Virtual  Servers			Typical Hosting  Company
	Number of Users per Machine		~70			~700
	CPU		300 MHz Pentium II			200 MHz MIPS (SGI Origin 200)
	CPU Benchmark¹		8.09			8.59
	CPU Resources per User		0.12			0.012
	Main Memory		128 MB 50 ns ECC			128 MB
	Memory per User		1.83 MB			0.183 MB
	Disks		5 GB System Volume   9 GB User Volume   9 GB Mirror of User Volume			2 GB System (Internal)   8 GB User (External)   No Mirror Volume
	Disk Space per User		130 MB (mirrored)			11 MB (non-mirrored)
	Data Back Up System		Triple Backup Mirrored Hard Drive Compressed Tar Archive Tape Archive			Single Backup Tape Archive

Network Components

			Our Virtual  Servers			Typical Hosting  Company
	Router Core		Cisco 7500's			Cisco 7500's
	Server LAN Connection		Dedicated full-duplex   10 Mbps (Cisco 5000)			Cisco 5000's
	Backbone Connection		Redundant 100&Mbps			100 Mbps
	Internet Connection		2 Verio OC3s 1 Sprint DS3			1 or 2 DS3's others only T1's

Software Components

			Our Virtual  Servers			Typical Hosting  Company
	Full Access to Web Server Configuration Files		YES			NO
	Full Access to Log Files		YES			NO
	Full Access to cgi-bin		YES			NO

¹ - Check out our SPEC description page for the complete explanation of the CPU Benchmark (SPECint95).