Data Blanket Dedicated Web Server Administration provides ongoing active management of core server software, hardware, networking components and routers that run your Internet operations. Data Blanket Dedicated Web Server Administration takes the pressure off your IT staff, allowing them to manage and focus on your mission-critical applications without worrying about infrastructure.

Key aspects of Data Blanket Server Administration:

• Hardware Administration - Hardware administration is the provisioning, deployment, and testing of all equipment in your staging and production-hosting environments.
  
  We keep an inventory of all hardware you deploy in case replacement parts are needed. Our Data Blanket Deep Server Monitoring tools allow us to identify hardware problems in advance and take corrective actions promptly for you.

• Network Administration - Network administration includes the provisioning, deployment, testing, and active ongoing management of all networking devices in your staging and production-hosting environments.
  
  This includes all routers, switches, SSL accelerators, firewalls, load-balancers, and other networking devices. Dataracks is responsible for ongoing management and administration of all your networking devices and maintains an inventory of spare networking gear in case of equipment failure. We’re also responsible for management of all routing tables within our customers' configurations, as well as the VPN and firewall setup and maintenance.

• Software Administration - This covers installation of your operating system and all OS supporting software.
  
  Once you've chosen the environment, Dataracks is responsible for provisioning, installing, testing and maintaining your operating system and core services on an ongoing basis, including installation of security patches, up-to-date service packs, and revisions to your operating system.
  
  
• Custom Application Support - Through our mission critical development infrastructure, Dataracks works with your company to understand your unique application so we can assist in a moment’s notice to mission critical unique software issues. You may learn more about it here.

• Remote Administration - This includes installation of remote administration tools, as well as access-level provisioning for remote access to various parts of your hosting environment.
  
  Dataracks customers have full remote access capabilities using Microsoft Terminal Services. Customers also have the option to use a VPN for encrypted communications. Dataracks also takes responsibility for initial installation and configuration of these tools.

• Basic Application Administration - Dataracks can assist with installation of supported and many mainstream Red Hat & Microsoft applications.
  
  

• Database Administration Services - Our team of database administrators will help you troubleshoot your MySQL and Microsoft SQL databases, as well as provides full database administration, if needed. Dataracks database administrators can monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize your database for you. We also monitor SQL availability, and provide backup, recovery planning and administration, as well as capacity projection services.

• Data Migration Services - Ensuring that your critical data is migrated smoothly to a new hosting environment can be a complex and time-consuming process. Our Professional Service Engineers will help plan your move, migrate your data, configure and restore your application files to your new hosting environment at Dataracks. You may learn more about it here.