VPS Hosting vs. Managed VPS Hosting	Semi-Managed	Managed
Root Access
Control Panel & Environment
Choice of Linux OS Templates		CentOS 5 (cPanel)
cPanel License		FREE
WHM Access and Setup (For Resellers)		$10.00/mo
Softaculous Free		FREE
Softaculous Premium		$3.00/mo
A2 QuickInstaller
Boot, shutdown and reboot controls
Free Content Delivery Network (CDN) *NEW*		FREE
cPanel & Softaculous Setup		AUTOMATIC
Software Management
Control panel updates	User
OS Security Updates	User
Email Configuration	User
Package Installations (yum/rpm)	User
Software Upgrades (PHP, MySQL etc.)	User
MySQL & Apache Optimizations	User
PHP, PECL, Perl, Pear, Ruby Gems	User
Preconfigured Template Tuning	User
Reload / Re-Image OS	User
Compiler Access	User	(by request)
DNS Management	User
SSL Certificate Management	User
Cron Jobs	User
Easy software install, backup & update		With Softaculous
Hardware & Network Management	Semi-Managed	Managed
Hardware Upgrades & Maintenance
RAID Protected Storage
Triple Redundant Managed Network
Server Load Monitoring
Disk/Bandwidth Monitoring
Security	Semi-Managed	Managed
Server Monitoring
VM Monitoring (Up/Down/Load)	User
Server Security Hardening	Template-based
Brute Force Defense	Template-based
Firewall Installation	Template-based
Virus/Malware Scanning	Template-based
Port monitoring/blocking	Template-based
Backups	Semi-Managed	Managed
Disaster Recovery Backups Available	User

At most VPS hosting companies, you're 100% on your own once you purchase your account. Not at A2 Hosting! You have 2 distinct levels of VPS service to choose from; Semi-Managed VPS and Managed VPS. Use the information above to determine which VPS level is right for you.

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