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File Space | AFS shared file system | Local to the web server |
File Space ACLs | AFS based (mostly ignores traditional UNIX flags) | Traditional UNIX flags as expected by most external software |
SFTP Access | Yes | Yes |
Shell Access |
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High Availability |
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Disaster Recovery |
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MySQL Database Access |
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Unlimited databases included with the master account for no extra cost. Database disk space usage is part of quota. |
Cron Scripts |
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PHP Software | Bring your own and port it to the AFS file system and external MySQL environment. | Download from the web and local install with local database. |
Shibboleth Authentication | Yes | Yes |
NCSU Domains | Yes | Yes |
Access to Apache Config | None, except by help request | Some, as allowed by cPanel |
Access to Apache Logs | No | Yes |
Log Statistics | By request | Included (webalizer, awstats, bandwidth usage, raw access logs, error logs) |