At Westhost.co.uk we know what it takes to host an online e-commerce store. Our servers are optimised to run PHP & mySQL the two main components required to run osCommerce.

As PHP & mySQL developers we know what makes the perfect server setup and as all our existing clients will tell you, speed and reliability are the number 1 priorities.

We deal with the speed issue by only using high quality Dell Poweredge servers with 64 Bit Xeon processors. Our servers are connected to the internet via a 100Mbs uplink, this ensures bandwidth is available for all of our clients all of the time.

The second consideration is reliability, we know that things can go wrong which is why we always have a "hot spare" server waiting in the wings in case of failure. As stated above we only use top of the range Dell poweredge servers which are backed by a 4 hour turnaround support plan.

All of our servers are located in Redbus (Sovereign house) in London Docklands. Soverign house is only a 30 minute drive from our offices so in the event of a disaster our staff can be onsite in very little time.