We use the infrastructure and facilities of The Planet in Houston and  Dallas where our servers and racks are located. For more info on The Planet and its datacenters and network visite their website

GWS-Host Specialized CMS Hosting Solutions utilizes Quad-Core Xeon driven servers with top-notch technolgy from Linux with Centos 5, Apache 2.2.x, MySQL 5.x, PHP 5.2.x and we protect our servers and racks with professional Firewalls and other security features such as mod_security and Configserver Firewall adn Security (CFS) Daily backups guarantee that in case of disaster your site can be restored! (see our services and add-ons!)

Specific Settings:

Server site:

• Linux Centos
• MySql  (minimum 5.1.30)
• Apache min: 2.2.14 with mod_security
• PHP 5.2.11/5.3.xx
  (MySQL, XML, and Zlib functionality enabled within the PHP installation)
• CFS-Firewall

others server site settings:

• Server API: CGI (suexec) !!!
• PHP5-handler: suphp
• SuHosin Hardened PHP
• Zend Engine v2.2.0 with Zend Optimizer v3.3.3, ionCube PHP Loader 3.1.xx preinstalled
• PHP-memory limit 60MB
• No Open base restrictions
• Upload limit 100 Mb
• Curl enabled
• GD Support enabled (at least 2.0.34 compatible)
• Open SSL-support enabled
• Zip (enabled)
• Mod_rewrite enabled (SEO/SEF!)

Joomla server requirements:

• Register Globals Emulation = Off
• Register Globals = Off
• Magic Quotes = Off
• Safe Mode = Off
• File Uploads = On
• Session save path = Writable

Others:

• Cpanel with X3 theme
• Fantastico Auto Installer
• IM/Skype/Email support