The Center for Information Technology provides Windows-based Web hosting services to all organizations at the National Institutes of Health. We can provide you with a Web site at a cost that is extremely competitive in today's market. Please take a look at our rates.
We provide a Windows 2000/2003 server environment for hosting your Web site in CIT’s NIH Data Center.
The servers used by CIT are highly fault tolerant and scaled to the needs of the client. The hardware configuration is better than the best hosting Web sites in the marketplace. We provide a 500 Mb storage area for the client site on a RAID 5 configuration, which has redundant power supplies, teamed interface cards, uninterrupted power supplies, and generator-supplied emergency power.
CIT provides a written Service Level Agreement for the administration of the Windows server, Web site, and if required the SQL Server database. You assist us when you create the Web site and maintain the content. To ensure that your code meets your requirements we provide a “Staging Web Server” to test your code on a pre-production environment.
To start the process of getting online, click on the IT Help Desk link at the bottom of the page.
Here are the list of features we offer:
Technical Features
- Bandwidth on demand
- Unlimited monthly data transfer
- 500 MB disk storage space
- Windows running IIS
- Hot spare servers
- Uninterruptible power with UPS and backup generator
- RAID 5 server configuration
- Teamed NICs
- Redundant power supplies
Other Features
- Your own domain name within the NIH (www.yourdomain.nih.gov)
- Link Check
- Graphic statistical Web usage reports
- Web monitoring status
- Preproduction “Staging Web Server”
- Server side scripting using Active Server Pages, JavaScript, VB Script
- Server-side includes
- SSL secure server certificates (TLS, HTTPS)
- 24/7 monitoring and problem resolution at the server and IIS application level
Database Features
- ODBC data sources into your Access or SQL database tables
- MS SQL Server support (added costs)
Email Features (no charge)
- POP/IMAP email accounts
- Mailing list
- ASPMail (Web browser accessible mail)
Assistance is available from the IT Help Desk at 301-496-4357 or the IT Help Desk Web site.
Also refer to the general information on CIT Windows Services.
