Cornell has contracted with Pantheon, to provide a Drupal and WordPress hosting solution to campus. Pantheon is a container-based, cloud hosting solution, that allows for easy scaling (depending on the service plan chosen), nightly backups, SSL, and offers 24/7 Priority support to Cornell customers.
- Pay via campus chart string (no purchase order (PO) required)
- Service plans:
- Basic: For sites with up to 25,000 monthly visits and 125,000 pages served; 5 custom domains
- Performance Small: Everything from Basic, with added New Relic, Redis, and Solr Search options; 10 Custom domains
- Performance Medium: 50,000 monthly visits, 250,000 pages served; 15 custom domains
- Performance Large: 150,000 monthly visits, 750,000 pages served; 35 custom domains
- Performance Extra Large: 300,000 monthly visits, 1.5 million pages served; 70 custom domains
- Elite
- For sites up that need up to 10 Million monthly visits, and unlimited page views
- Anticipate large fluctuations in traffic
- Site requires uptime SLA
- Contact cit-hosting@cornell.edu to discuss Elite plan offerings
Support Contact:
Cornell IT Service Desk
Normal Business Hours: Monday-Friday, 8am-6pm (Eastern Time)
Emergency Service Disruptions: After Hours Support
Compare to:
Blogs
Summary:
Information on Cornell's blog platform
Best For:
- Quick to create and launch a simple website
- No design or development skills required
- Allows domain mapping (yoursite.cornell.edu) for public sites
- CampusPress updates and patches WordPress and plug-ins
Regulated Data:
See the Regulated Data Chart for Cornell policy considerations for this service.
Drupal Cloud Hosting with Acquia
Best For:
The Acquia website states, "A collection of essential software from the Drupal community, Acquia Drupal provides a quick on-ramp to begin building Drupal websites." The service includes developer tools, a drag-and-drop admin interface, 24 x 7 monitoring, and elastic resources to accommodate spikes in site traffic.
Regulated Data:
See the Regulated Data Chart for Cornell policy considerations for this service.
Regulated Data:
See the Regulated Data Chart for Cornell policy considerations for this service.
Media3 Managed Web Hosting
Best For:
Customers who have technical skills and knowledge in installing and maintaining web software
Regulated Data:
See the Regulated Data Chart for Cornell policy considerations for this service.
Cost:
| Comparison | Cost |
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| Pantheon Hosting | For Fee |
| Blogs | For Fee |
| Drupal Cloud Hosting with Acquia | For Fee |
| Static Web Hosting | For Fee |
| Media3 Managed Web Hosting | For Fee |
Audiences:
| Comparison | Alumni |
Faculty |
IT Professionals |
Staff |
Students |
Visitors |
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Pantheon Hosting
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