The Planet Introduces New High-Capacity Dedicated Backup Server

HOUSTON, March 18, 2008 – The Planet, the world’s largest privately held dedicated hosting company, today announced the addition of a new advanced backup server, the largest and most powerful in its fleet. Equipped with 6TB of capacity in an enterprise-ready RAID5 configuration, the Dedicated Backup Server provides resellers and heavy-content users with exceptional performance, security and instant backup capacity for mission-critical environments.

            The new Dedicated Backup Server comes equipped with the award-winning CDPServer software from R1Soft, which allows end users to connect an unlimited number of server clients at no additional cost.  CDP – Continuous Data Protection – allows customers to recover servers to their original known state, with a continuous data snapshot and the ability to roll back to the last update to minimize loss.  Bare-metal recovery bypasses the file system, which provides maximum efficiency and performance during both backup and restore. With block-level backup capabilities found only on the most powerful backup solutions, Dedicated Backup Servers offer incredible value.

            “At BigStockPhoto, our customers rely on us for access to nearly 2 million high-resolution stock photos, so the image data that we host is our lifeblood,” said BigStockPhoto President Tim Donahue (www.bigstockphoto.com).  “The ability to store our enormous image library and customer information is the foundation of our business, so reliability is critical.  The Planet’s new high-capacity dedicated backup provides exactly the level of performance we require at an economical rate.”   

            “Data loss is no laughing matter, as far too many companies have learned,” said The Planet’s Director of Product Management Urvish Vashi.  “Surveys have found that only 20 percent of businesses are adequately covered on backup. With content-rich sites and mission-critical environments, that represents a significant business risk.  The best recommendation we can make to protect customers is to be certain they’re covered on backup.” 

Dedicated Backup Server

           Customers can take advantage of the simple-to-manage and incredibly powerful R1Soft backup that efficiently manages bandwidth and CPU performance that saves time and disk space:

·        Operating Systems:   Select from either the Linux or Windows operating systems.        

·        High-performance “monster” servers:   Available on the powerful Dell 2900 “monster” server, the largest in any of the company’s six world-class data centers.  Equipped with 8 – 1TB SATA drives in a RAID5 configuration, the servers provide 8GB of RAM and 2-250GB system drives.

·        Bandwidth:  Up to 8TB of free bandwidth on the new platform.

     For a limited time, The Planet is offering promotional pricing on its new Dedicated Backup Server. Through March 31, 2008, or while supplies last, the Dell 2900 is available for $999 per month, a cost savings of $100 per month. To learn more, please visit the Web site at www.theplanet.com/dedicated-servers/dedicated-back-up-servers.asp.

About The Planet      

             The Planet is the leading provider of On Demand IT Infrastructure solutions, hosting more than 22,000 small- and medium-size businesses and 6.7 million Web sites worldwide.  By offering the best choice of servers, software tools and world-class support, backed by state-of-the-art facilities and unmatched network connectivity, The Planet helps turn information technology into a powerful competitive advantage that enables customers to successfully grow their businesses.  For additional information, visit http://www.theplanet.com.  

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