Trial by Fire: Aplus.Net Web Hosting Unaffected by 12-Hour Power Outage

May 25, 2005; 01:19 PM

A 12-hour power outage could mean hundreds of lost sales to a Web-based business, but to a company responsible for keeping hundreds of thousands of Web businesses online, it could be a major catastrophe.  San Diego Web hosting firm Aplus.Net recently survived this challenge and managed to keep every one of its 350,000 customers online.

When the local power company needed to cut the main power to perform preventative maintenance, the Aplus.Net data center was powered by an Uninterrupted Power Supply and a diesel generator from roughly 10:40pm on May 20 until 10:30am the next day.  Aplus.Net's services were uninterrupted, and not a single customer noticed any difference in service.

"There were no surprises because we are always prepared for this sort of things," said Ivan Vachovsky, CEO of Aplus.Net. "Our subsystems and the backup generator in our data center are routinely tested and kept in top working order."

In the event of an unplanned, city-wide power outage, Aplus.Net's data center would be unaffected, since their power systems are housed on San Diego's military power grid.  Beyond that, the data center's Uninterrupted Power Supply and diesel generator can supply enough power to run the entire facility for 36 hours without refueling, and much longer with scheduled refueling.

"Insured-power is a great benefit of Aplus.Net's services and operations, and one of the many reasons people choose to host their websites and dedicated servers with us," said Vachovsky.

About Aplus.Net

Aplus.Net is a Web hosting and development firm that specializes in catering to small and medium-sized businesses.  Aplus.Net is among the ten largest privately held Web hosting and domain name registration companies in the USA, and the company has received many awards for excellence including the CNET Editors' Choice Award. For more information about Aplus.Net, please visit www.aplus.net.