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(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting provider The Planet (www.theplanet.com) announced on Tuesday it is offering Dell servers powered by Intel's new processor, Dual Xeon 5530, which features its Nehalem microarchitecture.
Earlier this month, Sun Microsystems released its own Nehalem-based Xeon 5500-based systems product line, which combines Sun's advanced blade architecture with new networking technologies.
Now the fastest server in the company's line of servers, the Dual Xeon 5530 is based on the Dell PowerEdge R710 platform.
It features 6GB of RAM with the option of either a 250GB SATA or 146GB SAS hard drive.
Additionally, The Planet is including 80GB of network backup and Alpha Server Monitoring with each Dual Xeon 5530 purchase, for free.
"Our customers continually reinforce the need for cost-effective access to hosting applications using the latest technology," says Urvish Vashi, general manager of The Planet's dedicated servers line of business. "Through our relationship with Dell, The Planet is the first hosting partner to offer next-generation Intel technology in the Dell chassis. Companies that are looking to adopt this new technology are running mission-critical applications, which require high availability and contain vital data. We've combined the server with network backup and server monitoring, demonstrating yet again our commitment to providing extraordinary value for customers."
The Dual Xeon 5530 SATA is priced at $450 per month while the Dual Xeon 5530 SAS is priced at $475.
The Planet also announced this week it has posted a new video on its website that provides an in-depth view of its new North Dallas colocation facility, the company's eighth data center.
Planned for an early June opening, the 86,000 square foot facility meets the expansion of its existing Dallas colocation services.
The company will soon offer preleasing on the first 12,000 square feet and has already signed several key accounts for opening day.
The new data center provides twice the efficiency and uses half the energy of The Planet's existing data centers, as a result of its environmentally-friendly design.
The data center features N+1 cooling, power architectures, and high-efficiency water-cooled chillers.
The Planet says that the data center's green design cost an additional $2 million to build, but will offer a return on investment in 30 months.
Last week, The Planet and Dell gave a joint donation of more than $25,000-worth of new laptop computers, monitors and docking stations to the Houston Technology Center, a nonprofit incubator for local emerging technology companies.
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