Media Temple Offers Grid Hosting
October 18, 2006 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider Media Temple (mediatemple.net) announced on Tuesday it has launched a new hosting service called Grid Server.
Employing a cluster of hundreds of servers rather than individual and separate machines, the company says Grid Server matches low end shared hosting services in pricing and manages large short-term traffic spikes without disruption in service or performance.
The basic package is $20 a month and includes 100 GB of storage, 1 TB of bandwidth and up to 100 individual sites, as well as new features for simplifying setup and maintenance, including WordPress, Drupal, and ZenCart.
In a podcast conversation with technology blog TechCruch (techcrunch.com), Media Temple said, “Grid-Server is a completely new hosting platform that replaces yesterday’s obsolete shared server technology. We’ve eliminated roadblocks and single points of failure by using hundreds of servers working in tandem for your site, applications and email. The Grid’s on-demand scalability means you’ll always be ready for intense bursts of traffic and the growing audience resulting from your online success.”
