(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Web hosting provider The Planet (www.theplanet.com) has announced that one of its largest reseller partners, SiteGround (www.siteground.com), will be using The Planet’s Server Cloud service as the new standard for its cloud offering.
According to SiteGround’s announcement this week, The Planet Server Cloud provides the cutting-edge virtualization technology it needed to deliver reliable, redundant and flexible cloud services to businesses of all sizes.
With more than 250,000 domains worldwide, SiteGround is a major Web hosting provider. The company offers shared hosting, reseller hosting, managed dedicated hosting solutions and now cloud hosting.
On the low end, SiteGround’s Basic Cloud package includes 40 GB of disc space, 1 TB of bandwidth, and 512 MB of RAM, all for $99 per month. The high-end “Pro Cloud” offering includes 80 GB of space, 2 TB of bandwidth, and 1.5 GB of RAM, for $199 per month.
“We were early beta participants in The Planet’s Server Cloud testing, which provided us with opportunities to offer feedback on the platform,” SiteGround chief executive officer Tenko Nikolov said in a statement. “Our customers rely on us to provide them with the best options to support their businesses, so we’ve thoroughly evaluated cloud options on the market. We were looking for pricing predictability and ample bandwidth allocations, in a no-surprises package for our customers. The Planet Server Cloud behaves like a dedicated server by guaranteeing our fair share of space, traffic and CPU, at a cheaper cost. It’s great for small and big sites that want to cut costs while at the same time get a reliable service.”
The Planet Server Cloud provides a broad range of features for customers looking to expand their hosting profile including guaranteed dedicated resources, as well as quick, seamless CPU and RAM upgrades. The Planet Server Cloud is built on network gear from Juniper and Cisco, and Dell servers equipped with Intel’s fast Nehalem processors. The cloud storage network is based on a powerful Sun Storage Area Network. It also supports both Linux and Windows platforms, including Windows Server 2008 R2.
The Planet also offers a full range of service upgrades, including managed server monitoring and remediation, server security management and managed backup.
“Server Cloud was expressly designed for our existing customers, with a platform that’s purpose-built for web-based businesses,” said Carl Meadows, senior product manager for Cloud Services with The Planet. “For resellers like SiteGround, their customers operate websites that depend on platform stability. They’ve got to be up and running around the clock, providing the performance guarantees that keep their customers coming back.”
