About:
ThePlanet specializes in Windows and Linux dedicated as well as managed hosting.
The company has more than 22,000 business customers all over the world. More than
3.1 million web sites are hosted with The Planet.
Our Rating Summary:
- Tech Support :
- Up time:
- Reliability:
Plus Points:
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Member of The Uptime Institute(knowledge consortium where best practices are created
to maintain system uptime)
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Highly trained support personnel
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Huge variety of servers to choose from (Both Windows as well as Linux)
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Price plans can fit your budget(starts at $89)
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Accredited ICANN domain name registrar
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Flexible:: Hosting package is configurable. As your business grows, you can change
and upgrade/add on options.
Support:
Planet provides a decent customer support. For Dedicated servers/managed hosting,
customers receive 24/7/365 technical support with a eTicketing system backed up
by a phone-based support and live chat. A knowledgebase and user forums are also
available. Paid support is also available (If you opted for Enhanced Support,
you receive server administration support and automated tools)
Our Rating: 3 stars
Data Centers and network Summary:
Six state-of-the art data centers located in Dallas and Houston, backed by complete
redundancy in power, HVAC, fire suppression, network connectivity and security.
Highlights::
- Multiple State-of-the-Art, SAS
70 Type II Certified Data Centers
- Industry-Leading Network
Speed and Bandwidth Capacity(Fast and robust networks (100 gigabits/sec)
- State-of-the-art Network Operations
Center * Customer-Centric Support Structures * Multiple-Layer Network Security Protection
- N+1 power generator architecture
* N+2 redundant data center HVAC (heating, ventilation, air conditioning) systems
- Advanced fire suppression systems
to keep any fires localized
Data Center security:
Data centers are monitored 24x7 to ensure your server safety
Network and Reliability:
Multiple Tier 1 telecom providers are used and Internet connections are direct.
Highlights:
- Fully redundant network architecture
with no single points of failure with a bandwidth capacity of 120+ GB/second
- Centralized network monitoring
in the Network Operations Center (NOC)
- Multiple concurrent, high-capacity
Tier 1 bandwidth providers
- Bandwidth Providers include AT&T,
Global Crossing, Time Warner Telecom
Reliability:: In the event of equipment
failure, the network will continue to optimally perform. They gurantee 99.90% uninterrupted
power and network availability. Planet's Service Level Agreement provides Tier 4
data center uptime, which means you are assured 100% uninterrupted network, power
availability, and Internet connectivity.
Features
Planet servers are feature rich and you may find most of the features that is expected
from any dedicated server provider.
Backup: 3 solutions to prevent data
loss, Dedicated Backup Servers, DiskSync and Network Attached Storage.
Storage: Dedicated storage area
network gives you performance and fault tolerance.
Security: Check Point and Cisco
Firewall and Anti-Virus Protection for your servers.
Load Balancing::In case of multiple servers, load balancers are offered (allows
servers among same group to service requests made to a single domain name/ip).
Bandwidth: Bandwidth is Unmetered.
Firewall: Firewall services from
Planet Alpha ensure that traffic designed to compromise your site is blocked, while
enabling your employees, customers, users and partners to access your hosted application
seamlessly.
Secure Remote Connectivity: VPN
services through a firewall appliance secures communication privacy with IPSec VPN
functionality and provides strong encryption and authentication.
Control Panels: Parallels Plesk
Control Panel/cPanel and WHM/Helm for Windows
Database options: MySQL/ Microsoft
SQL Server
Anti-Virus: F-Secure, a security
solution, supplies anti-virus protection to the server file system and an easy-to-manage
software firewall interface. Modernbill Web
Analytics: Urchin, traffic analyzer
by Google, provides reporting on traffic inside firewall-protected
networks
Pricing::
Prices are based on monthly plans or yearly plans. Pricing for dedicated servers
start from $89 (Single Processor Single Core). Managed hosting - Price quotes are
available on request.
Review Summary::
The Planet offers decent dedicated and managed hosting solutions to customers.
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