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SQL Server 2008 Packages
Posted in Company News
We’ve launched our shared SQL Server 2008 offering. If your business needs high-availability for your SQL database, this is a great solution. Located in two separate data centers, these fully redundant SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition servers include hot failover and a 100% SLA.
In addition, the SQL 2008 resource governor allows us to isolate resource consumption between the SQL databases so you don’t have to worry about another client’s database consuming the entire server resources.
Our 3 GB SQL Server 2008 package is $30/month and can be added to a web hosting or cloud server package. We also offer dedicated SQL Server 2008 solutions. Monthly licenses are available for SQL Server 2008 Web, Standard and Enterprise editions. Learn more about our dedicated servers or contact Adhost Sales at sales@adhost.com or 1-888-234-6781.
permalink | digg this | technoratiNetwork Upgrade to 10Gbps Ethernet
Posted in Company News,TechnologyDue to our continued growth and client demand, Adhost is in the process of converting our network to 10 Gigabit Ethernet on the backbone. We have selected Cisco Systems Resilient Ethernet Protocol to provide the highest level of protection for our infrastructure, resulting in increased uptime and reliability for our clients.
We will be moving our customer connections over to the new network in the coming months and, in most cases, this upgrade will be transparent to you. For those clients requiring extra configuration and assistance, we will be contacting you to make the changes necessary to enjoy the benefits of the new network.
For Seattle colocation clients who would like to learn more about our 10G Ethernet network upgrade, contact Adhost Sales at 1-888-234-6781 or email sales@adhost.com.
permalink | digg this | technoratiCloud Servers Now Available
Posted in Company News,Technology
The Adhost Cloud Server platform is ready for sign-ups! Also known as virtual dedicated servers, our cloud servers offer the power and accessibility of a dedicated server with scalability of cloud hosting.
Built using Microsoft’s Hyper-V virtualization technology, all servers come installed with Windows Server 2008 R2, ASP.NET 4.0, IIS7 and Web Platform Installer.
Features include:
- 100% uptime SLA
- Free download of MS SQL 2008 Express or mySQL
- Scalability of storage space, processing power and memory
- Managed patching
- Firewalling with dedicated IPs
- Abundant SAN storage
- Administrative root-level access
- Anti-virus protection
- Security scanning and reporting
- Advanced monitoring
- Reporting of hard drive capacity and utilization of RAM, processor, and application pool
- Nightly back-ups of all data
We built our cloud server platform using the Dynamic Data Center Toolkit from Microsoft and manage it with the System Center Suite. Using your Access.Adhost control panel, you will have self-serve access to your server environment and can make changes, add services and monitor performance as needed.
MS SQL 2008 Web, Standard and shared Enterprise database options are also available. For more information contact us at 1-888-234-6781 or visit www.adhost.com/cloud.
permalink | digg this | technoratiAdhost Virtualization Case Study on Microsoft.com
Posted in Company News,IndustryToday Microsoft posted a case study on how Adhost chose to build our cloud solution using Microsoft virtualization and cloud technologies, with Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager as the foundation. You can read the entire case study at: Cloud Service Saves Hosting Provider 65% on Hardware Costs and Increases Revenue.
permalink | digg this | technoratiASP.NET 4.0 Hosting is Live
Posted in Company News,TechnologyWe are excited to announce that Adhost now offers Microsoft’s newly released ASP .NET 4.0 on all of our shared Windows hosting plans. ASP.NET 4.0 is the newest version of Microsoft’s web application framework and allows programmers to build dynamic web sites and web applications. You can learn more about ASP.NET 4.0 on this ASP.NET blog.
Existing sites for Adhost clients will remain set to 2.0. All new sites will be set to 4.0 (there is no 3.0 or 3.5 selection, that functionality is included in 2.0 and 4.0). We do not plan to install 4.0 on our Windows 2003 servers, and clients on our Windows 2003 servers desiring 4.0 will need to be migrated to our Windows 2008 servers. Contact support@adhost.com with any questions.
permalink | digg this | technoratiSeattle Internet Events This Spring
Posted in Seattle Internet EventsThe days are getting longer, the weather should be getting warmer (soon we hope). Conference and networking events are the perfect excuse to get out of the office and mingle with your peers. Who knows – you may even learn a few new ideas for your business.
April 7: A Day Apart (one day learning experience on HTML5 and CSS3), Bell Harbor Conference Center
April 8: Social Media Club Seattle - Internet Marketing for Social Media Stars (featuring Jenny Dibble from SearchMarketMe, Ian Lurie from Conversation Marketing, and Rand Fishkin from SEOMoz)
April 14: PSAMA - The Next Marketing Frontier: Insights into Mobile from Microsoft and T-Mobile
June 8-9: SMX Advanced Seattle – Search Marketing Expo
If you aren’t local in Seattle or can’t escape the office, check out this webinar on April 28 at 11 am hosted by Point-It: Google AdWords for Mobile, featuring a Google representative.
permalink | digg this | technoratiAdhost Virtual Private Server Solution
Posted in Company NewsOur Windows Server team is hard at work building a virtual private server environment using Microsoft’s HyperV virtualization technology. All packages will come with Windows Server 2008 R2, IIS7, PHP, ASP.NET and MS SQL Web. Powerful features of our solution will include:
- Scalability of storage space, processing power and memory
- High availability with failover clustering
- Administrative root-level access
- Advanced monitoring
- Daily back-ups
We are looking for existing Adhost clients who would like test this new environment in early April and receive one month of free service. To be added to our wait list, contact Adhost Sales at 1-888-234-6781 or email sales@adhost.com.
permalink | digg this | technoratiCell Systems Client Case Study
Posted in Company News,Web development
So you say you need some live cell lines for your research? Well, we have designed and built the site for you. Actually, we built it for Cell Systems Corporation – developers and manufacturers of standard research tools for the science of cell biology.
The site is built on Adhost Content Management System and loosely coupled to a CFWebstore Shopping Cart. On the CMS side, we helped define and then built a custom content ‘configurator’ to handle the creation of custom ‘Cell Certificates’. On the cart side, we did the same for a complex system of domestic and international shipping and handling options intended to ensure that regardless of what you ordered or where you were, the fresh or frozen cell lines would arrive in good condition and correctly packed.
If you’ve ever wanted to see the specs of Human Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells – now is your chance: www.cell-systems.com
permalink | digg this | technoratiFisher Plaza East and Adhost East Data Center Update
Posted in Company NewsWe are pleased to announce that Adhost and Fisher Plaza have completed the major steps required to safeguard our services following the event and subsequent outage experienced by the Adhost East Data Center (EDC) in early July of 2009. During this process we identified and have implemented a number of improvements which we feel greatly enhance our ability to continue to operate even during significant events. The highlights of these improvements include:
• Fisher Plaza has made improvements in their electrical infrastructure and has completely isolated the electrical paths from the utility service into the two switchgears.
• Fisher Plaza completely replaced all of the affected gear and re-built the switch gear room.
• Adhost has added additional UPS redundancy.
• Adhost has achieved switchgear redundancy for all critical electrical loads in the EDC.
• Adhost has achieved switchgear redundancy for all HVAC operations in the EDC.
• Adhost has updated its emergency communications plan to include off-site emergency notification facilities as well as taking advantages of services such as Twitter for more constant communication in case of significant outages.
Of course, there have been many smaller upgrades and improvements as well. Taken as a whole, these changes will enhance not only our footing going into a significant event, but also improve the response and lessen or eliminate the impact that surround such events. In short, if the same event – or a similar one – were to happen today, Adhost would be able to maintain continuous operations throughout.
Adhost and Fisher Plaza continue to analyze the physical plant infrastructure. There are additional milestones that have been identified for future upgrades and improvements. All of the identified future projects are dependent on, and will be triggered by, growth of electrical and mechanical loads in the building. We will be sure to share these with you as they arise.
We are committed to providing an unparalleled hosting experience. We thank you for your continued business and your trust in us.
Warmest Regards,
Will Riffle
President and CEO
Adhost Powers the New Orleans Saints Web Site
Posted in Company News
The Adhost Team would like to congratulate the New Orleans Saints on their incredible Super Bowl victory. As a behind-the-scenes partner for the Saints, Adhost supplies the redundant bandwidth, dedicated servers, Web server administration, system monitoring, data back-up, and firewall services to their Web site.
It has been exciting to watch the correlation of the Saints’ dramatic success on the field to their greatly increased network activity. After the Saints won the Super Bowl, their traffic reached an all-time high. Although unsurprised, we were pleased that our network handled their extra traffic without an issue.
The Saints have been an Adhost client for the last three NFL seasons. We work closely with the Cypress Consulting, another Seattle company, which provides the Web site development for www.neworleanssaints.com. Site features include Saints news, player interviews, photo galleries, ticket sales, and community news.
Of course, we are pleased that the Saints won. But more importantly, we are happy for the people of New Orleans who suffered such devastation during Katrina.
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