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Storm On Demand Adds Fault Tolerant Load Balancing

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

Storm On Demand, added network load balancing for both Storm Servers and Bare Metal Dedicated Servers. This will allow users to create powerful high availability networks which utilize a hybrid of flexible Cloud Servers and powerful Dedicated Servers with the same management tools.

Storm Cloud Load Balancing Highlights:

  • Load balance traffic across Cloud Server & Storm Bare Metal Dedicated Servers
  • Load Balancer SSL Termination & Session Persistence for proper source logging & security handling.
  • Redundant fault tolerant enterprise class Load Balancer Hardware with Multiple Gigabits of Connectivity
  • Multiple Load Balancing Methods including: Round Robin, Least Connect & Historical Intelligence
For a limited time, Storm Load Balancers are Free! Offer expires  September 1st, 2010. View Press Release
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The Planet Cloud Hosting Review

Thursday, May 27th, 2010
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Overview:
The Planet Server Cloud is is built on a Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) virtualization platform, directly integrated into the mainline Linux kernel. It offers multiple benefits compared with legacy virtualization technologies like XEN:

  • The open-source platform everybody loves: Backed by the Linux Foundation and the top Linux distributions, including Red Hat and Canonical.
  • High-performance, feature-rich platform: KVM supports the latest in virtualization technologies, including live migration, RAM de-duplication, para-virtualized storage and network capabilities.
  • Interoperable and portable to physical servers: No operating system guest modifications are required by KVM, which makes it a great platform for a truly portable hybrid hosting infrastructure.
  • More up-to-date technologies: As part of the mainline kernel, KVM offers direct access to all Linux updates and security patches as they’re released.

Features:
On-demand virtual servers designed for high availability and dependable performance.

  • Dedicated resources guarantee performance
  • Redundant highly available storage protects data
  • Full root and kernel access provide control and security

Summary:
The Planet Server Cloud provides the consistent high-performance and dedicated resources missing in other virtual server offerings, backed by its powerful infrastructure: Sun Storage Area Networks, Intel Nehalem processors, a Cisco- and Juniper-powered network, and Dell servers.

Reliability and Uptime:
The Planet manages over 180,000 square feet of raised floor data center across eight facilities in Houston, Dallas and London.

  • The Planet secure data centers are monitored 24×7 to ensure your servers are always safe
  • Customers can be confident with our N+1 power generator architecture
  • The Planetfeature N+2 redundant data center HVAC (heating, ventilation, air conditioning) systems
  • Advanced fire suppression systems ensure  any fires are localized
  • Preventive maintenance, performed regularly by our own highly trained personnel, meets or exceeds manufacturers recommended practices.
  • The Planet is a member of the Uptime Institute, a prestigious knowledge consortium where global standards and best practices are created and delivered to maintain system uptime and availability

Customer Support:
24x7x365 support

Click here to visit The Planet Cloud Hosting

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NASA Implementing Cloud Computing

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

NASA’s CIO Linda Cureton at Gov 2.0 talked about how the space organization has become Web savvy, namely by adopting social networking and cloud computing. Cureton acknowledged that people are fearful of these technologies but shrugged those fears off as the same that arose with the adoption of the telephone.  We managed to make it work and it has helped out lives greatly because of it.

Cureton talked a lot about how NASA has implemented cloud computing. The organization utilizes “Nebula,” an open-source cloud computing pilot under development at NASA’s Ames Research Center.

“It drives us to look for opportunities to take advantage of disruptive technology and start to develop solutions that are amenable to cloud architectures,” she said.

While Cureton acknowledged that “not everything is suited for the cloud,” she didn’t speak much about security issues that NASA is facing with cloud computing.  Nasa knows this is a huge problem and is doing everything to keep the cloud secure.  Cureton’s message was to invest in clouds regardless of the problems that we are facing with security stating  “This disruptive technology should not be ignored. If you ignore it, it’s going to run you over. Your customers will do this with or without you. Don’t be afraid of security or the hype. Identify risks, manage them accordingly, and jump right in.”

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