Review of Dedicate Hosting Services By Peer 1

If you want collocation or dedicated hosting services from a company that you can trust, there is no better option than Peer 1. The company has been in business since 1999. It is providing services to more than 10000 customers who are spread all over the world. Over all the company has above 200 personnel who are spread in 12 different cities of Canada and United States.

Peer 1 has two different plans which focus on dedicated hosting services. You can either choose Intel based or AMD based platform. It is accompanied with top of the line computer hardware. The dedicated-service plans come with a number of special add on. There is a VBIP level managed service option as well. It is used to ensure that your online presence does not become one of your woes.

Unique Benefits
• All dedicated hosting plans are highly scalable.
• The company provides live support round the clock over phone.
• A personal account manager is assigned to take care of your account.
• The company provides you a free iPod when you sign up for the service.
• All users can take a 30 minute guided tour.
• Since operations and servers are based in Canada, Peer 1 is the best option for Canadians.

Key Features
• Dedicated hosting comes with 1 hour hardware replacement guarantee.
• You get complete systems planning for optimal service.
• The company provides a vast array of managed services.
• Each plan comers with tons of add ons ti improve functionality.
• More than 8,500 servers are operational.

Editor's Comments:
Peer 1 is one of the dedicated web hoisting companies, which have been in business for a long time now. The company started operations in Canada. It has since expanded and now it provides services to clients from almost all the parts of the world. The company provides web-hosting services to some of the well-known names of the Internet. The main reason that people should go for this web hosting company is that it is known for its extreme degree of reliability.

Uptime Guarantee:
Peer 1 dedicated hosting company provides you 100% uptime guarantee.

Basics: What you need to know:
While most of the web-hosting companies have their own data center, Peer 1 has 15 data centers spread over various location in North America. All the data centers are known for their effectiveness in operations. The company is connected to the Internet using connections provided by AT&T, Sprint, Savvis and MCI. The internal connectivity is powered by 100 Mbit Ethernet systems. HVAC systems are deployed over all the data centers to make sure that the power supply to the servers is near continuous. The company says that in case you have to suffer downtime because of its mistakes, you would be provided with refunds. In order to make sure that the company's systems are secure and available, there are complete security measures with the network security center. No one except senior technical personnel is allowed physical access to the server.

Service Offerings:
Peer 1 dedicated hosting service allows you to choose from 5 different plans. There is business series basic. It comes with a Pentium 4 based machine, a Gig of AM and 500 GB of hard drive space. A higher end plan is the Dual Core Series Premium. This one comes with cutting edge dual core Opteron processor based systems from Advanced Micro Devices. Other than this, you can use the service to build your own content delivery network. You get Plesk control panel and ability to host on a Windows or a Linux based platform. In case you want to have advanced system monitoring, you would be required to pay a few extra dollars. A firewall can be provided considering your requirements and resources. The company also provides you backup services.

Sample Server Plans
• Business Series Professional: Dual 3.0 Ghz Xeon processor, 2 GB RAM, 2 X 250 GB hard drive, RAID 1 hardware, 1 TB bandwidth, optional 64-bit setup

• Dual Core Series Professional: Dual AMD Opteron 265 - Dual Core processor, 2 GB RAM, 2 X 250 GB hard drive, RAID 1 hardware, 1 TB monthly bandwidth, optional 64-bit setup.

• Basic Plan: Starting at $269/month. Ideal uses include site development, basic web server or email server. Intel P4 3.0 GHz, 1GB RAM, 2 x 250 GB HD, Hardware RAID 1

• Professional and Premium single processor Intel machines: Call for quote.

• Dual Core AMD Opterons: Call for quote.