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Do you have data storage needs that go beyond what is traditionally available? Are you looking for a solution that provides terabytes of additional storage for hosting image or video libraries or large databases? Then look no further! ServePath now has a new offering for you called StoragePath. Usable storage starts at 1.25TB and scales upwards to 5TB with the upgrade options. Pricing starts at $599.99/month (setup is $499.99) with discounts available.

But this is not simply a hard-drive available for storage, the StoragePath solution is a high-end dedicated data server. All servers are Intel Quad Core 2.33 GHz servers starting with 4 GB of dedicated RAM. Hard drives are SATA’s and can be pre-configured as either RAID 5 or RAID 10.

Deployment time is typically 3-5 days and both RAM and hard drive upgrades are available. RAM can be upgraded from the Base level of 4 GB to 8, 12 and 16 GB total. Hard Drives upgrades include:

• 1.25TB (RAID 5)/750GB (RAID 10)
• 2.5TB (RAID 5)/1.5TB (RAID 10)
• 3.75TB (RAID 5)/2.25TB (RAID 10)
• 5TB (RAID 5)/3TB (RAID 10)

StoragePath is available on:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 & 5 (RHEL)
• FreeBSD 6.2, 6.3 and 7.0
• CentOS 4.5, 5 and 5.1
• Ubuntu 7.10 and 8.04
• Fedora 6, 7, 8 and 9
• Debian 4
• Windows 2008 Server
• Windows 2003 Server

Be sure to contact Sales to get the best deal and proper configuration for your needs.

ServePath’s latest product, GoGrid, is starting to get some traction within the cloud and hosting arenas. With just over a month of being in public beta, GoGrid has sign-ups coming from all around the world. End users are understanding how easy it is to quickly create and deploy load-balanced Windows and Linux web, application and database servers through our innovated web-based graphical interface. Also, GoGrid was recently written up on bub.blicio.us as we announced our QuickStart Facebook Servers which enable Facebook developers to quickly get their Facebook applications onto the Facebook networks within minutes.

Today, as I was writing up about how GoGrid will be exhibiting at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, I noticed some truly great subliminal advertising. Many of you may be familiar with the GoGrid logo:

Well, you should pay particular attention to the “O” of “GO” since the artists at the Web 2.0 Expo believe that our iconography is particularly appealing to them and the Web 2.0 audience. The image below is from the Expo’s main page:

That being said, GoGrid should be of great interest to both those attending and exhibiting at the Web 2.0 Expo.

If you…

• …have ever wondered how to get your application on the Facebook network quickly…
• …need to rapidly scale a server environment…
• …want a sandbox, QA or demo environment that you can turn on and off at will…
• …are tired of paying for dedicated or shared hosting…
• …want to deploy real Windows servers in minutes…
• …are a LAMP or Ruby-on-Rails or Linux developer and a looking for a hosting provider…
• …want to experience an extremely slick and elegant web-based UI used for deploying and load balancing servers…

…then you should definitely come by our table and/or give GoGrid a try!

Come visit us at Table 22 in the Long Tail Pavilion. Those who drop by will get some $$$ applicable towards a new GoGrid account.

Hope to see you there!

Microsoft Windows 2008 Server is scheduled to be launched on February 27, 2008 and most hosting providers will not have it available to offer to their customers until some time in April 2008.

However, using the special “GoLive License” that Microsoft has created for hosting providers, ServePath can offer Windows 2008 Server NOW as a hosting solution.

ServePath, a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner and among the first hosting providers to provide Windows 2008 Hosted Servers, currently offers Windows 2008 Web and Standard editions. Pricing varies based on the number of processors, amount of RAM and the features required.

• Windows 2008 Web Edition is configured with IIS 7.0 and SMTP.
• Windows 2008 Standard Edition comes with Terminal Services Gateway, RDC, Application Server, Active Directory Domain Services, DHCP Server, DNS Server Windows Clustering and SMTP.

More information on ServePath’s Windows Server 2008 hosting can be found here. Be sure that you use promo code “ServePathWS08” (while available) to receive a Free Setup for your new Windows 2008 Server account. You can save between $250 to $1000 on the setup costs. Also be sure that you tell your sales representative that you heard about this offer from the blog! Call Sales at 1-866-321-PATH (1-866-321-7284).

Touted to be a revolutionary upgrade, Windows 2008 Server includes:

• Web
  • Internet Information Service 7.0 (IIS 7.0)
  • Hosting of Applications and Services
  • Management and Lower Infrastructure Costs
• Virtualization
  • Hyper-V Server Virtualization (not available at launch)
  • Terminal Services Presentation Virtualization
• Security
  • Network Access Protection
  • Read-Only Domain Controller
  • Active Directory Rights Management Services
• Solid Foundation for Business Workloads
  • Management
    • ServerManager
    • Windows PowerShell
    • Power Management
    • High Performance Computing
  • Reliability
    • ServerCore Installation Option
    • Next-Generation Networking
    • Failover Clustering
    • Dynamic Hardware Partitioning

Learn more about Windows 2008 Server at the Microsoft Windows 2008 Server Launch Site. Order your Windows 2008 Server Hosting Package from ServePath by calling 1-866-321-PATH (1-866-321-7284).