Trial
by Fire: Aplus.Net Web Hosting Unaffected by 12-Hour
Power Outage [May 24, 2005]
(San
Diego, CA) – A 12-hour power outage could mean
hundreds of lost sales to a Web-based business, but
to a company responsible for keeping hundreds of thousands
of Web businesses online, it could be a major catastrophe.
San Diego Web hosting firm Aplus.Net recently survived
this challenge and managed to keep every one of its
350,000 customers online.
When
the local power company needed to cut the main power
to perform preventative maintenance, the Aplus.Net data
center was powered by an Uninterrupted Power Supply
and a diesel generator from roughly 10:40pm on May 20
until 10:30am the next day. Aplus.Net’s services
were uninterrupted, and not a single customer noticed
any difference in service.
“There
were no surprises because we are always prepared for
this sort of things,” said Ivan Vachovsky, CEO
of Aplus.Net. “Our subsystems and the backup generator
in our data center are routinely tested and kept in
top working order.”
In
the event of an unplanned, city-wide power outage, Aplus.Net’s
data center would be unaffected, since their power systems
are housed on San Diego’s military power grid.
Beyond that, the data center’s Uninterrupted Power
Supply and diesel generator can supply enough power
to run the entire facility for 36 hours without refueling,
and much longer with scheduled refueling.
“Insured-power
is a great benefit of Aplus.Net’s services and
operations, and one of the many reasons people choose
to host their websites and dedicated servers with us,”
said Vachovsky.
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About
Aplus.Net
Aplus.Net
is a Web hosting and development firm that specializes
in catering to small and medium-sized businesses. Aplus.Net
is among the ten largest privately held Web hosting
and domain name registration companies in the USA, and
the company has received many awards for excellence
including the CNET Editors’ Choice Award. For
more information about Aplus.Net, please visit www.aplus.net.
Brian
Chernicky
Public
Relations Manager
Aplus.Net
- Everything for your Online Business.
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410-6908
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