Dallas, Texas - (The Hosting News) - January 8, 2008 - On-demand, dedicated web hosting firm, SoftLayer, has debuted the launch of a new Seattle datacenter location, with accelerated cross datacenter capabilities, including the ability to select the geographical location of server deployment in real time.
Steven Canale, Vice President of Sales at SoftLayer remarked, ''You can choose whether you server is installed in Dallas, Seattle, or first available, right as you're ordering it. And the ability to choose your location is free of charge. It's part of our strategy to give customers more control.''
According to SoftLayer, it has also created the industry's first cross-datacenter virtualization solution that lets customers purchase servers in different geographic locations and put them into a Virtual Dedicated Rack (VDR).
Mr. Canale continued, ''Imagine a VDR with two servers in Dallas, five in Seattle, and bandwidth pooled across both datacenters. Any server can utilize either location's local services via our private 10g connection between datacenters. This is just the beginning of our cross- datacenter virtualization strategy to help customers maximize efficiency and lower overall costs.''
The company's new Seattle location has an initial 1000 servers ready for immediate delivery. SoftLayer's advanced inventory management system synchronizes real-time inventory levels across locations with the company's server signup forms. The servers are identical to those offered in its Dallas location, including newer Intel Harpertown processor servers. Their rack-mounted, hot-swappable enterprise servers allow for substantial and easy upgrades.
Mr. Canale added, ''Our customers can upgrade from a single-processor Woodcrest to a dual-processor, quad-core Harpertown without switching chassis, including the upgrade from SATA to SAS or utilizing a combination of both drive technologies. We want to make migrations as easy as possible. Our long term goal is to continue bringing enterprise service to the masses.''
Located in the INFOMART in Dallas, Texas, SoftLayer was formed in June 2005 by a team of industry executives seeking to deliver low cost next generation on-demand hosting services for the small to medium enterprise (SME). Utilizing proprietary software, coupled with the industry's first network-within-a-network topology, the company delivers the power and control to securely manage IT environments while providing unparalleled scalability.
To learn more, please visit: www.softlayer.com.
