Over the past 24 months, the FastServers managed backup product offering has provided our customers an additional layer of protection for their hosted solutions.  As we come to the conclusion of 2008, FastServers is in the process of upgrading its managed backup product offering with a more robust product offering.

This new backup product is based on CDP for Data Centers from R1Soft and will be managed in-house by the administrators at FastServers.Net.  CDP for Data Centers includes all of the same functionality in our current Arsenal Digital offering, and initially our aim is to migrate all customers to the new environment and simply replicate the existing functionality.  After this has been completed, we have some exiting new features coming down the line.  These features include MySQL and control panel integration on Linux environments and perhaps most compelling, bare-metal restore functionality.

You may be wondering what you have to do to sign up for this new backup service.  If you are currently utilizing our Arsenal Digital service, the answer is nothing.  Over the coming weeks we will be migrating all customers to this new backup service.  There will be no change in pricing at this time.  Servers housed in our Cedar Falls facility will be migrated first, with the Fremont and Chicago facilities following shortly thereafter.  Expect to receive an e-mail from our support department when it is time to transition your server to the new backup environment in order to keep you in the loop.

For servers running Linux, no service interruption will be necessary to install to install the new backup software.  For Windows hosts, a reboot will be necessary and one of our technicians will schedule a brief maintenance window with you to install the new backup agent software.  As always, if you have any questions about this process you may open a support ticket through https://pentagon.fastservers.net or contact our support department via phone.

If you happened to miss LTPACT 2008, there are some videos on the way. John Pozadzides & Film Crew circled the event and took Terabytes of HD Videos. Upon return to the great state of Texas, Team Pozadzides started the transfer process and we will be releasing upcoming shots and videos in the near future.

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Initial phase of dedicated management services offering is now available to a select group of current customers.

Layered Technologies, a leading worldwide provider of “on demand” IT infrastructure, announces today DEFCON Management Services, a dedicated management services offering. DEFCON Management Services provides a tiered class of management services specific to dedicated server needs. This exclusive service allows the distinct classification of service level that provides server monitoring, security, server software updates, and advanced support. Integration efforts as a result of the recent acquisition of FastServers.Net by Layered Technologies are now enabling Layered Technologies to provide their current customers with the ability to utilize the server management expertise of FastServers.Net

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As seen on nationwide television stories, the Midwest has been host to some pretty extreme weather conditions in the last month. The severe weather included a tornado that destroyed a small town called Parkersburg and massive rainfall that resulted in flooding throughout the state.

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As recent email communication has been sent to the customer based of FastServers.Net. It is important enough that we wanted to reach out via various mediums, including this blog post to establish updates to both existing and potential new customers. We appreciate your business and if you have any questions do not hesitate to give us a call or discuss this with us.

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