What is the Green Grid and Why is It Better than Stand Alone
Green Grid hosting is a newer technology that is sometimes referred to as “Clustered Computing” as well. In the Green Grid hosting environment, several servers are linked together at the hardware level and allows them to “share” their resources throughout the Green Grid at the software/OS level. By doing this, server resources are not wasted as they wait to be used or wasted as they have to sit idle in case the resources are needed. The reason that this Green Grid utilizes all the resources as they are added to the grid, this makes it much more economical and environmental to use.
How is it a Green Hosting Solution?
In a typical example by a large corporation with a of a traditional stand alone server environment to a Green Grid type setup, the corporation was able to reduce the amount of servers used from 30 to 9! These new servers also are running energy star rated products unlike their predecessors. On top of the reduction of energy used, GeekHosting.com is a Carbon Neutral company, not by buying “Carbon Credits,” but by planting thousands upon thousands of trees to offset our carbon footprint. (We feel this is a much more pro-active way to save the environment and feel very strongly against the promotion of “Carbon Credits”)
Universal High Availability
Say goodbye to data loss and extended downtime. All data in the Green Grid is
automatically mirrored across the grid it resides on. When a server fails, all your data
remains available and any affected appliances are automatically restarted elsewhere on
the grid. This means your application will be back online within minutes, not hours or
days. Best of all, it all happens automatically.
Your Own Little Dedicated Server
The Green Grid VDS service behaves like a dedicated server– but with the benefit of universal high-availability. Users get root access, cPanel/WHM and have the ability to customize the their own Virtual Dedicated Server to meet their exact needs. GeekHosting.com will help assist you with the exact configuration you need for the perfect high-availability solution that you can scale in minutes.
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