Jared's Direct Hosting is for managed semi-dedicated and dedicated server services only our data centers are not found in a garage in the middle of nowhere we have a commercial reseller contract and host our own servers at thier data center. The Planet consists of:

• Largest privately–owned dedicated data center

• More than 20,000 customers worldwide

• More than 48,000 servers and 15.7 million websites under management

• Seven wholly owned and managed SAS 70 Type II certified data centers (2 in Houston, 5 in Dallas)

• London data center

• More than 220,000 sq. ft. of raised floor data center space

• Two fully redundant, geographically diverse, Network Operations Centers that provide 24x7x365 monitoring

• 250+ Gbps of transit network capacity to six Tier 1 backbone networks

• More than 500 employees

SAS 70 Type II certified data centers. You’ll be connected to our enterprise-grade network and get advanced tech support services, including:

• 24x7 technical server support
• Web-based self–service ticketing, billing, and server management capabilities
• Web-based live support chat
• Phone support with a qualified support technician
• Network-based security protection — we’ll monitor your system and protect against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks
• Bandwidth monitoring and tracking — track bandwidth allocations and usage on each server through the Orbit customer portal
• Open access to knowledge base

Database Services

• A custom monitoring and response plan that includes threshold alerting on memory usage, CPU utilization, disk I/O performance and database capacity
• Optimization of your Microsoft SQL Server or MySQL Server environment

Security

• We will build hardened security systems using industry best practices—they’ll reference organizations such as The Center for Internet Security (CIS) and Microsoft
• A change control process identifies any security updates applied to your hosted infrastructure
• Your security posture is kept up-to-date with monthly status checks and reports
• Any updates to your security profile are applied to the original security plan for your business

Monitoring

• Monitoring is based on industry-accepted best practices
• Information is integrated into a run-book, specific to your business
• We identify relationships of monitored systems, define components to monitor and develop proper monitoring thresholds
• Custom logs are identified to monitor and develop customized remediation plans
• We proactively assess monitored data to predict and prevent system bottlenecks

Storage

• We collaborate with you to design a high performance and highly available storage infrastructure
• Your current storage needs are defined and we’ll give you options that include high-availability storage, iSCSI vs. Fiber Channel Network, or SATA vs. Fiber Channel Disk Drives
• We ensure that performance bottlenecks in your environment are kept at bay
• We help anticipate spikes in storage needs and manage growth by preparing migration scenarios for larger storage systems
• We monitor your storage utilization and produce Aggregate Storage Usage reports,
• Performance metrics such as disk I/O, are reviewed to ensure your storage system is never the bottleneck
• Snapshots and data replication are monitored to make sure your data is always available

Backup

• Backup strategy is set during the initial consultation
• Backup activity is put onto a separate network to isolate traffic and identify impact activities
• Your comprehensive backup and recovery plan defines backup retention periods and identification of backup exclusions specific to your business
• Backup encryption options and application-specific backup strategies are recommended
• Rigorous backup verification procedures are performed to make sure your data is available when you need it
• Data integrity is verified for each backup session; Get optional test-recovery strategies and scheduled backups during off-peak hours
• Get regular aggregate backup usage reports and alerts that show successful backup sessions, critical trends and impending limits so you can plan for additional capacity