Planet Deploys Automated Self Restore

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In the web hosting industry of late, it is raining new products and tools. The latest to join the list of companies offering enhancement tools is the privately held web hosting company Planet. Its latest cutting edge automated recovery solution, called The Automated Rescue Environment (ARE), lets customers to repair and self-restore their servers directly from The Planet customer portal in the event of any sudden software failure or system crash. The new auto restore facility - Automated Rescue Environment - is now available across all the new and existing servers of the Planet.

For novices, Planet is a leading provider of On Demand IT Infrastructure solutions in the world, hosting more than 22,000 small/medium size businesses and 6.7 million personal web sites worldwide, using the best choice of powerful servers, software tools and support, and backed by state-of-the-art facilities and robust network backbone.

The company claims that it was part of their customer friendly response towards their loyal clients, to let the technical savvy amongst them to self manage things directly than having to go through ...
... the customer support team, who have been requesting for similar features for some time now. Those less confident customers can still approach the customer care team at Planet, a facility that is available 24x7x365.

As mentioned above, The Automated Rescue Environment (ARE) aids customers to self-manage their servers in the event of an unexpected system failure. By rebooting from a safe zone in the Planet's network, clients can download a light operating system that offers all the necessary tools to analyze, diagnose, and recover data. According to the company, The Automated Rescue Environment (ARE),

* Lets clients to safely diagnose configuration errors without risking data losses associated with the reloading of operating system.
* Gives the customers a much needed self maintenance advantage, so that they can replace corrupt files, recover deleted files, manage and backup data, and remove harmful programs by logging in a safe mode.
* Adds value to Planet's existing features by letting users to self restore and manage servers on their own, without the intervention of technical support team.

According to Planet spokesperson, through The Automated Rescue Environment (ARE), the company attempts to provide,

1. Higher levels of network capacity and speed to deliver peak performances all the time to the customers.
2. Instant scalability when it comes to handling the largest spikes in network traffic.
3. Parallel, redundant, multi-tiered network routing and switching architecture to provide unmatched reliability and stability all the time.
4. Multilayered network security facility to thwart Delayed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks from harming businesses in the internet.
5. A tool that compliments the existing team of knowledgeable experts at Planet.

To learn more about Planet's The Automated Rescue Environment (ARE), instructions and documentation on how to operate it, and other tools and features, visit the Planet website www.theplanet.com. Alternatively, users could directly contact its customer care team by email or phone or through live chat facility available in the website.