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Superb Hosting Adding Back-end Network to McLean, VA Data Center (DCA2)-

Superb Internet is currently upgrading the network hardware in their DCA2 data center located in McLean, VA. This upgrade maintenance will replace all Cisco 2924XL-EN switches with Cisco 2950G-48-EI switches as well as providing the security and cost-effective performance of a dedicated back-end network. Similar to their DCA3 data center in Springfield, VA, customers who order servers in DCA2 will have their own dedicated VLAN and IP space they can use to communicate between their servers.

Superb DCA2 McLean, VA Datacenter - Back-end Network

There are key benefits of using a dedicated network for your servers such as having a higher level of security for your data. Having a dedicated VLAN and subnet will prevent other customers having access to your data as it crosses the network since all internal traffic will be seen by your servers only. In addition, a back-end network gives your servers unmetered access for all communicated between your servers within the internal network and will not be counted against the bandwidth allocation. Superb gives a whopping 4TB of monthly traffic so this will not be a problem for most, but nevertheless, unmetered access is nice to have. Backend network also results in a greater quality of service since certain administrative tasks, such as backup, will not interfere with the front-end internet traffic that forms the core of your business.

It’s great to hear announcements surrounding infrastructure improvements because it shows that our dedicated server hosting company cares us, the customer, by making investments to improve their quality of service. To read more on Superb Internet’s data centers, check out their pages on network and infrastructure.

Superb Hosting Now Has a Price Match Guarantee on Dedicated Servers!

Superb Internet just introduced a price match guarantee for their dedicated servers. In short, if you find the price of a server cheaper elsewhere, Superb Internet will match it. As long as the server specification from a competitor “closely matches” a configuration from their website, Superb Hosting will match the price.

Superb Hosting Dedicated Server Price Match Guarantee

Talking with one of their account representatives, it seems the price match has to come from a comparable service provider. Prying for details on this seems to indicate that a comparable service provider is someone that owns their own data center as well as providing 24×7 technical support to customers. Superb is willing to match hardware configurations that offer comparable CPU, RAM, hard drives, among others. It seems like Superb Internet intentionally kept the details open-ended so they can approve at their own discretion. This offer may be YMMV, but it never hurts to ask.

Superb Hosting Launches Westmere Servers!

Superb Internet now has the new Dual Xeon Westmere servers in their dedicated server lineup. This is the latest addition to their dedicated servers product line for high-performance computing. For those in the dark on this new CPU, the Xeon Westmere processor (5600s) is Intel’s new 32nm chip that boasts increased performance and power flexibility to succeed their Nehalem series (5500s). With this new CPU, the hexa-core dedicated servers are introduced in a much more affordable price point.

Superb Internet Westmere Hexacore

From their website, Superb Internet offers the following Westmere servers (note, not all Westmere processors have 6 cores):

Dual Xeon E5620 Quad-Core 2.40Ghz, 2GB DDR3 RAM, 1000GB SATA HD
Dual Xeon X5650 Hexa-Core 2.66Ghz, 2GB DDR3 RAM, 1000GB SATA HD
Dual Xeon X5660 Hexa-Core 2.80Ghz, 2GB DDR3 RAM, 1000GB SATA HD
Dual Xeon X5670 Hexa-Core 2.93Ghz, 2GB DDR3 RAM, 1000GB SATA HD
Dual Xeon X5680 Hexa-Core 3.33Ghz, 2GB DDR3 RAM, 1000GB SATA HD

As part of their launch special, Superb Internet is giving a free upgrade to 6GB DDR3 RAM for all their Hexa-Core servers which include X5650, X5660, X5670, and X5680 servers. Promo code is not needed as you can select this option on their order form. This means, you can combine this deal with another promotion.

Superb Internet Adds Intel Xeon Nehalem Dedicated Servers

Superb Internet added additional Intel Xeon Nehalem configurations to their dedicated server line-up. Superb had Dual Xeon E5504 2.0 GHz and Dual Xeon E5520 2.26 GHz servers available for dedicated plans, but now they are stocking Dual Xeon X5550 2.66 GHz, Dual Xeon X5560 2.8 GHz, Dual Xeon X5570 2.93 GHz, and Dual Xeon W5580 3.2 GHz dedicated servers.

Each of these new rack-mount servers comes with 2GB DDR3 RAM (upgradeable to 24GB) and 1000GB SATA II Hard Drive (upgradeable to 6 hard drives). These servers are a bit out of my price range, but for the fatwallets out there, the Xeon Nehalem processors are as good as it gets.

Xeon Nehalem Dedicated Servers

According to PassMark CPU benchmark, the outrageously expensive Intel Xeon W5580 is 8th on their list of High End processors. To give you a better idea on price, the Intel Xeon W5580 costs $1680 per processor while the Intel Xeon E5520 costs just $358 per processor on Newegg. The Dual Xeon W5580 servers are said to be blindingly fast, but if I had the cash, I would rather just get another server. For details, click here>

Superb Internet Launches New Website

Superb Internet just launched their new site. Superb underwent a complete face-lift changing their image. I definitely like what they did to their new website. The pages look cleaner and I can navigate through everything clearly. Check out their new site here>

For a screenshot of Superb’s homepage:

superb.net home page

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