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Web Hosting Company Increases Server Capacity Six-Fold, Reduces Costs and Downtime

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Overview With increased demands on its Web hosting infrastructure, HostMySite.com needed a solution that would minimize downtime while maximizing the number of sites on a single Web farm. HostMySite.com utilized the Storage Area Network (SAN) storage solution and network load balancing of Internet Information Services 7.0 and Windows Server 2008 to centralize customer content. The new solution increased server stability, lowered infrastructure costs, and reduced time spent on administration and diagnostics.

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Publisher	Microsoft	File Format	WORD
Date Published	January 2008
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Storage Management, SANs, Windows Server 2008

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betfair

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Financial Services
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san,
vw

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EMC

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EMC

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