JohnCompanies announces the addition of a new upgraded “Super Server” to our line up of dedicated servers. Our latest version of the Super Server is based on Intel's newest generation Xeon ™ Sandy Bridge processor that provides a 25% performance boost (depending on application) over the previous generation of Xeon processors. The Xeon E3-1220 processor running at a clock speed of 3.1GHz has 4 cores (8 threads) with 8 mb of cache and utilizes Intel's Turbo-Boost Technology that automatically boosts processor speed when your server needs a little more power.

The Super Server comes with 8-GB of 1333 MHz DDR3 RAM, hardware RAID controller card and two 1000GB mirrored hard drives. The Super Server plan also provides 50GB of local backup space and 1000GB/month of bandwidth use.

The Super Server comes standard with a secure Remote Management Module (RMM) with a separate IP address that allows remote KVM access and reboot via browser and ID/password login. The RMM is a dedicated out-of-band management network interface card. It runs regardless and independent of the state of your server and does not depend on the installed OS.

JohnCompanies now offers FreeBSD 8.2 for both VPS and dedicated servers. FreeBSD 8.2 provides significant enhancements over pervious versions of FreeBSD including the ability to bind more than one IP address to a VPS instance. New versions of FreeBSD will become available as they are released.

JohnCompanies announces the opening of a second data center in southern California. This new datacenter will greatly expand our dedicated server hosting capability and will include all the security features, multi-homed bandwidth, redundant backup power, 24/7 staffing and Cisco network infrastructure used at our primary datacenter. Both our primary datacenter and the new data center have passed SAS 70 type II audits.

This new data center will allow for growth and expansion of our hosting business and at the same time will permit customers to split resources and locate backup servers at geographically separate facilities operating on different power feeds and using separate backbone service connections.

JohnCompanies has upgrade network connectivity to 1000 Mbps (GigE) to selected racks. This upgrade will provide an option for customers with high peak demands to elect to connect directly to our GigE network. GigE connectivity from racks to our trunk routers will also improve the upstream performance of our standard 100 Mpbs network switches.