Company to offer a third server as part of its portfolio powered by Intel's next-generation Nehalem microarchitecture.

The Planet, a privately held dedicated hosting company, today announced the addition of a third server to its portfolio powered by Intel's Nehalem microarchitecture. The company states that the Xeon 3450, based on the Dell PowerEdge R210 platform, is now the most powerful single-processor server in the its fleet. It further states that the Xeon 3450 SATA is priced at $219 per month and the Xeon 3450 SAS is $244. For a limited time, customers can receive double the server's base RAM for free, or upgrade to 10TB of bandwidth for an additional $45 per month.

The company avers that the new single-processor server delivers features that ensure operational needs are met at every stage of business growth:

• Innovative technology: The Xeon 3450 is based on Intel microarchitecture with an integrated high-speed memory controller for industry-leading performance

• Power-saving architecture: Integrated Power Gates reduce idle CPU cores to near zero power for optimal efficiency

• Performance: Server speed and application performance is enhanced with a CPU frequency of 2.66 GHz and up to 8MB L3 cache

"Our customers consistently look for the latest technology to power mission-critical applications, from e-commerce sites to databases," said Todd Mitchell, General Manager for dedicated hosting and global services. "This new Nehalem-based platform works best as a versatile workhorse, offering an optimal price/performance ratio. Our size allows us to leverage our purchasing power from Dell and offer the newest technology at an affordable rate to our customers."