CrystalTech Web Hosting, a provider of Windows-based web hosting, yesterday announced the release of a new dedicated hosting plan.

The new Dual Xeon Raid 5 Plus plan is targeted at small and medium-sized businesses, and priced at $499.95/month and comes with a 273 GB capacity SCSI RAID 5 array, dual 2.8GHz Xeon processors, 2 GB of RAM and 1250 GB of bandwidth each month. CrystalTech's other Windows dedicated plans start at $79.95/month and all have Windows 2003 Standard Server, Microsoft DNS, IIS 6.0 and Terminal Services preinstalled.

According to the company, the package also includes 2 static IP addresses, 500 MB of shared SQL space, the ability to install any software and 24/7 toll-free phone and email support. The host also includes mail, statistics and FTP software, a $700 retail value, for free with the purchase of any Windows dedicated plan.

"With website and database storage needs constantly growing, we wanted to offer a larger enterprise-level dedicated hosting plan that's not only robust and reliable, but cost efficient," said Robert Cichon, CrystalTech President. "This new server reflects CrystalTech's focus on delivering solutions that match our customer's hosting needs now and into the future."