Web host The Planet launches an ‘Automated Self-Restore’ option.

The company, which names itself as “the world’s largest privately held dedicated hosting company” will add the option to all new and existing servers.

Should critical software failure occur, The Planet’s new Automated Rescue Environment (ARE) downloads a light operating system which provides the necessary tools to diagnose and recover data, and allow users to “self-restore and repair” servers from The Planet’s customer portal.

“The hosted IT infrastructure provides significant cost savings for customers compared with a do-it-yourself approach, an even more important factor in challenging financial markets,” explained The Planet’s Director of Product Management, Urvish Vashi. “Many of our more technically proficient customers have asked for direct management capabilities, so for these companies we want to provide the option of unfettered access. As always, our skilled technical support team is available 24x7x365 for all of our customers.”