Announcements, status updates, known issues and news in general
We will be replacing a switch between the hours of 6pm and midnight (CEST) on Tuesday 23rd October 2018 in our Amsterdam 2 DC.
We expect network downtime to be very minimal – no individual server or service should be without network access for more than 60 seconds.
We apologise in advance for any inconvenience.
We are happy to announce that we are now able to offer a new type of storage in our Amsterdam 2 (ams2) datacenter: Hybrid Storage. This is a clever mix combining Standard Storage powered by enterprise SATA drives and a fast SSD based cache. The result is a significant boost in write performance and lower latency for access to regularly used files.
Hybrid Storage is ideally suited for servers that require a large amount of storage space and high performance but where only a small subset of the stored data is frequently accessed.
Examples include email servers and file servers (eg. ownCloud). Typically users want easy access to all their data but only work with a small subset on a daily basis. This active data is automatically cached on the SSD for fast access. Non-cached data is transparently read directly from the spinning RAID array.
The SSD cache is automatically managed by the underlying block storage layer on our Xen servers and no special configuration is required on the customer server. This makes our Hybrid Storage a simple and cost effective solution.
We have capacity available. If you are interested in testing, purchasing or migrating to a Hybrid Storage based Virtual Server, contact us on support@anu.net today!
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past few months you will undoubtedly be aware of changes to European data protection legislation introduced in the new General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR, effective as of May 2018.
In line with the new regulations we have updated our Privacy Policy and our Standard Terms and Conditions documents. Our policy has always been to minimize the amount of personal data we collect and process in line with business requirements, and to handle customer data with the utmost diligence and prudence. We fully support the goals of the GDPR and we aim to meet and exceed the legal requirements placed upon us to protect our customers’ personal information.
If you have any questions or comments please do not hesitate to contact support@anu.net