Fibre Added to Peer1 San Options

In providing high performance and customizable data sharing and storage capability, Canadian Web hosting and colocation provider PEER 1 Network Enterprises is offering fiber attached storage system options on its managed storage area network to, it announced on Thursday.

Designed for both fast growing businesses and established companies such as SaaS, PEER 1’s FAS solution provides data warehousing or high transactional e-commerce environments that require limitless amounts of storage, scalability and performance capabilities, says the company.

Based in PEER 1’s Atlanta, Miami and Fremont, California data centers, the system employs the EMC SAN infrastructure, which presents customers with varied geographic options. It is also fully customizable depending on the business requirements and growth structure of the customer, says PEER 1.

Robert Miggins, VP of business development for PEER 1 stated”As online infrastructure and data storage needs continue to multiply at amazing rates, our customers rely on us to ensure the availability, flexibility and safety of their data. Offering this service means that the best benefits of a FAS network are available to all our customers, especially to SMBs that traditionally cannot afford or do not have the IT resources to manage a more extensive network.”

Last month saw the launch of a new “We get IT” Web campaign by PEER1 that focuses on the people behind technology and appeals directly to Web problems faced by business and tech communities.