Free Hetzner colocation rack hosting promotion
Hetzner announced on Wednesday, 19 November 2014 that it is offering the first four months free to users who order half or full rack colocation hosting at its Data Centre Park in Samrand, Gauteng.
The hosting company said that its offering includes a Full Rack at R5,700 per month and a Half Rack at R3,500 per month.
Its promotion offering four months free hosting is a limited time offer and excludes third-party costs such as. traffic and power consumption, as well as additional extras, Hetzner said.
“We’d like our customers to host and remain with Hetzner because they have come to trust our reliable service and this is our way of putting our money where our mouth is,” said Athena Turner, Hetzner’s marketing and communications manager.
“There are no setup fees when ordering your rack, the contract term is monthly and activation is one business day,” Turner continued.
“We’ve received positive feedback from customers that are making use of our Colocation service and we’re confident that Hetzner is able to provide the market with a hassle-free hosting experience that offers infrastructure stability at a reasonable price,” she said.
Hetzner’s Colocation Rack hosting includes the following features:
- Free setup.
- Month-to-month contract period.
- Activation within 1 business day.
- Unattended biometric access to Hetzner’s Data Centre, with pin code lockable racks.
- Customised Cold Aisle Containment pods for servers.
- Extra-width racks.
- The data centre uses free cooling, which Hetzner said reduces its power consumption and carbon footprint.
- Fully redundant, physically separated A+B power feeds.
- Traffic at R2.20 per GB and power consumption at R1.12 per kWh.
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