{"id":114467,"date":"2014-11-19T09:53:20","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T07:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=114467"},"modified":"2014-12-11T15:58:09","modified_gmt":"2014-12-11T13:58:09","slug":"free-hetzner-colocation-rack-hosting-promotion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cloud-hosting\/114467-free-hetzner-colocation-rack-hosting-promotion.html","title":{"rendered":"Free Hetzner colocation rack hosting promotion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Hetzner\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hetzner.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Hetzner<\/strong><\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019d 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,\u201d said Athena Turner, Hetzner\u2019s marketing and communications manager.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are no setup fees when ordering your rack, the contract term is monthly and activation is one business day,\u201d Turner continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve received positive feedback from customers that are making use of our Colocation service and we\u2019re confident that Hetzner is able to provide the market with a hassle-free hosting experience that offers infrastructure stability at a reasonable price,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Hetzner\u2019s Colocation Rack hosting includes the following features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Free setup.<\/li>\n<li>Month-to-month contract period.<\/li>\n<li>Activation within 1 business day.<\/li>\n<li>Unattended biometric access to Hetzner\u2019s Data Centre, with pin code lockable racks.<\/li>\n<li>Customised Cold Aisle Containment pods for servers.<\/li>\n<li>Extra-width racks.<\/li>\n<li>The data centre uses free cooling, which Hetzner said reduces its power consumption and carbon footprint.<\/li>\n<li>Fully redundant, physically separated A+B power feeds.<\/li>\n<li>Traffic at R2.20 per GB and power consumption at R1.12 per kWh.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"related\">More hosting news<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hosting-storage\/113967-high-speed-access-to-amazon-web-services-in-south-africa.html\"><strong>High-speed access to Amazon Web Services in South Africa<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hosting-storage\/106401-napafrica-internet-exchange-cracks-15gbps.html\"><strong>NAPAfrica Internet Exchange cracks 15Gbps<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a 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