The Planet offers free backup, discounted data protection and firewalls

The Planet announced three new promotions that offer enhanced data protection and security for Planet Alpha dedicated server customers. For a limited time, new orders of Network Backup and EVault Backup are free for the first 90 days. Both solutions are hosted on The Planet’s world-class managed storage infrastructure and are available in 10GB – 80GB or larger capacities for mission-critical environments.

Planet Alpha Data Protection Servers, equipped with award-winning continuous data protection software from R1Soft, are discounted up to 29 percent, offering savings of up to $140 per month. With storage capacities of up to 6TB, Planet Alpha Data Protection Servers feature bare-metal recovery and block-level backup capabilities.

For existing customers, Planet Alpha firewall solutions are discounted up to 26 percent. The Check Point X16 firewall is available at $139 per month – regularly $189 – and the Check Point XU firewall is now $69 per month, down from $89. Private Rack and Virtual Private Rack customers can order any one of three Cisco ASA solutions at a 15 percent discount. From industry leaders in security, Planet Alpha firewal.