(Web Hosting News) The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting, today announced a new addition to its line of Ready To Go Servers™. The Xeon 3210-SAS, equipped with a 146GB hard drive and 2GB RAM, is now available in just one hour as one of Planet Alpha’s Ready To Go Servers.  Concurrent with this new addition, The Planet is including the latest version of the CentOS-5 operating system on all Ready To Go Servers at no additional cost. Further, customers now also have the option to run their boxes with or without the cPanel-brand control panel.

“Our rapid server-provisioning time is one of the chief reasons people choose The Planet for their hosting solutions,” said Urvish Vashi, The Planet’s director of product management. “The combination of our vast inventory and automated provisioning system allows us to make servers available in just one hour. By expanding our line of popular Ready To Go Servers, our customers have even more options when they require a high-performance box that must be up-and-running quickly.”

In addition to the Xeon 3210-SAS, select Ready To Go Servers include the Xeon 3040-SATA and Xeon 3210-SATA, the Dual Opteron 265-SATA and Dual Xeon 2.8 IDE. Servers are priced from $149 per month.

For more information, please visit http://www.theplanet.com/servers.

About The Planet
The Planet is the leading provider of On Demand IT Infrastructure solutions, hosting more than 22,000 small- and medium-size businesses and 7.6 million Web sites worldwide.  The Planet Alpha division provides the widest array of self-managed dedicated servers and advanced services backed by 24×7x365 support.  The Planet Northstar Managed Hosting division combines a proactive methodology and seasoned IT experts to deliver a fully managed hosting solution.  With the best choice of servers, software tools and world-class support, backed by state-of-the-art facilities and an enterprise-class network, The Planet turns IT into a powerful competitive advantage that enables customers to grow their businesses.   For additional information, visit www.theplanet.com.