Plesk 8 marks a major milestone
in the development of Plesk. The new
release is designed to increase the
administrator, client and domain user
experience. In this new release, the
interface is designed to be task
oriented and fully customizable.
Plesk 8 marks a major milestone in the
development of the software. The Plesk
Desktop feature is a significant
enhancement to the user interface. In
this new release, the interface is
designed to be task oriented and fully
customizable. This feature has been
created to meet the needs of any hosting
customer, from non-technical users to
advanced technical users.
Plesk Desktop - Now
administrators and clients have quick
access to major management functions and
they have immediate access to mission
critical information and statistics. The
task oriented design also allows
administrators to create "favorites" and
"shortcuts".
Customizable Interface Templates
- In this new release, administrators
can customize templates that can be
assigned to individual users. This
dynamic new features makes the interface
straight forward, easy to understand and
intuitive.
Virtuozzo Integration
- Virtuozzo and Plesk are
seamlessly integrated which allows
hosting providers to manage more
customers more efficiently. Virtuozzo
lets you create isolated compartments,
which allow you to handle customers in a
more secure and reliable environment.
Domain Aliases - This
new feature lets domain administrators
set up alternative domain names which
act as nicknames for websites and e-mail
addresses.
Watchdog 2 - A new
version of the software's system
monitoring module which monitors diskspace, checks for security problems
(Trojans), shows CPU/memory usage
statistics and creates reports in case
there are usage problems and much more.
Acronis True Image Module
- Plesk now comes with a new ATIS
module. Using this module,
administrators can create server disk
backup images without interrupting
server operations and perform easy and
fast recovery of the entire system.
New Backup Utility -
The improved backup/restore utilities
let administrators backup and restore
client accounts. Also, administrators
can select which client's domains and
information to backup/restore. Now
domains can be completely restored with
the properties they had during the
backup. New Backup utilities allow
administrators to restore from any
version of Plesk which can be valuable
for migration/upgrades.
Autoinstaller V3 - This
improved feature lets administrators
deploy and upgrade multiple servers in
an efficient, cost effective manner. The
new architecture allows for improved
dependencies tracking and increased
speed during installation/upgrade. All
of this makes the support of new OSes
simpler and easier.
Plesk Desktop - Now
administrators and clients have quick
access to major management functions and
they have immediate access to mission
critical information and statistics. The
task oriented design also allows
administrators to create "favorites" and
"shortcuts".
Customizable Interface Templates
- In this new release, administrators
can customize templates that can be
assigned to individual users. This
dynamic new features makes the interface
straight forward, easy to understand and
intuitive.
Virtuozzo Integration
- Virtuozzo and Plesk are
seamlessly integrated which allows
hosting providers to manage more
customers more efficiently. Virtuozzo
lets you create isolated compartments,
which allow you to handle customers in a
more secure and reliable environment.
Domain Aliases - This
new feature lets domain administrators
set up alternative domain names which
act as nicknames for websites and e-mail
addresses.
Watchdog 2 - A new
version of the software's system
monitoring module which monitors diskspace, checks for security problems
(Trojans), shows CPU/memory usage
statistics and creates reports in case
there are usage problems and much more.
Acronis True Image Module
- Plesk now comes with a new ATIS
module. Using this module,
administrators can create server disk
backup images without interrupting
server operations and perform easy and
fast recovery of the entire system.
New Backup Utility -
The improved backup/restore utilities
let administrators backup and restore
client accounts. Also, administrators
can select which client's domains and
information to backup/restore. Now
domains can be completely restored with
the properties they had during the
backup. New Backup utilities allow
administrators to restore from any
version of Plesk which can be valuable
for migration/upgrades.
Autoinstaller V3 - This
improved feature lets administrators
deploy and upgrade multiple servers in
an efficient, cost effective manner. The
new architecture allows for improved
dependencies tracking and increased
speed during installation/upgrade. All
of this makes the support of new OSes
simpler and easier.
