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          <h1>Power your web app.</h1>
          <p class="lead">Build data-rich, interactive web
	    applications. Let us worry about data storage.</p>
          <a class="btn btn-large btn-primary" href="/signup">Sign up today</a>
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          <h1>Solid state performance.</h1>
          <p class="lead">Most databases are still on spinning rust.  Why wait for your data?</p>
          <a class="btn btn-large btn-primary" href="/about/#specs">Learn more</a>
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          <h1>Globally accessible.</h1>
          <p class="lead">No restrictions or limitations. Connect to the database from anywhere.</p>
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      <h2>Powered by MariaDB</h2>
      <p>MariaDB is a drop-in replacement for MySQL.  MariaDB
	strives to be the logical choice for database
	professionals looking for a robust, scalable, and reliable
	SQL server.</p>
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      <h2>SSD-accelerated</h2>
      <p>Live queries served by enterprise-grade SSDs, the fastest
        money can buy. In fact, they&rsquo;re so fast, our servers can&rsquo;t
        give them commands fast enough. Say goodbye to IO
        wait.</p>
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      <h2>Ironclad backups</h2>
      <p>Nightly, consistent backups of all databases made
        available to you over AFS. Accidentally deleted all of your
        data? No problem&mdash;do you want yesterday&rsquo;s snapshot, or
        the one from the day before?</p>
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    <h2 class="featurette-heading">The best thing since sliced bread. <span class="muted">It&rsquo;ll blow your mind.</span></h2>
    <p class="lead">It&rsquo;s true&mdash;sliced-bread.mit.edu was
      a fine server.  But this one makes it look like burnt toast.</p>
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    <h2 class="featurette-heading">Backed by SIPB. <span class="muted">Quality since 1969.</span></h2>
    <p class="lead">We&rsquo;ve been breaking and fixing computers for a
      long time. You&rsquo;ll usually find us setting up cool new services
      for the MIT community or putting out fires deep in the server
      room.</p>
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    <h2 class="featurette-heading">Databases. <span class="muted">For free.</span></h2>
    <p class="lead">It doesn&rsquo;t get any better than this. All you need is an MIT Athena account.</p>
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