| What
separates one web host from another? Other than
customer service, it comes down to speed, reliability
and equipment. For you tech heads, here is on
overview if our network, equipment and facilities.
SPEED - Our Intel P4, Dual Xeons 3.2 GHz based systems servers are part
of a network that have high speed redundant Internet
connectivity as shown below:
Verio OC3 Link to Internet - 155Mbps Max.
Savvis OC3 Link to Internet - 155Mbps Max.
ELI DS3 Link to Internet - 45Mbps Max.
Sonet OC3 to Time Warner #1 - 155Mbps Max
Sonet OC3 to Time Warner #2 - 155Mbps Max
Cogent GB Link to Internet - 1000Mbps Max.
Williams GB Link to Internet - 1000Mbps Max.
This investment in quality bandwidth affords
us excellent network performance with a high level
of resilience. Our network is fully switched,
utilizing high specification components. Replacements
for all core equipment are kept on site ensuring
fast recovery in the event of equipment failure.
RELIABILITY - A dedicated 250Kva
electricity supply delivers both three and single
phase power to our site. Power is routed through
UPS devices and power conditioners before being
distributed to server racks thorough industrial
strength 16 Amp outlets.
EQUIPMENT - We use latest and industrial strength web server equipment for performance and reliability including Intel P4, Dual Xeons with 2 to 3.2 GHz based systems. All servers have at least 2GHz processors, 100Mbit Ethernet adapters, a minimum of 2GB of memory and a server grade mainboard and chipset.
Operating System »
Our UNIX-based machines are predominately Linux
based currently running RedHat Linux 7.2+
Our Software »
Time honored software, with our own bespoke modifications and improvements powers our servers. UNIX installations include a
web server derived from the popular Apache web server in conjunction with the powerful MySQL database server and Horde mail server. For your added protection, we have also installed IPtables Firewall software on all servers. |