| Network Infrastructure
Our high performance web hosting servers are located in the
state-of-the-art FortressITX datacenter, in Clifton, New Jersey
(just a few miles away from New York City). The facility is
a huge 55,000 sq foot in size but only has 7,500 sq feet in
current use offering us huge growth potential.
Our
servers run dual CPU's with multiple gigs of ram and raid
protected SATA drives. We exclusively use the Linux CentOS
operating system since it provides a reliable and robust platform
for web hosting environments.
We are also connected to Qwest® Communication's OC12
line which provides us with redundancy and increased routes
to Europe, Latin America and Asia.
Force Filtered Cooling
All the drives, motherboards, and power supplies in our NOC
are in cases with a positive pressure filtered-air environment.
Two large fans pull filtered air into the protective case,
and the components within are cooled by fans which circulate
this purified air. The constant introduction of clean air
into the case creates a positive pressure environment ensuring
that dust and particles remain out.
Redundant Hot Swap Power Supplies
Each
server has dual-redundant hot swap power supplies. If one
of these power supplies were to fail, the server would not
go down because each power supply is capable of running the
server by itself, indefinitely. Meanwhile, alarms would alert
our technicians to the problem; they would restore redundancy
with one of our spares and then service the failed supply
unit. During all this, sites on our network
The facility features:
Liebert 20 ton HVAC units
Pre-action dry fire supression system with other 500 detectors
500KVa Liebert UPS units with 90 batteries each
1MW Caterpillar diesel generator with 6000 gallons extra fuel
Security tag entry/entrance system
Raised flooring for better cooling performance
The network runs on its own dark fiber ring connecting its
two redundant pops in 111th NYC and 165 Halsey (Equinix) NJ.
Each fiber leg is capable of handling the entire networks
traffic in case of a failure. Each leg can upgraded to provide
transport capacities up to 320Gbps totaling 640Gbps of available
transport capacity. The core consists of Dual Cisco 6509 SUP720
Routers, fully meshed to multiple aggregation switches for
maximum uptime. The multi-homed network is fueled by premium
tier 1 carriers Above.net, NLayer (GlobalCrossing), Level3
and NYIIX.
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