We use high performance and reliability SuperMicro servers,
using only the
highest quality components. New servers are 2 x Quad-Core Processors
with SCSI Hard Drives in a
RAID
10 array, so if a hard drive fails, the other drives
in the array would
continue to run normally while we replace the failed
drive.
State-of-the-Art Facility
The Facility is housed in a poured concrete building, making it resistant to
natural disasters. State of the art security monitoring system include intelligent card access
and fingerprint scanners in addition to 24x7 video surveillance.
Raised floors push air up through force filtered-air up
through server cabinets.
Environmental Controls
Multiple Liebert HVAC systems provide air conditioning and humidification control,
maintains a constant temperature of 65°F and a humidity level that does not
exceed 55%. Our fire suppression system not only prevents extensive fire
damage, it virtually eliminates the potential for
collateral damage to delicate equipment from the fire
extinguishing agent. An FM200 fire suppression system handles individual instances on the data center floor.
Standby Servers
We keep spares of all server configurations online. If your
server were to experience a complete hardware failure
(very rare) we have the ability to do a bare-metal
restore on a new server using our sophisticated CDP
backup software within 1 hour.
Hot-Swap Drives
The drives and drive bays of our
servers are all constructed from
high-grade aluminum, and rest in
a Shock Mounted Drive Cage,
which adds to the durability of
the drives. The drives are hot
swappable, which means if a hard
drive were to fail we could take
out the drive and insert a new
drive and rebuild the RAID array
without taking down the server.
Redundant Hot Swap Power Supplies
Each server has 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 by swapping out the failed unit
with one of our spares and then service the old unit.
Facility Equipment
All servers connected to our network via Fast Ethernet
(100MB/second).
The facility backbone consists of Foundry Gigabit
switches, Cisco Routers and Cisco Catalyst switches.
