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A
solid infrastructure, necessary to meet all your hosting needs, is
provided. The primary 22,000 sq.ft. data center is located in Lisle, IL
and the second in
Trumbull
,
CT.
The network has been engineered to avoid
any single point of failure. This is accomplished with redundant
connectivity, power, and HVAC. A direct fiber connection between the
Illinois
and
Connecticut
data centers further enhances bandwidth
capacity and redundancy.
Physical Security
Security is taken very seriously. All major entry points to the data
center building and computer areas require a electronic ID card and 5
digit security code. The buildings are monitored by cameras and security
personnel 24 hours per day.
Network Security
The latest technologies in IDS (Intrusion Detection System) are
incorporated to monitor and protect the networks against malicious
attacks. Shared hosting servers are hardened with internal firewalls and
proprietary monitoring software.
Hardware/Bandwidth
Top-of-the-line Cisco backbone grade routers are used on the core layer
and Layer 3 switching on the distribution layer, providing superior
segmentation and increased bandwidth across the backbone. Each server is
connected to its own switched 100Mbps port, reducing congestion.
Bandwidth utilization is continuously monitored, allowing for
accommodation of even the largest bandwidth surges.
It is a misconception that the amounts of bandwidth (size of the pipes
that carry the data) differentiate web hosting companies. In reality, it
is not the size of the pipe that matters, it is the utilization levels.
Multiple redundant connections guarantee a maximum of 60 percent
capacity utilization at peak times and an average of 40 percent
utilization across our networks.
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