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100% Dell
Servers
We only use Dell servers in our web
hosting platform, utilising
state-of-the-art technology we have built
a web hosting platform that is second to
none.
Our platform is designed in such a way
that if any server fails another server
automatically and without delay takes over
that servers workload. For example if one
of our mail servers were to break down,
another server would automatically come
online, with all the correct configuration
and take over the work of the failed
server, in this period no email would be
lost.
As well as this, all data is stored in
two large network disk arrays, data is
automatically synchronised between the
arrays so that in the event of an array
failing the remaining array continues to
serve data to the servers with no
downtime.
Your server
has the following
specification:-
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Dual Quad Core Intel®
Xeon® 3.16GHz with 2X6MB
Cache
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6 GB RAM
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Dual 136 GB SCSI Drive (for
the operating system)
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RAID Mirroring (for the
operating system)
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2 x 10 Gbps Uplink
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100 Mbps NIC Card Connected
10 1Gbps Switch
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Dual Power Supplies
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Dual Gigabit Network
Adapters
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100% Cisco
Gigabit Network
Our network operates on industry
leading network equipment from Cisco
Systems, all our switches and routers are
developed by Cisco. Our network is based
on gigabit technology which means that it
runs at a speed of 1000 Mb per second,
most web hosting networks are limited to
100 Mb per second.
Our network also utilises 100% CAT6
network cable, CAT6 cable contains four
pairs of copper wire and unlike CAT5,
utilises all four pairs. CAT6 supports
Gigabit (1000 Mbps) Ethernet and supports
communications at more than twice the
speed of CAT5e, the other popular standard
for Gigabit Ethernet cabling.
Centos
Enterprise 5.2 on the Linux
Platform
Centos is the leading provider of Linux
open source software, for many years now
Centos Linux has been the number one
choice for web hosting companies. Not just
because of Centos's amazing scalability
but also because of its track record as
the most stable operating system available
in the market today.
Our systems utilise the latest Centos
server technology to allow our servers to
be continually up to date with Centos
system & security patches.
Unlike many of our competitors we run
Centos Enterprise Linux, the most stable
release available and the only version
that stays totally up to date with
security patches.
Connectivity
We operate a multi-homed network
utilising BGP4 technology, simply put we
have multiple connections to the Internet
with different backbone providers, should
any connection fail our other connections
automatically take all the traffic. Not
only does this mean that we are very
unlikely to lose connectivity to the
Internet but it also means that traffic
moving to and from our network can choose
from a range of paths to get to it's final
destination, this means that we have been
able to configure the network to always
take the fastest paths.
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