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Overview
Businesses
and individuals can house their Internet servers in C
I Host's telco grade colocation facilities in Dallas,
TX; Los Angeles, CA; or Chicago, IL. Colocating on C I
Host's lightning-fast network provides your mission-critical
data with superior security, instant bandwidth management,
and rock-solid, redundant Internet fiber connections.
Data
Center Features
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Diesel-powered generators
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Multiple POEs (Point of Entry) for fiber,
electricity and generator inputs with n+3 redundancy
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Capacity Planning - No fiber optic link will
ever peak at more than 33% of its capacity. The capacity-load-ratio
of C I Host's network connectivity has always been at
least 3:1
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100Mbps connections to C I Host's routers
and switches from your server. 1000Mbps (GigE) connections
from our routers and switches to the Internet fiber
connectivity
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Instant growth and scalability - we scale
and grow as your business demands it - upgrades take
less then 1 hour
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24/7 Armed Guards
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24/7 Secured access with key swipe entry,
biometric thumb print verifier and a double-locking
man-trap at every door within the datacenter and on
exterior
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24/7 on-site maintenance staff with spare
parts for all server configurations
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Multiple DS-3, OC-3 and OC-12 fiber optic
connections to multiple, redundant carriers - Internet
connectivity NEVER goes down
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Security system with live monitored internal
cameras
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Instant on dry-pipe fire protection systems
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19'' and 23'' seismically braced racks
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Category 5 & Category 6 Cable
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Full daily client-content backups and hourly
system backups ensure no data loss to any housed server.
Dallas
(Bedford, Texas)
C
I Host Data Center-01 (CDC-01) Specifications
CDC-01 sits on top of dual OC192-BLSR4 SONET Rings. These
SONET rings provide our Data Center with Tier 1 connectivity
to numerous network carriers. It provides our clients
with the fastest, most reliable Internet connectivity,
unmatched by any other hosting provider in the industry.
 We
currently have 2000 Mbits of bandwidth allotted to CDC-01
and we are currently utilizing 27% of that bandwidth during
peak times and 21% at off-peak times. CDC-01 bandwidth
is expandable up to Dual OC-192's. Additional bandwidth
will be allocated as needed. By purchasing bandwidth from
multiple backbone providers, over 98% of the Internet
is viewed as a private network from CDC-01. This network
architecture provides C I Host's customers with unparalleled
network performance and network availability.
General
Specifications
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Rack UPS devices and server power management systems to
ensure uninterrupted service. UPS devices deployed in
parallel redundant configuration with N+1 redundancy to
diesel generators.
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200 tons of air-conditioning to 35,000 sq. ft of static
free and humidity-controlled (50% (+/- 5%)) server rooms
keep CDC-01 running at a chilly 68 degrees (+/- 2 degrees)
which ensures maximum server reliability. All air-conditioning
in configured with N+3 redundancy.
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Pre-action dry-pipe sprinkler system protect each server
in case of a fire.
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Emergency backup systems that include a 245,000 watt diesel
powered generator capable of powering CDC-01 for more
than one 240 hours. We have a contract for emergency refueling
that can take placewithin 30 minutes notice.
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 Full
daily client-content backups and hourly system backups
ensure no data loss to any CDC-01 housed server. Each
week a complete tape backup is taken to C I Host's offsite
fire-proof storage facility to ensure no data loss in
the event of natural disaster.
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CDC-01 contains a separate, limited-access room for its
co-located servers.
Network
Specifications
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Bandwidth - CDC-01 has 5 DS-3 connections, 2 OC-3's and
2 OC-12's for maximum redundancy - 45Mbits to E.spire;
45Mbits to Sprint; 45Mbits to Global Crossing; 45Mbits
to PSINet; 1.465Gbits to Qwest; 45Mbits Genuity; and 155Mbits
to InterNAP.
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In addition to the DS-3 and OC-3 connectivity, CDC-01
is lit with 50 T1 connections to UUNET. Currently 0% utilized
at peak times of the day (T1's used in emergency fiber
cuts only).
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BGP4 is being used on all border and core routers to ensure
the closest and quickest path between every request is
utilized.
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Routers - 2 Cisco 7513's and 1 Juniper m40 are the border
routers of CDC-01; 4 Cisco 7206VXR's are the core routers
of CDC-01. All are configured with Cisco's hot standby
routers protocol (HSRP) which will re-route traffic around
network failures.
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Switches - 1 Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Etherswitch with
full GigE connectivity; 50 Cisco Catalyst 3500 Series
(used as hot replacement units only in case of a card
failure in the Cat 6500); and 300 Cisco Catalyst 2924XL's
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Racks - 19'' and 23''seismically braced
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Cabling - Category 5 & Category 6
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CDC-01 is a carrier-neutral facility with cross-connects
available to all bandwidth providers on 10Mbps, 100Mbps
or 1000Mbps (GigE) connections.
Security
Specifications
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24/7 Guards on duty
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50 Motion detectors
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100 Internal cameras
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24/7 Secured access with key swipe entry, thumb print
verifier and a double-locking man-trap at every door within
the datacenter and on exterior
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24/7 Alarm monitoring by police, fire and emergency
 Personnel
Specifications
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7 Senior Level Systems Administrators maintain the UNIX
servers
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6 Junior Level Systems Administrators work with Senior
Level to help ensure everything in Data Center is done
on-time
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4 Microsoft Certified Systems Engineers maintain the Windows
2000 servers
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7 Microsoft Certified Professionals assist MCSE's in their
daily duties
Network
Monitoring Specifications
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24/7 monitoring of all servers by trained professionals
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Custom monitoring software monitors all vital web ports
to ensure no loss of connectivity or data.
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We monitor CDC-01 from CDC-02 so all firewalls and routing
gear are watched from remote locations to ensure we catch
everything!
Power
Specifications
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2 megawatts of dedicated power.
Location
Contact
Info
C
I Host
Email: sales@cihost.com
Phone: 888-868-9931
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