Servers
The servers we use are supplied by Dell or Supermicro and are server-grade equipment featuring the latest processors. All servers also feature a minimum 4GB+ of memory and RAID protected disks. Absolutely no expense has been spared.
Server Hardware
- Latest server-grade rackmount servers from Dell or Supermicro.
- New Intel Xeon Woodcrest or AMD Opteron Dual-Core Processors.
- The servers run Dual Dual-core processors meaning 4 Processors total!
- A minimum of 4GB ECC registered DDR memory.
- Hardware RAID redundant disk controller cards from 3ware.
- Western Digital Raid Edition SATA hot-swappable hard disks.
- Fully burstable 100Mbit Fast Ethernet connection to our network.
- APC power management and remote reboot management.
- KVM over IP remote management interface console.
- Separately managed MailFoundry dedicated spam filtering servers.
- Twice daily remote backupsof all servers to secure off-site London location.
Server Software
- CentOS 4 Enterprise Linux Operating System.
- LAMP Environment (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP)
- Apache 2.x
- MySQL 4.1.x
- PHP 4.4.x
- Zend Optimizer 3.2.x
- Pear 1.3.x
- Perl 5.8.x
- Each hosting account is run within its own secure chroot jail environment.
Power
- Fully Redundant Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) System.
- During utility power outages the datacentre will run uninterrupted from UPS.
- Fully Redundant Backup generators.
- For extended utility power outages, on-site diesel generator can run indefinitely.
- Power feeds are conditioned for surge suppression.
- Multiple utility power drops ensure no single point of failure.
Environmental Control
- Multiple air conditioning systems (full N+1 redundancy).
- Multiple 35KW downflow units with ~ 10MW of chiller capacity.
- Around the clock environmental monitoring ensures constant temperature of 22C.
- Raised flooring for under floor cooling and maintaining separate power and data cabling.
Fire Protection
- VESDA early warning fire detection.
- FM200 gas suppression (waterless fire protection).
Connectivity
- Juniper core routing equipment with HP switching equipment.
- Multiple fibre entry points to building ensuring redundancy in case of external cable cut.
- Additional network POPs maintained in 3 other London datacentre facilities.
- Dual network cable drops to all racks ensuring no single point of failure.
- Undersold network at only 50% capacity.
Off-site Backups
- We utilise the latest in Continuous Data Protection (CDP) technology.
- Twice daily remote backups of all servers are maintained for 2 weeks.
- Backups stored off-site in a secure remote location in London.
- Disaster recovery is possible in minutes not the traditional hours or days.
Security
- Proximity access card system on ALL doors in the facility.
- Each server cabinet has separate locked door (we don’t use open racks).
- All areas of the facility are monitored 24/7 via CCTV as well as human security patrols.
- Physical access is limited to data centre personal without exception.
- All employees undergo strict background security checks before being employed.
- 24/7 dedicated security guards.
