Fast & reliable infrastructure
We design and implement all our own physical network & server infrastructure. This removes a large amount of dependent on other providers and allows us to offer a reliable & fully redundant service to our customers. Everything from our power supplies & network cards to our switches & routers are configured in redundant pairs allowing us to lose various items of hardware with no service-affecting problems.
Read on to see how our infrastructure is configured and how we manage & maintain our infrastructure.
- Dell
- Juniper
- APC
- Ubuntu
- nginx
- Nagios
- Dell-branded Servers
- 1Gbps network switches
Our data centre
Our servers are located within a Bournemouth data centre which is just 10 minutes from our office which gives us near immediate access to our equipment 24/7. The data centre itself features a number of attributes designed to keep all equipment online at all times.
- Diesel generators and UPS system for entire data floor
- Multiple air conditioning units to guarantee control of temperature and humidity
- Very early smoke detection apparatus installed and tested regularly
- FM200 fire suppression system
- CCTV security system covering all entrances & exits from the building with 24-hour video recording
- Biometric security access for all persons entering the data floor
- Multiple fibre connections into the building
Monitoring & alerting
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Hardware
We use the best hardware available for the job in hand for our entire network & infrastructure.
We utilise best-of-breed Dell™ servers configured with RAID and multiple power supplies when required. Our firewalls are from Juniper Networks and considered some of the best in the industry. All hardware in our infrastructure is connected to at least 2 network switches which are configured with STP to minimise impact of switch or network card failure.