Servers
All sites are hosted on dual GenuineIntel 933 MHz Pentium IIIs (Coppermine) with 1024mbs of ram, 30gb Quantum Fireball SCSI hard drives and running on Red Hat Linux 7.1. All servers are situatated in a leased data center in Bloomsburg, PA America. This provides redundancy, support, and high speed connections to the backbone that ensuring reliable and fast web hosting. Information on the data center follows.

Environment
Precision-controlled air conditioning systems protect and cool mission-critical servers and equipment in the Network Operations Center. The facility is controlled by York™ quad-compresser/dual-blower redundant systems. These systems provide a virtually dust-free and particle-free computing environment, with temperature, humidity, and air-quality regulation.

Security
Restricted access to the Network Operations Center is monitored by qualified personnel 24 hours a day, every day. The entire Network Operations Center is monitored, ensuring prompt response and thorough coverage to fire or security alarms. We supply all our Network Operations Center customers with advanced firewall, encryption, intrusion detection and other security measures.

24x7x365 Monitoring
The Network Operations Center uses industry-standard SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) and provides round-the-clock monitoring of all hardware, including routers, switches, UPS systems, and servers. The Network Operations Center also monitors power, environmental factors (such as temperature and humidity), generator status, and network connectivity. All critical services/ports are monitored, including FTP, HTTP, SMTP, HTTPS, SSH, TELNET, and POP3. We provide network monitoring of the Local Area Network, Internet connectivity (all routers, switches, and wiring), and the Internet backbone via MRTG.

Connectivity
The Network Operations Center is connected via a OC192 fiber connection to Verizon (Formerly Bell Atlantic PA). We utilize redundant DS3 (45mbps) connections thru Sprint and AT&T. A third DS3, thru Cable&Wireless, MCI/UUNet, or Global Crossing is scheduled for install in the 4th Quarter 2001. The Sprint connection is scheduled for upgrade to OC3 (155mbps) connectivity during the 1st Quarter 2002. After this, we will then be peering (sharing capacity) with major backbones, to exchange connectivity. For redundancy, we are currently running BGP4 (border gateway routing protocol) to maintain the speed and uptime. If one backbone line goes down, it will balance the load to the other(s). If one line gets congested, it will load balance the traffic.

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