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| Our advanced network operations center, located in the Southeastern
United States, is connected to the world by three high speed DS-3 Internet connections
through three separate providers: Sprint, MCI, and UUnet. This high speed connectivity
combined with exceptionaly fast and reliable servers insures your Web site will be fast
and responsive, 24 hours a day, every day. We feature the following advanced technology:
Unix Web Servers
 | Silicon Graphics Origin 200 and Challenge S Servers |
 | 256 to 512 MB of RAM |
 | 4 GB System Disk |
 | 18 GB Striped Data Storage |
 | Dual 180 MHZ RISC CPUs |
 | Operating System - IRIX V6.4 |
 | Web Server Software - Apache V1.2 |
Internal Systems
 | Silicon Graphics Challenge DM |
 | Symmetrical Processors - Four |
 | 512 RAM |
 | Sybase Data Base |
Usage Statistics
 | Silicon Graphics Origin 2000 |
 | Six - R10000 Processors |
 | 1.5 GB RAM |
Cisco 7505 Routers
 | Internet backbone level routing |
Internal Backbone
 | 1.2 GB/s Cisco Catalyst 5000 switches as backbone |
 | Each server has dedicated 10 MB ports |
 | Speed to router is 100 mb/s |
Connectivity
 | Three (3) full fiber optic T3's to multiple redundant and diverse backbones (UUnet, MCI,
and Sprint), with additional redundancy / diversity from dual building entry points and
multi-homed central office provisioning. Systems monitor backbone performance and
automatically send IP traffic down the shortest path using the Cisco BGP4 protocol. |
Backup Power
 | All servers and communications equipment receive uninterrupted power via Deltec battery
backup (UPS). |
 | 60,000 watt backup generator can power entire office and all equipment. |
Backup Storage
 | All sites are backed-up daily to a 40 TB (terabyte) robotic tape backup system by
Storage Technologies which employs the latest DLT4 technology. |
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