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Support - Installed Technology
Our hosting services are provided through RapidSite's advanced network
operations center, located in the U.S. It 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 ensures your Web site will be fast and responsive, 24 hours a
day, every day.
RapidSite's advanced technology features the following:
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
- 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).
- Backup generator can power the entire complex and all critical 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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