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The data centre we use in Chicago, Illinois, is state-of-the-art and is owned by the well-known US company Steadfast Networks. The data centre provides the physical environment necessary for keeping the servers up and running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. |
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The internal network of the data center is composed of redundant Cisco 6500 (SUP720) core routers/switches, Cisco 3560-E series distribution layer switches and Cisco 2950/2960 aggregation/customer layer switches. The network is fully meshed and redundant with several major backbone providers and an international peering network. |
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The data center where the servers are co-located has an excellent peering network, including major backbone providers, such as Layer(3), NTT and nLayer, which are among the top network service providers. BGP is used for optimal route selection and automatic failover. |
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The internal data center network is composed of Cisco supplied hardware, starting from redundant Cisco 6500 (SUP720) core routers/switches, Cisco 3560-E series distribution layer switches and Cisco 2950/2960 aggregation/customer layer switches. |
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The in-house operation center is staffed with skilled technicians that are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The service is backed up by an industry-leading 100% network uptime SLA. |
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A vast number of servers are in use, which are being monitored 24/7/365 including basic production servers, backup servers, as well as administrative, spare and dedicated servers.
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