Dedicated Hosting's primary data centre is
a world-class facility that offers carrier-independent,
high-bandwidth Internet access within a secure, highly resilient
environment. Dedicated Hosting utilises three Internet data
centers based in Sydney, Australia for load balancing purposes.
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Data
Centre
Primary IDC (Internet Data Centre) is
in Australia. It is a purpose-built, highly secure facility operating
24 hours a day 365 days a year combining a high level of redundancy
and fail-over systems. |
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Security
• Electronic entry +
surveillance |
• Secure reception with 24x7
guards |
• 24-hour video monitoring
and continuous recording |
• Integrated proximity card
systems |
• All visits, including suppliers,
must be prearranged |
| • The IDC has been designed with, at minimum, N+1
redundancy principles applied. This means that in the event
of failure of power, air conditioning or telecommunications,
the resulting load on backup systems is managed with no reduction
in performance levels. |
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Redundancy
features include:
Fully integrated building management
system for smoke, fire and water detection, electrical and air
conditioning performance
• Separate transformers and mains switchboards
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• Multiple generators
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• Multiple UPS
systems with battery backup |
• Multiple power
management modules |
• Two high-capacity
diesel fuel tanks |
| • Multiple air conditioning
units |
| • Redundant Internet
connections with automatic failover |
| • Unlike many other
facilities of this kind, the IDC is carrier-independent, with
connections from independant carriers: Optus, PowerTel, Worldcom,
Pipe networks, Uecomm and Telstra. High-bandwidth Internet
access is a feature of the facility. |
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Services
included:
Space: shared or dedicated
areas in racks and cages
• Monitoring of
bandwidth utilisation and availability |
• 24x7 network
+ server monitoring |
• "Remote
hands" services from basic reboots to server builds
and network and server configuration |
• Secure server
hosting |
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