Multiple full OC-12's
to OC-48's from Qwest communications and Frontier Global Center provide
DomainMasters.NET clients with a secure, fast, redundant connection. The
DomainMasters.NET servers are housed in a state-of-the-art, teleco grade, data center. The Network Operations Center is unusual in several ways: It has a unique "OnNet" connection to several tier-one backbone providers. The connection is a scalable, bandwidth-on-demand connection. The backbone providers have substantial redundant peering arrangements, creating great reliability. The end result is that over 90% of your traffic will be exchanged in private peering arrangements and travels from the network well under their guaranteed network speed of 80 ms. This combination results in an extremely low packet loss and latency.
Frontier GlobalCenter (FGC) whose 13,000-mile fiber optic network and Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) technology provide an enormous 460 Gbps of capacity worldwide, and has an ATM fiber node located just a few floors below the NOC. With the OnNet connection, fiber optic cable runs inside the building directly from the NOC to the GlobalCenter point of presence, placing us right on their network. Our clients would enjoy the same fast, secure connection. In addition to the connection with GlobalCenter,
DomainMasters.NET also makes use of Qwest Communications for an OnNet high-speed connection to their backbone very similar to the one with GlobalCenter (FGC).
Qwest comes in with an OC-12 line, and a new OC-48!. The Qwest connection enables
DomainMasters.NET to offer additional redundancy and better routes to Europe, Latin America, and Asia. With both of these two carriers alone, the router will have up to 150,000 possible routes to send each packet of traffic. Industry analysis reveals that 70% of downtime over 10 hours with any ISP is caused by telephone circuit failure. Because of the direct fiber optic connection between the Cisco 7200 routers,
DomainMasters.NET does not need to link to the Internet though an OC3 or T3 Telecom circuit. With this unique arrangement, circuit failure is virtually eliminated.
Some web providers operate an additional dial-up Internet service with 1000's of users that slow down their connection to the Internet. Remember, we are not Internet Access providers -- the scalable bandwidth lines are entirely dedicated to serving!
Network Redundancy
Studies have shown that the second most common reason for downtime is circuit failure on the tier 1 backbone, that's why there are several tier one providers. If one has problems traffic can be routed down any of the other ones. Furthermore, because we are OnNet with Frontier GlobalCenter and Qwest we share their digital distribution architecture, which includes private peering network connections to major Internet carriers such as MCI, Sprint , UUNET, EUNET , AT&T, AOL , Best , Erols, @Home , IBM Advantis and others. These private peering arrangements allow
DomainMasters.NET to exchange packets of data with every major backbone carrier in a one-to-one environment quickly and efficiently. In addition, FGC has high-speed links to 8 public exchanges including both MAE East and West and several NAPS. Through these many public exchanges, customers have the ability to reach their site wherever they are coming from on the Internet. Thus we have the best of both worlds: a network that is both efficient and wide reaching.
Network
Reliability
Industry analysis reveals that 70% of downtime over 10 hours with any ISP is caused by telephone circuit failure. Since the NOC is just 13 floors above Frontier GlobalCenter in the same building, circuit failure is virtually eliminated because there is no phone circuit between us and FGC. Instead, there is a direct connection between the Cisco 7200 routers. The second most common reason for downtime is circuit failure on the Tier 1 backbone. GlobalCenter, themselves a backbone, also have peer connections with other major Tier 1 providers, which allows traffic to be switched to other backbones quickly in the event of a crisis. How reliable is this? Yahoo is another fine company who connects directly using only Frontier GlobalCenter. If you can reach Yahoo, you can reach our network. FGC’s ground breaking 460 Gbps network runs BGP to 25 other major carriers through private peering arrangements, providing the fastest, most efficient and most reliable network available today.
Raw Performance equals Low Latency/High Throughput
Often providers operate their networks at three to four times responsible capacity, and as a result the corresponding transfer times reach over 300ms.
DomainMasters.NET network daily average is 6.5% of its capacity, with mid-day peak spikes reaching only 15.5% capacity.
DomainMasters.NET guarantees that we'll carry you to the Frontier GlobalCenter Sonet Ring at the heart of the FGC backbone in less than 80ms over a five minute average at any time of day or night or we'll give you that month free.
Top-Notch Servers
Your site will be hosted on an "state of the art" high performance Linux server. The equipment is continually being upgraded to be the fastest and most reliable in the industry, so you can be assured your website will be accessible 24/7. The servers have "hot swappable" hard drives, so that if a drive fails, technicians can install a replacement in seconds. Also there are 100% redundant power supplies, so there will be no down time due to a power failure. All servers are backed up nightly on 288 gigabyte SCSI arrays and then stored on tape for safe keeping. Every piece of equipment is continually monitored for problems and system administrators are constantly checking on performance, security and network conductivity. This is what we consider "Top Notch"!
Industrial Strength Equipment Provides Performance and Reliability
At DomainMasters.NET we realize that down time is not an option for your server. A "substantial" investment has been made in hardware and facilities to ensure that your site will remain up and running on the web 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Every web server is a custom-built industrial machine designed for a 24/7 web serving environment. All of the servers are equipped with dual redundant 450-watt power supplies, hot swap Fujitsu drives and force-filtered cooling systems. The Network Operations Center (NOC) is equipped with standby machines, industry-leading Liebert
uninterruptible power supplies (UPS's) and a temperature-controlled environment, all located in a secure, monitored facility.
Force Filtered Cooling
All the drives, motherboards, and power supplies of every computer are in cases with a positive pressure filtered air environment. Two large fans pull air into the protective case through filters, and the components within are cooled by fans which circulate this purified air. The constant
induction of clean air into the case creates a positive pressure environment ensuring that dust and particulates are swept out and never in.
Hot Swap Fujitsu Drives
The drives and drive bays of the servers are all constructed from high-grade aluminum, and rest in a Shock Mounted Drive Cage, which adds to the durability of the hardware. Every server is backed up nightly. If your industrial grade drive were to fail, the only thing that would have to be done is copy your backup (never more than 24 hours old) onto a standby machine which is already on-line. Your site would be up and running within a matter of minutes.
Redundant Hot Swap Power Supplies
Each server has dual redundant hot swap power supplies. If one of these power supplies were to fail, the server would not go down because each power supply is capable of running the server by itself, indefinitely. Meanwhile, alarms would alert the technicians to the problem; they would restore redundancy with one of the spares and then service the failed supply unit. During all this, your site would never be down.
Standby Servers
Spares are kept on-line of all CPU configurations. If your server were to experience a hardware failure technicians would literally turn a key, grab the handle on your drive, pull it out, and insert it into an identical standby CPU. Reboot the standby machine and your site would be up and running again in a matter of minutes.
Smooth, Clean, Redundant
Uninterruptible Power System
To guard against local power failures, an investment has been made in an industrial strength Liebert UPS system. It acts as a back-up battery, maintaining uninterrupted power in case of surges or power outages. In addition to this high quality power system, the NOC is also equipped with a natural gas generator. With these backup systems in place, the network can stay up and running indefinitely without relying on the building's power. This is just another example of the commitments that have been made to keeping your site up 24/7 no matter what situation arises.
