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AFRISERVER
utilizes two data centers in the Boston, MA area. Combined, they occupy
over 2400 square feet of space, comprised of over 800 Servers and half
a Petabyte of storagen and each center is equipped with:
- 7/24 security
- Both data centers run on N+1 power (both A/C and D/C)
- and have the same network architecture and equipment.
Our
solid, secure network infrastructure is comprised of a pooled server
environment, which gives virtually any server on our network the
ability to access Web site files when a request occurs. This means that
the first machine available will be the one to serve a customer's Web
pages, giving our customer sites faster loading times and fewer service
interruptions than traditional hosting infrastructures.
Our front-end network consists of:
- dual redundant M7I routers
- 2 firewalls incorporating IDP technology cross-connected to the outside world with BGP border gateway protocol.
Site
data is parsed by our dual Big Iron load balancers and is then managed
by our DELL servers, which are split into application pools (Web, FTP,
incoming mail, etc.). This type of architecture allows us to customize
each machine to the service it performs, which means more density per
box, and ultimately, faster and more reliable services. No pool lives
entirely on one rack. Therefore, even the loss of a rack's switch or
its power will not take that service pool down.
Our
network-attached storage enables any machine to access a customer's
data. Every machine is clustered with another identical machine that
will seamlessly take over if the primary unit crashes. These units are
also backed up to another set of storage units that have a mirror copy
of the data in case of disk failure in the primary units. An estimated
5.5 gigabits of storage are processed per second through our servers.
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