Backbone Internet Connectivity

• Our Network is connected to redundant OC-3 Backbone connections through UUNet and Cable & Wireless.

• Redundancy is provided using BGP based routing. BGP allows for carrier independent routing; so if one carrier goes down, BGP routing automatically moves the traffic to the carrier that is up.

Premises

• Physical facility is housed in a poured concrete sealed underground room, making it resistant to natural disasters.

• State of the art security monitoring system including intelligent card access and 24x7 video surveillance.

• Raised floors that force cold filtered-air through server cabinets.

Environmental controls

• A fifteen-ton Dual Compressor Liebert System provides air conditioning and humidification control, keeps NOC at a constant 64 Degrees (F).

• If spark is detected, FM-200 (an environmentally friendly version of halon and safe on sensitive equipment) is automatically released and will remove all oxygen in the NOC within 30 seconds.

Power Redundancy

• The facility has a three stage monitored power redundancy system. 

1. Nashville Electric Service Power Grid.

2. EMG 100 KVA UPS system.

3. 300 KVA Kohler diesel generator (with 72 hour fuel supply that can be refueled).

• In the event of a NES power outage the EMG UPS will provide power to the room for up to 90 minutes. Within 7 seconds of a failure the Kohler diesel generator will be at full operating capacity with a run time of 3 days, that will be refueled once 50% is used.

Diverse Communications loops

• The facility has two diverse Sonnet Rings for communications backbones (Through Adelphia and BellSouth). If a fiber cut occurs anywhere, the traffic is automatically re-routed.

• Two diverse fiber paths exiting the building at opposite ends. This protects against outages due to a fiber cut on one circuit.

Facility Equipment

• All servers connected to our network via Fast Ethernet (100MB/second).
  
  

• The facility backbone consists of Foundry Gigabit switches, HP ProCurve switches and Cisco routers.
  
  

• Full Tape Backup System on network with daily updated backups.