Cheap Website Server/Hosting Details
Cheap Websites recognizes that down time is
not an option for your servers... a substantial investment in
hardware and facilities ensures you are up and running on the
web 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
To guard against local power failures, our servers utilize two
industrial-grade, three phase Liebert UPS systems. These act as
back-up batteries, maintaining uninterrupted power in case of
surges or power outages. With these backup systems in place, we
can keep our network up and running indefinitely without relying
on external power.
All web servers are equipped with a positive pressure filtered-air
system. Four large fans pull filtered air into each server's protective
case and the components within are cooled by fans which circulate
this purified air. This constant introduction of clean air into
the case creates a positive pressure environment ensuring dust
and particles remain outside of the server.
The drives and drive bays of all servers are constructed from
high-grade aluminum, and rest in shock mounted drive cages, which
adds to the durability of the hardware. Our drives proudly feature
the lowest failure rate in the industry.
Each server employs dual-redundant hot swap power supplies. If
a power supply were to fail, the server would continue running
with power from the alternate supply. Meanwhile, alarms would
alert a technician, who would quickly restore redundancy. In the
meantime, servers and client sites would experience no downtime.
Cheap Websites' NOC has two Liebert ten ton
industrial air conditioners, which condition our computer rooms
and operations center. Our computer room is kept at an optimal
temperature of 65 degrees fahrenheit.
We keep spare servers on-line of all CPU configurations. If a
server were to experience a hardware failure, we would turn a
key, grab the handle on the drive, pull it out, and insert it
into an identical standby CPU. We would then reboot the second
machine and the server would be up and running again in a matter
of minutes.
Utilization of intelligent end-user routing software called Border
Gateway Protocol (BGP), between Qwest, GC and GTE, who use the
same protocol. BGP identifies which path is the most efficient
for each data packet and then routes the packet to its destination
on the fastest path. This increases the speed at which web pages
sent from our NOC arrive at their destination.
Too often providers operate their networks at three to four times
responsible capacity. As a result, their corresponding transfer
times reach over 300ms. Cheap Websites' network
daily average is 27% of its capacity, with midday peak spikes
reaching only 33% capacity. Cheap Websites guarantees
you will be carried off our network in less than 80ms over a five
minute average at any time of day or night.