Steadfast in Chicago,
Illinois, USA

As a valued web hosting client of "Dotnet webhosting", you will enjoy all the benefits of a state-of-the-art data center located in Chicago, Illinois, and owned by the well-known US company Steadfast Networks, which also provides the physical environment necessary for keeping the servers up and running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The internal network of the data center is composed of redundant Cisco 6500 (SUP720) core routers/switches, Cisco 3560-E series distribution layer switches and Cisco 2950/2960 aggregation/customer layer switches. The network is fully meshed and redundant with several major backbone providers and an international peering network.

The data center where the servers are co-located has an excellent peering network, including major backbone providers, such as Layer(3), NTT and nLayer, which are among the top network service providers. BGP is used for optimal route selection and automatic failover.

The internal data center network is composed of Cisco supplied hardware, starting from redundant Cisco 6500 (SUP720) core routers/switches, Cisco 3560-E series distribution layer switches and Cisco 2950/2960 aggregation/customer layer switches.

The in-house operation center is staffed with skilled technicians that are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The service is backed up by an industry-leading 100% network uptime SLA.

Our own server network includes a vast number of servers, which are being monitored 24/7/365. We maintain basic production servers, backup servers, as well as administrative, spare and dedicated servers.

BlueSquare Data in Maidenhead,
Berkshire, UK

The UK-based servers are deployed in the BlueSquare Data Center, a state-of-the-art facility situated in Maidenhead, Berkshire, about 20 miles from London. This makes it an excellent choice for all clients from Europe, Asia, and Africa.

We have chosen the BlueSquare data center with only two things in mind: over-engineering and quality. They have made a solid investment in the best infrastructure and equipment out there for our customers' sake. Currently, BlueSquare has 40% more cooling capacity and electrical input than originally designed, which allows us to provide sufficient electric power and cooling. They are one of the few facilities that are able to provide access to fiber traveling direct to the USA, Paris and Amsterdam, so that you can host your mission critical services.

Opened in August 2006, at 10,000 sq.ft. in size, BlueSquare Data provides up to 16 Amps per cabinet location with N+1 redundancy at all times.

BlueSquare House is connected with 2 London docklands datacenters via a 10Gig Extreme Networks ring. Those being Telehouse East and Telecity HEX89

The operation center is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, by skilled technicians. Industry-leading service level agreements highlight company guarantees.

Our network of servers represents more than 80 servers. We have main production servers, backup servers, as well as administrative, spare and dedicated servers.

Global Switch in Sydney,
Australia

Global Switch Sydney is one of the largest data centres in the Southern Hemisphere, with 50,000 sq ft (42,000 sq m) of space and over 34 MW of onsite power generation capacity. Excellent efficiency delivers low energy costs to customers. The temperature & humidity are maintained according to energy efficient standards at all times.

The facility supports carrier neutral telecommunications with access to multiple telecommunication providers.

Final distribution to customer suites is in a 2(N+1) configuration. The N+1 telecommunication rooms located at each end of the data centre are populated by most of the major domestic and international Carriers providing customers with unrivalled access to connectivity.

2 x diverse 20MVA feeds feeding from the National Grid
Highly efficient DRUPS installation supported by up to 22 no-break Rotary Diesel UPS sets
Diverse A+B+R supply, distributed via 11kV rings within the data centre On-site diesel tanks (6 x 60,000 litres) support 24 hours at full capacity with 24x7 fuel delivery
A third 20MVA feed will be on stream in 2011

 

The Global Switch data centre is operated to an enhanced Tier III standard. It has diverse 33 kV feeds feeding a back up power system consisting of 22 diesel rotary UPS systems.

An experienced facilities management team with technicians is on duty 24x7. BMS systems are ensured to monitor all essential mechanical plant and SCADA system for all electrical systems.

A Security Operations Centre with security guards is on-site 24x7. Premises are under constant CCTV surveillance and physical access to the data centre is controlled by mantrap.

Global Switch's network comprises multiple main production servers, backup servers, as well as administrative, spare and dedicated servers.

Pionen Data in Stockholm,
Sweden

The Hollywood-style Swedish data center, called Pionen, is managed by Bahnhof, one of Sweden's largest ISP's. The facility is located in a Cold War era nuclear shelter, deep in the bedrock, right underneath Stockholm city. It was designed to be able to withstand a near hit by a hydrogen bomb.

The Pionen data center is like no other hosting facility in the world. It was inspired by old science fiction movies like The Empire Strikes Back & James Bond.

The facility boasts a unique human-friendly ambience, offering breathtaking waterfalls, greenhouses, a glass-enclosed conference room "floating" above the floor, and simulated daylight.

Pionen is one the best-connected places in Northern Europe. It offers triple redundancy Internet backbone access.

The network has full redundancy with both fiber optics and extra copper lines with multiple different physical ways into the mountain.

Backup power supply is ensured by two Maybach MTU diesel engines that were originally designed for submarines. They are capable of producing 1.5 Megawatts of power. Just for fun, a warning system (sound horns) from the original German submarine has been installed.
The cooling is handled by "Baltimore Aircoil fans producing a cooling effect of 1.5 megawatts". This is enough to cool several hundred rack-mounted servers at a time.

Boasting 11,950 sq ft of space the data center houses a Network Operations Center (NOC) for all of Bahnhof's operations.
One of five data centers, it is the largest and is manned by a 15 member team of senior technical staff.

Global Switch's network comprises multiple main production servers, backup servers, as well as administrative, spare and dedicated servers.