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Hostway Corporation owns and operates eight Tier-1 data centers worldwide
yielding over 400,000 square feet of industry-leading server space.
Each of our facilities—in Chicago, Tampa, Austin, Seoul, Sydney,
London, Frankfurt, Hanover, Paris and Vancouver—is engineered
to provide the highest levels of technology redundancy, ensuring optimal
network and server performance, security and uptime.
Hostway provides premiere data center services for secure and reliable
operations. Our core hub serves critical IP networks, Internet operations
and emerging technology providers. Hostway is the industry leader
for physical security, power availability, infrastructure flexibility
and customer support.
Our data centers are contained within fire-resistant walls and flooring
with bombproof windows. The hosting environment conforms to the highest
industry specifications with all energy, air conditioning, security
and fire detection, and suppression systems provided at N+1.
Our state-of-the-art network is comprised entirely of carrier-class,
Cisco Systems and Foundry Networks hardware. Juniper Networks M40
Internet Backbone Routers and Cisco 12000 Series routers handle the
routing, while the internal network is built using Gigabit Ethernet.
Our networks support the high demands of mission-critical Web applications,
including registry operations, Web hosting businesses and ASP applications.
With redundancy at all layers, multiple routers and switches are configured
in parallel with dynamic routing and switching to ensure automated
fail-over during any failure. Our data centers directly access multiple
diverse fiber rings and are redundantly connected to IP carriers by
multiple local providers, including Level3, MCI and Time Warner. Our
enterprise-class routing equipment is securely housed within the core
routing room and is redundantly powered.
Data centers access is strictly regulated and restricted by key card
and 24x7 guard. In addition, close circuit cameras continuously monitor
all access points. Entry to the production facility is not allowed.
Where collocation is available, secure passage is further restricted
by a mantrap, Biometric hand scanner and key lock cabinets or cages.
Our data centers are designed with redundant power systems to allow
uninterrupted service even in the unlikely event of a total power
failure. The data center power is routed through conditioned N+1 redundant
UPS power subsystems that will prevent interruption if utility power
fails, along with instantaneous failover if the primary UPS fails.
In the event of an extended power outage, on-site diesel generators
supply the required electrical power to the entire facility, allowing
the data center to operate indefinitely until main power is restored.
Our diesel generators are pre-heated and tested weekly to ensure proper
function and emergency readiness.
Hostway rack cabinets are equipped with the industry’s best
components and wired with redundant, high-quality cabling required
for connection to our core backbone.
The production area has fully redundant air-conditioning and an early
fire detection system using the latest laser particle detectors. These
detectors sense ionization and imminent flames incredibly fast.
Our data centers are monitored by local and remote Network Operations
Centers (NOC). Each NOC is equipped with state-of-the-art systems
to supervise and maintain network and system level health and performance.
Our 24x7x365 staff is always available to provide world-class support
and ensure that all customer issues are addressed.
Hostway data centers are equipped with fully redundant cooling systems
that ensure a constant optimal operating temperature is maintained
for peak server performance. N+1 redundancy is built in so that a
duplicate standby system is available even if the entire HVAC system
fails. Our HVAC systems continuously circulate and filter air to remove
dust and contaminants.
Our data centers incorporate resilient, state-of-the-art fire location
and suppression systems, ensuring that any fire can be detected and
extinguished before it takes hold through a combination of VESDA®
and FM200 technology.
VESDA® (Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus) is an ultra-sensitive
smoke detection system that measures extremely low concentrations
of smoke to detect fires at their earliest stage. VESDA® Systems
continuously sample the air and detect the invisible by-products of
materials as they degrade during the pre-combustion stages of a fire.
In the event of a fire, the FM200 fire suppression system discharges
gas to extinguish fires. Environmentally friendly and non-toxic, it
poses no risk to human health and no significant reduction in oxygen
levels. FM200 gas is effective within 10 seconds of discharge so that
fires are rapidly extinguished. Each machine room is also fitted with
a gas extraction system, which discharges the gas into the atmosphere.
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