Data Center and Network Infrastructure / Status

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Our Facilities

Hosting Hideout operates its privately owned state-of-the-art data center in Orlando, Florida. Our world-class multi-homed facility connects directly to Tier 1 backbones with diverse path connectivity and is supported by fully redundant environmental and power systems. Our staff of certified network engineers and technicians monitors our network and web server operations continually around the clock.

It is a challenge to become a trusted web hosting provider and be recognized with reliability by users. Our facility is trusted by over 500,000 websites worldwide and is currently home to over 3,000 web hosting servers.

HostDime operates its privately owned data center in Orlando, Florida. Data Center 2 (DC2), located in north Orlando, began live operation in July of 2005. DC2 was designed and conditioned to the highest of standards.

The primary objective in designing this facility was to ensure the electrical and mechanical systems were mission critical and equally important, efficiently maintained to support scalability and sustain principal performance. Our data centers include complete redundancy in power, network connectivity, fire suppression, and unparalleled security & safety.

Building Description
12,000 square feet
Single-story building with concrete masonry perimeter walls
Category 5 storm resistant

Facility Security
On-site personnel 24x7x365
Electronic and physical security
Man-trap entry & badge-only access provided by ADT Security
Video surveillance

Power Protection
2 X 625KVA Caterpillar Diesel Generators
500KVA Powerware 9315 UPS
2 Battery Strings Providing (15 minutes runtime when fully loaded)
2 X 1,000 Gallon Diesel Fuel Tanks
Routine systems testing

Connectivity and Bandwidth
Level3 Dual Gigabit Internet Backbone
Time Warner Telecom Gigabit Internet Backbone
Multiple Third-party Carriers
Cisco Gigabit Switch Routers
Private Network Availability
32 Gigabit Bandwidth Network Capacity

Air Conditioning
Constant 72F/45% humidity precision control
Separate cooling zones
237 Tons of total cooling capacity composed of the following:
     6 X 30 Ton Libert CRAC units
     1 X 15 Ton Pacakage Air unit
     1 X 25 Ton Pacakage Air unit
     1 X 5 Ton Libert CRAC unit
     1 X 12 Ton Pacakage Air unit

Building Management & Monitoring Systems
Electrical monitoring and environmental controls
Under floor water detection system

Fire Suppression
VESDA smoke detection
Fire Suppression System

All of our services are delivered with guaranteed service levels and around-the-clock support. Our data centers are staffed with our on-site expert engineers and support technicians 24 hours a day, every day of the year. It is our own staff supporting our systems and services. Using the latest equipment and technology we proudly deliver exceptional service, support, and hosting solutions in our region and throughout the world.

Network Infrastructure

Connectivity at our DC2 Data Center is currently provided by:

3 - Gig-E Level3 (3,000 Mbps) fiber optic lines
1 - Gig-E TW Telecom (1,000 Mbps) fiber optic line

Future planned backbone connections include:

Gig-E SPRINT
GigE TW Telecom Level 3 Network Connectivity

Level 3 Network Connectivity

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TW Telecom Network

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Our network is 100% powered by Cisco routers and switches. It is a redundant load balanced network using star topology consisting of two Cisco Catalyst 6500's core routers,and Cisco 3750 & 2950 switches throughout where there is no single point of failure.