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We understand the importance of speed, stability and security. Our facilities ensure your sites are up and running on the web 24 hours a day,
seven days a week.
We Are Connected to Three Backbones
The Webdomainia NOC is
OnNet with GlobalCenter, Qwest Communications and GTE through three separate bandwidth-on-demand connections .
GlobalCenter, a Tier 1 provider whose 13,000-mile fiber optic network and Dense Wave Division
Multiplexing (DWDM) technology provide an enormous 460 gigabytes per second of capacity worldwide, has an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) fiber node located just a few floors below our NOC.
Qwest
comes into our NOC with an OC-12 line and plans to upgrade their connection to an OC-48 in the near future. They also have an ATM fiber node floors below our NOC. Our Qwest connection enables us to offer additional redundancy and better routes to Europe, Latin America and Asia. With our carriers, our router has up to 150,000 possible routes to send each packet of traffic.
Genuity, a division of GTE, is our third Tier 1 internet backbone. Genuity provides excellent network performance as a result of their high-speed peering arrangements with other Tier 1 internet backbone
providers. The GTE global network delivers customers directly into the Internet via a high-speed connection to its private, super-capacity backbone, including 17,000 miles of fiber and OC-192 capacity. It is comprised of more
than 800 U.S. local access points and approximately 1,500 international local access points in more than 150 countries.
Because of these unique connections, Webdomainia does not need to link to the Internet through an
OC-3 or T3 telecom circuit. Instead, independent cables run inside our building directly from our NOC to all three carriers points of presence. These lines can handle the bandwidth of a T3 or an OC-3 with DWDM. Plus, they can
handle several times the bandwidth of an OC-3. We have the scalability to meet your bandwidth needs.
Network Redundancy
Webdomainia uses intelligent end-user routing software called Border Gateway Protocol
(BGP) between Qwest, GlobalCenter 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.
Network Reliability
Statistics reveal that 70% of downtime over ten hours with any ISP is caused by telephone circuit failure. Since our
NOC is in the same building as Global Center, Qwest and GTE, circuit failure is virtually eliminated because there is no phone circuit between us and our providers. Instead, there is a direct connection our Cisco 7500 routers
and theirs.
Network Operations Center
Our NOC features raised flooring. This enables constant flow of conditioned air and helps maintain uniform room temperature at all times. In addition, raised flooring
reduces static and ensures a professional, computer grade environment for our servers.
The facility is equipped with a fire suppression system designed to immediately extinguish fire and protect personnel and equipment.
The command center is controlled by automatic doors to further secure and protect the equipment.
Our NOC is located in a secure, monitored, class A building with a minimum number of approved personnel allowed access to
highly sensitive areas and equipment.
To guard against local power failures, our NOC has two industrial-grade, three phase UPS systems. These act as back-up batteries, maintaining uninterrupted power in case of surges
or power outages. With there backup systems in place, we can keep our network up and running without relying on external power.
Custom Web Servers
Our web servers are custom built industrial machines designed
for 24/7 web serving. Our servers are equipped with dual redundant 450 watt power supplies, hot swap hard drives and force-filtered cooling systems. In addition, our NOC is equipped with an inventory of identically configured,
burned-in standby servers.
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