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Your sites will be hosted on one of the worlds leading networks and in one of the worlds most secure datacenter facilities. SAVVIS is the network which powers wall street and every BASICHOST account is hosted there.
Our servers are located at the Savvis facilities in Fort Worth, Texas, USA which is a premium quality facility allowing us great pricing and plenty of room for expansion as we require it. This facility has so far provided us with close to 100% uptime and Savvis is a network which powers many government and wall street facilities as well. The Savvis data center houses Fortune 10,100,1000 companies in its data center along with many government and other large corporations. It houses enough servers and enough data passes through its backbone which is located in the same facility that it is considered a national entity and will be protected by the national guard in times of crisis. The Savvis data center is also a huge facility with over 250,000 SQFT of DC floor space available.

The SAVVIS Fort Worth Facility

  • 153,800 sq ft building
  • Interior and exterior security managed 24/7 by permanently assigned staff of Wackenhut guard

Zoned access throughout Data Center

  • Biometric hand scanner requires ID card access and hand geometry measurements
  • Customer IDC access and contacts managed via Siebel
  • Current government-issued picture ID required
  • ID badge and biometric hand scan to man trap with badge reader
  • Second hand scans to gain access to raised floor Biometric scanner captures 3D measurements of hand

Security cameras

  • Multiple 360 degree cameras with 10x zoom
  • More than 100 fixed cameras
  • High speed recorders with DV cassette tapes
  • Hard drives to eliminate down time for tape swaps and over recording
  • Minimum 30 day tape storage

Generator power

  • Backup power
  • Multiple CAT Diesel 20 megawatt generators
    Minimum 24 hour fuel storage
  • Agreements with two major carriers to provide additional diesel fuel
  • Generators assumes building load within 20 seconds
  • Generators are tested on weekly basis under load
  • Tanks are kept at least 80% full at all times

Two utility feeds from independent substations

  • Diverse paths to the building
  • Feeds to building are encased in concrete
  • Fed from two independent substations
  • Separate transformers fed from both utility sources for redundancy

HVAC chiller systems

  • Hosting space HVAC system includes (16) AHUs and (16) ACCUs manufactured by Trane
  • AHUs are DX type and located in the mechanical mezzanine; the ACCUs are located on the roof
  • There is adequate capacity to withstand a HVAC unit failure or an entire bus failure
    Cooling is provided by both overhead and under floor air
  • HVAC systems have wetted media for humidification, VFDs for each supply fan, exhaust fans to control building pressure, and economizers to utilize cool outside air
  • Separate Dectron outside air handling units provide conditioned air for the hosting space
  • UPS Room cooling is provided by Trane RTUs in a N+1 configuration
  • Node room cooling is provided by Liebert DX CRAC units in a N+1 configuration

Network facilities - Main Node Room

  • Multiple fiber providers for diversity - provides diversity and redundancy
  • Each vendor can deliver additional bandwidth capacity with minimal turn-around time
  • Can be delivered using existing ‘lit’ fiber
  • Fiber pathways into the Data Center are truly diverse
  • Fiber enters building in steel conduit from multiple points in the building



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