Network

All AF Hosting servers are located in the Planet Data Center in Dallas, Texas. The NOC is one of the largest and fastest networks on the internet.

The network is fully redundant with 8 tier one backbone providers. The current network consists of

• UUNet - GigE Connection (1000Mbps)
• Level 3 - GigE Connection (1000Mbps)
• Verio - GigE Connection (1000Mbps)
• Time Warner - GigE Connection(1000Mbps)
• Global Crossing - GigE Connection (1000Mbps)
• Allegiance Telecom - Dual GigE Connection (2000Mbps)
• Above Net - Dual GigE Connection (2000Mbps)
• Sprint - GigE Connection (1000Mbps)

The best network infrastructure in the industry = the lowest ping times, lowest latency, and best redundancy

Facilities

The Planet owns and operates two state of the art datacenter facilities located in Dallas, Texas. Both facilities offer complete redundancy in power, HVAC, fire suppression, network connectivity, and security. Over 35,000 sq ft of raised floor and 15,000 sq ft of static free tile. Both facilities sit atop multiple power grids driven by TXU electric, both facilities have multiple Liebert and PowerWare UPS battery backup power, and both facilities have onsite permanent generator power. The HVAC systems are a combination of glycol, chilled water, and condenser units by Liebert and Data Aire to provide redundancy in cooling coupled with 6 managed backbone providers. Twelve more third party backbone providers are available in the building via cross connect. Fire suppression includes a pre-action dry pipe system in both facilities including VESDA (very early smoke detection apparatus) along with over 600 smoke detectors. Security is also concern for The Planet and our customers so all facilities are key card access with CCTV for maximum security. All visitors to the datacenters must check in and out of the facility. The goal is to provide maximum redundancy in every facet of the datacenter environment to facilitate 100% uptime.

The datacenter is staffed 24/7/365. The Data Center facility infrastructure starts with five diverse OC48 SONET fiber rings and 1 OC192 SONET fiber ring, providing the basic connectivity to six different Internet access carriers. 23 - 26 ton Data Aire down flow air conditioners designed to run in complete redundancy for maximum cooling. 6 -500KVA Powerware UPS battery backup systems with 90 batteries each (540 total) for up to 80 minutes of UPS battery backup power. 2 - Cummins backup generators. Big Moe, that's his name, is a 1.5Megawatt 16 cylinder diesel with a 2200 gallon diesel fuel tank. Little Joe, the not-so-small guy, is a 1.0Megawatt 12 cylinder diesel with a 2000 gallon diesel fuel tank. We can operate for 15 days on generator power without a refuel. Couple these generators with our three input electrical feeds to two different city grids in downtown Dallas and our uptime guarantee on power is 100%.

AF Hosting monitors all services on our network 24x7x365 using an off-site monitoring system. Our system administrators are notified via off-site email and pager within 30 second of a problem on any of our servers.