| DCA2 - our second state-of-the-art data centre, including numerous advanced features such as support for geographically dispersed high-availability clusters, US military / NSA standards compliant "tempest room," multiple telco PoPs on-site (Looking Glass Networks, Level 3, MCI, Verizon Business, Cogent, etc.), multiple Gigabit transit & peering capacity, and numerous advanced geographically dispersed hosting options; located in prestigious Tyson's Corner, McLean, Virginia | |
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IAD1 - network presence for peering with major networks/backbones, ISPs, cable and DSL providers; also for transit sales and direct commercial transit connections; located at Equinix in Ashburn, Virginia |
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NYC1 - network presence at NYIIX, for peering with major networks/backbones, ISPs, cable and DSL providers; especially many European networks are located at NYIIX; located at Telehouse in New York, New York |
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NYC2 - further network presence in New York for peering; located at 111 8th Ave. in New York, New York |
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CHI1 - network presence for peering with major networks/backbones, ISPs, cable and DSL providers; especially many Canadian networks are located at Equinix Chicago; located at Equinix in Chicago, Illinois |
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PAO1 - network presence at PAIX, for peering with major networks/backbones, ISPs, cable and DSL providers; especially many Asian networks are located at PAIX; also for transit sales and direct commercial transit connections; located at Switch & Data in Palo Alto, California |
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SEA1 - network presence at SIX & PAIX, for peering with major networks/backbones, ISPs, cable and DSL providers; also for transit sales and direct commercial transit connections; located at the Westin Building in Seattle, Washington |
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SEA2 - our third state-of-the-art data centre, OnFiber, ELI, Integra Telecom, Level 3 and AboveNet (MFN) PoPs on site, and many others nearby, multiple Gigabit transit & peering capacity, and numerous advanced geographically dispersed hosting options; located in high-tech Tukwila, Washington |
Our network is legacy-free and only utilizes the latest in Cisco internetworking equipment. The network is fully redundant at each and every level possible, there being no single point of failure. The network is fully fault tolerant and able to withstand a major disaster. Physical Network Infrastructure The physical layer of our network consists of a number of interconnected private OC-192 & OC-48 SONET rings. Our Virginia & DC multiple OC-192 SONET rings are operated by Level 3 (former Looking Glass Networks), and in Seattle we use both QWest/OnFiber and ELI/Integra Telecom redundant SONET rings. Our transport between Ashburn, VA, Chicago, IL, Palo Alto, CA and Seattle, WA is provided over redundant Level 3 and Global Crossing SONET rings, while to New York we are using Level 3 (former Looking Glass Networks). All of our fibre carriers are financially healthy and highly respectable, well known organizations with proven 100% uptime and reliability (Verizon, Looking Glass Networks, Level 3, OnFiber and ELI/Integra Telecom). The OC-192 SONET rings consist of two redundant OC-192s traversing two separate paths and having two diverse routes to our facilities, thus providing the ultimate in reliability and performance. Even if both of the lines are cut at any point, the SONET ring is still operational, with less than 50 ms (0.05 second) self-healing restoration time. The multiple private SONET rings provide us the ultimate in reliability: no downtime even in the case of a major fibre cut in the area (due to separate paths and multiple fibre carriers).
Custom Colocation solutions
All customers and independent tests find our network to be better performing than any competitor. Our industry-leading SLA guarantees that. Further Advantages of Our Network The northern Virginia / DC area is an ideal location for a data centre. A very significant portion of the world's Internet traffic passes through here, and the area is not subject to earthquakes, tornadoes, floods or other natural disasters. With a data centre in Virginia, and a West Coast data centre in Seattle, WA, we are able to provide the ultimate in multi-site, geographically-dispersed, mission-critical hosting services. We are located at the true heart of the Internet, and in a very safe and secure area. This central location ensures optimal connectivity, speed, and routing, minimizing the number of hops - and thus the chance of any problems. We are located right beside a great number of of private and public peering points, in one of the most densely and best connected areas in the world, including directly peering at the Equinix Exchanges (IBX'es) in Ashburn, Virginia and Chicago, Illinois, at the NYIIX in NYC, New York, at PAIX in Palo Alto, CA and Seattle, WA and at the SIX in Seattle, WA. All providers have multiple, redundant routes into the DC/VA area. This is further built upon by our redundant connectivity to multiple Tier 1 providers via separate circuits, terminating at diverse locations in Virginia and the District of Columbia. We are redundantly set-up Internet connectivity wise (multiple backbone connectivity providers), as well as physically. In terms of fibre optics, we have multiple private OC-192 SONET rings with multiple financially-healthy fibre providers, taking different physical paths. Likewise in Seattle, we are located in a stable and level area (ground level of a well-built single story facility), providing the best resistance to earthquakes, and have multiple diverse-path fibre transport circuits with OnFiber and ELI/Integra Telecom. Seattle is one of America's best connected high-tech cities, and is an excellent base for high-performance, reliable Internet connectivity, and provides some of the most reliable power found anywhere. We have built our facilities in the best possible areas for Internet connectivity and electrical utility reliability, and then further reinforced them with redundancy in all the possible forms. For example, we are able to offer two-location hosting with the advantages, such as low latency and direct connectivity on the same network, yet the redundancy and security of two separate Data Centres in two different states, over 4000km physically apart (Virginia & Washington state). To ensure the best routing of our customers' data, in addition to peering, we also pay for commercial top-priority transit network capacity to our tier 1 backbone providers and have full burst capacity available at all times on all circuits. Thus we receive the highest level of service, including 99.99% or 100% uptime and no packet-loss guarantees, from all our connectivity providers. 90%+ of traffic from us to end users only passes over one or two backbones on its way to reaching the end destination. In addition, we are committed to under 50% network capacity utilization at all times; we ensure that our network always has double the capacity it needs, even at peak hours. Furthermore, our core network routers always have not only dual power supplies, but, where available, power feeds to each power supply from a different power grid & UPS system, thus ensuring the ultimate in reliability. Our network design and operations ensure the very best connectivity, speed, and reliability possible: 100% network uptime, no packet loss, and under 3 ms low latency connection to Tier 1 backbones -guaranteed by our industry-leading SLA
DCA2 - AT&T: SE Washington, DC DCA2 - Level 3: McLean, Virginia DCA2 - Global Crossing: NW Washington, DC IAD1 - France Telecom OpenTransit: Ashburn, Virginia SEA2 - AT&T: Seattle, Washington SEA2 - Level 3: Seattle, Washington SEA1 - Global Crossing: Seattle, Washington