Technology
- Overview
A seamless blend of
UNIX and Microsoft™ technologies
HostSellers' web hosting technology combines the functionality of Windows hosting
and UNIX hosting onto one platform. You can run ASP/MS Access and PHP/MySQL
based sites from the same server farm. With our seamless blending
of UNIX and Microsoft technologies, HostSellers' hosting
system is truly cross-platform and one of the most advanced
in the industry.
Scale to an unlimited number of domains on redundant servers
HostSellers' architecture and infrastructure was
designed and built from the ground up to scale
to an unlimited number of domains.
These domains are hosted on multiple redundant servers, which
are clustered using load balancing hardware.
Multi-Homed
Network utilizing latest BGP technology
Our implementation of intelligent routing, coupled with the
industry standard BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) peering, removes
commonplace ´hot potato´ routing
where packets can sometimes move further away from its destination. Our network
technology robustly transmits data with the least possible latency.
HostSellers
employs multiple routers and load balancers
Our multiple routers are made redundant through the use
of Cisco's HSRP (Hot Swappable Router Protocol). Our server
clusters use
multiple load balancing hardware, designed for failover
in
the event of a load balancer fault, which allows us to
give you 99.9%
Uptime Guarantee!
RAID Storage Provided by Network Appliance
Data integrity and speed are assured by multiple Network Appliance Filers using
RAID technology. This assures reliability where the RAID (Redundant Array of
Independent Disks) allows an increase in the mean time between failures but
also increases fault tolerance through a large data capacity and by placing
data on multiple disks. This configuration allows I/O (input/output) operations
to overlap in a balanced way, improving performance. Three back up systems
are in place, one being on-site and two off-site at geographically separate
data centers. All systems are monitored 24/7 by experienced NOC staff.
Peering Strategies
HostSellers' peering
strategies (including those to Tier 1 backbone providers) allow us to share
the digital distribution
architectures of our peers: Sprint, AT&T, Cable & Wireless,
Telus, MCI, and AOL.
These peering relationships also interconnect at
all major public exchanges, including Mae East, Mae
West, PAIX, and other popular NAP´s (Network
Access Points).
Perimeter Security via Multi-Tiered Firewalling
Servers are protected with software-based firewalling
at source and destination addresses, and source
and destination ports. Our systems are secured
using the latest security methods including router
access list filtering on inbound carrier feeds
and firewalling at the SYN level on internal devices.
Security systems, including firewalls, are tested
on a monthly basis. We use security scanners that
are automatically updated instantly with the latest
exploit/DOS check codes. This provides us with
an accurate and detailed report on our systems.
Our security team subscribes to all the major security
mailing lists, including BUGTRAQ from securityfocus.com.
These lists provide access to the latest security
information, which enables us to patch newly found
exploits within hours of their discovery.
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