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webhost directory award winners 2009Why outsource your hosting? It just makes sense. As you streamline your business, your IT infrastructure becomes more costly and complex. You also need expert staff to look after it. Problem is that those experts also tend to have a high turnover. So you end up losing expertise and continuity. Outsource your hosting requirements and you won't have to worry about any of this, making it one of the shrewdest business decisions you will make.


But outsourcing does't have to mean taking the flexibility out of your operations. You need to ensure the performance and scalability of your systems without sacrificing control and responsiveness. That is why Interoute offers a comprehensive menu of hosting services allowing you to choose which service elements you want to retain, and which you want us to handle. Whether your business is small, large, growing or changing, our flexible solutions offer the ideal balance between control and performance.

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Managed Hosting enables your business to rapidly deliver complex IT solutions, while reducing costs and the operational burdens of supporting multiple technologies around the clock.

 

By leveraging the skills and experience of Solution Architects, Project Managers and Engineers, solutions are robust and delivered to demanding standards.  Services benefit from a dedicated 24x7 team of engineers who ensure that the solution consistently delivers the required business functionality, backed up by ITIL certified Service Managers.

 

Hosting addresses a wide range of requirements, from web applications and databases to e-commerce and globally load balanced, multi-site disaster recovery infrastructures. Solutions are delivered in secure data centre facilities, and are part of Interoute's next generation IP network; providing access to huge bandwidth capacity to the internet or a private network. ISO27001 certification along with support for a range of security capabilities, ensure that systems are suitably secured.

 

  • 24x7 monitoring of hardware, operating system and application health
  • Secured data centre facilities
  • Support for a range of hardware, software and applications
  • Multi-site disaster recovery options
  • Virtualisation or dedicated hardware
  • Intelligent storage capabilities
  • Reduce capital expenditure and operating costs
  • Fast implementation means cost savings realised immediately
  • Bound by commercial contracts and service level agreement

The following is for guidance only as each data centre's specification varies.

 

Power supply

8 Megawatts of city power (SIG), drawn through a reversible underground cable from a modern substation about 1 km from the site

 

 

Power distribution

220V AC at 1500W/m², distributed via dual independent circuits to rack level.  Currents up to 32A per rack

 

 

UPS system

4 x 2'500 horsepower rotary UPS / diesel generator combinations (N+1 redundant).

 

 

Fuel supply for generators

40'000 liters on-site, allowing 26 hours' autonomy at full building load. Additional fuel supplies are nearby

 

 

Air conditioning

Data room temperature and humidity controlled by 60 air handlers on redundant chilled water loops.

 

 

Heat disposal

12 dry coolers on roof (N+1 redundant)

 

 

Fire detection system 

Double loop optical smoke detection system

 

 

Fire suppression system

Inergen gas automatic fire suppression system

 

 

Building / infrastructure monitoring 

Central computerised monitoring systems for technical alarms for access controls, video cameras, fire detection/suppressions alarms, water detection

 

 

Security systems

Site controlled 24x7 by video cameras (CCTV) and patrolling security guards by night

Zoned access control via key-card (5 "rings" access)

Intrusion detection

 

 

Fibre entry

Double entry points on both North and South side of building

 

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