Market Websites is located in the beautiful pacific northwest in the city of Portland Oregon.
Even though Market Websites is a young company,
the owners are no strangers to the Internet and to the business world in
general. With 15+ years of owning or running a business, of learning
every aspect of how a business functions and works, Market Websites
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Market Websites utilizes the Qwest Network
and can claim 99.9% uptime.
Server Information
Network
Redundancy
MARKET WEBSITES uses intelligent end-user routing software called Border
Gateway Protocol (BGP) between three OC-3's. BGP identifies which path is
the most efficient for each data packet and then routes the packet to its
destination on the fastest path. This increases the speed at which web
pages sent from our NOC arrive at their destination.
Studies have
shown that the most common reason for downtime is circuit failure on Tier
1 provider backbones, the major data highways. To guard against this
potential problem, we have two Tier-1 providers. If one experiences
problems, we can route traffic down another one. Furthermore, because we
are OnNet with Level(3) and Qwest, we share their digital distribution
architecture, which includes private peering network connections to major
Internet carriers such as MCI, Sprint, UUNET, EUNET, AT&T, AOL, Best,
Erols, @Home, IBM Advantis and others. These private peering arrangements
allow MARKET WEBSITES to quickly and efficiently exchange packets of data
with every major backbone carrier in a one-to-one environment.
Network
Reliability
Industry analysis reveals that 70% of downtime of over 10 hours with any
ISP is caused by telephone circuit failure. With MARKET WEBSITES, circuit
failure is virtually eliminated as we are with Level(3) and Qwest.
MARKET WEBSITES'
providers also have peering connections with other major Tier 1 providers
that allow traffic to be switched to alternate backbones should the need
arise.
MARKET WEBSITES
recognizes that downtime is not an option for our customers. That's why we
purchase space from a reseller who invests heavily in hardware and
facilities that ensure that our clients are up and running on the web 24
hours a day, seven days a week.
The Network
Operations Center (NOC) where our servers are located features raised
flooring. This enables a constant flow of conditioned air and helps to
maintain uniform room temperature at all times. In addition, raised
flooring reduces static and ensures a professional, computer-grade
environment for our servers.
Finally, the NOC
is located in a secure, monitored, class A building with a minimum number
of approved personnel allowed access to highly sensitive areas and
equipment. A detailed record of employee and visitor entry is maintained
at all times.
Uninterruptible Power System
To guard against local power failures, two industrial-grade, three-phase
Liebert UPS systems act as back-up batteries, maintaining uninterrupted
power in case of surges or power outages. With these back-up systems in
place, we can keep our network up and running indefinitely without relying
on external power.
Industrial-Grade Air Conditioners
The NOC has two Liebert 10 ton industrial air conditioners that condition
our computer rooms and operations center. Air temperature is maintained at
an optimal 65 degrees Fahrenheit.
Custom Web
Servers
Our web servers are custom-built industrial machines designed for a 24/7
web serving environment. All servers are equipped with dual-redundant,
400-watt power supplies, hot swap Seagate Baracuda/Cheetah drives and
force-filtered cooling systems. In addition, our NOC is equipped with an
inventory of identically configured, burned-in standby servers.
Force Filtered
Cooling
All of MARKET WEBSITES' custom web servers are equipped with a
positive-pressure filtered-air system. Four large fans pull filtered air
into each server's protective case, and the components within are cooled
by fans that circulate this purified air. This constant introduction of
clean air into the case creates a positive pressure environment ensuring
that dust and particles remain outside the server.
Redundant Hot
Swap Power Supplies
Each server employs dual-redundant hot swap power supplies. If a power
supply were to fail, the server would continue running with power from the
alternate supply. Meanwhile, alarms would alert a technician, who would
quickly restore redundancy. In the meantime, servers and client sites
would experience no downtime.
Standby
Servers
We keep spare servers online of all CPU configurations. If a server were
to experience a hardware failure, we would turn a key, grab the handle on
the drive, pull it out and insert it into an identical standby CPU. We
would then reboot the second machine, and the server would be up and
running again in a matter of minutes.
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