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We can handle
5 million simultaneous users.
Hardware Components
Cobalt RaQ 3 9GB
CPU 900 MHz Pentium III
CPU 1.3gig Pentium IIII 384 mb memory 40GB Hard drive
CPU Speed SPECint98 = 15.81
Operating System RedHat Linux OS
Main Memory 256 MB 50 ns ECC Viking memory.
Disk Technology Two high speed "Ultra SCSI 2" disk I/O
channels.
Disk Volumes 9GB System Volume, 8GB User Volume, 8GB Live Mirror
of User Volume.
Data Backup Triple backup of data provided:
1) Live mirror of User Volume on secondary drive.
2) Compressed archive stored on System Volume.
3) Digital tape archive.
Network Card Connected to Cisco 7500 switch via dedicated, full-duplex
DEC 1/1.5 Mbps Ethernet.
Power Backup Liebert UPS with 1 hour battery, backed up by a 250kW
Onan/Cummins diesel generator with 36 hours of fuel.
Network Connectivity
Cisco 7500's - equipped with redundant power supplies on redundant
UPS's and redundant route processors. Spare parts on hand - backplane,
interface boards, and power supply.
Server LAN Connections Cisco 5500 High-speed Ethernet switches (96
Full-duplex 10 Mbps ports each) equipped with redundant power supplies
and redundant route processors.
Backbone
Connections
Orem Facility Redundant 100 Mbps connections
Internet Connections
Orem Facility 2 Verio OC3s (OC3 = 155.52 Mbps)
1 Sprint DS3
Innovative Software
Web Server Software build on Linux OS, Cobalt RaQ 3 All accounts
come with complete set of config files (http.conf, srm.conf, access.conf,
mime.types), cgi-bin, log files and stats.
FTP
Server Anonymous FTP, Multi-user FTP with file system quotas, "directory"
messages, "welcome" messages, anti-warez features, and
user secure directories.
POP
Server create POP3 e-mail accounts.
IMAP
Server create unlimited IMAP e-mail accounts.
SMTP
Gateway comes with its own sendmail.cf and aliases file. Full support
for autoreplies and mail lists. Anti-spam features included.
Remote Site Administration
Remote Console Connections Allows technical and support staff to
login to the console of a physical server from its "buddy".
Invaluable tool used for diagnostics and repair.
Remote Monitoring Custom control hardware design for monitoring
and controlling devices: routers, switches, power strips, CSU/DSUs,
and UPSs.
Paging System Support staff members are immediately paged when a
problem is detected!
Aggressive Security
Security Hardened All known security patches are applied as
soon as they are released (or even before they are released) by
OS vendor.
Insecure Programs Potentially insecure (suid) programs are removed
or disabled if not needed on system. Necessary potentially insecure
programs are compiled with runtime, bounds checking are reviewed
for security problems.
Hacking
Alert System Custom Hacking Alert System (HAS) which immediately
pages systems administrators. Paging System Support staff members
are immediately notified when a problem is detected. A Better Server
has also installed a three layered password protection system on
content sensitive directories. We also maintain anti spam features
that bounces junk mail back to the sender. We have over 22,000 known
problem abusers blocked, if you are receiving any un-wanted junk
mail from anyone or a porn site contact our Block-em
Out Service and we will add them to the list for free.
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