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Data Center

Dharma Internet servers are located in a state of the art data center facility located in Southern California. This 55,000 sq foot data center is constructed in such a manner to withstand earthquake and extreme weather conditions. Security is top priority, your data is protected seven days a week and twenty-four hours a day with guards and remotely monitored internal and external video surveillance.

Data Center Building

Data Center entry is based on a highly secure 128 bit key card entry system. All data center access is logged and monitored, ID is presented electronically upon entrance to the facility, and no movement goes without notice. The data center is built from top to bottom with the customer in mind with quality construction and security systems.

Network Operation Center

In the heart of the datacenter lays the Network Operation Center or NOC for short. This is the area that houses computer system. In the Network Operation Center, the core of the data center, you will find a wide variety of aspects that signify the quality of data storage facilities. The NOC has raised flooring permitting underground utility runs and perhaps most importantly air condition venting. Cooling systems increase efficiency and lowers rack temperatures by pumping cool air into the bottom of the rack, and exhausting the hot air from the top. This constant flow of cool air insures that computer systems operate at optimal temperature, increasing component life, and further increasing system stability. Over head, you will find well organized ladder and cable run systems. Extensive measures were taken in organization and labeling to ensure quick scalability, prompt wiring maintenance, and testing times. As a disaster prevention measure, state of the art fire suppression systems are in place to isolate and extinguish a fire related environment situation.

Environmental Control

Cooling, is an important part of the environment. HVAC Environmental Control units ensures all equipment is kept cool, and at proper humidity levels. The network operation center is kept at 68 degrees Fahrenheit (+/- 3 Degrees).

Power

Power, one of the two essential elements of any internet based system, is made available to systems with a number of power support measures. First and for most, as anyone dealing with electrical circuits knows, proper grounding is a key element to a good electrical connection. All Data Center racks and electrical equipment is connected via heavy duty cables to massive copper ground blocks, thus ensuring a proper electrical connection. Additionally, in the matter of power redundancy, electrical systems are backed initially by uninterruptible power supply battery units. These units become active in the event of utility power inconsistency or interruption. Under brown out conditions, which is a low or inconsistent utility power state, these devices activate to keep a steady flow of operational power. Battery units themselves are designed to keep the network running for hours, however, in the event an extended utility outage occurs batteries would eventually deplete, therefore automatic transfer switches (ATS) are also installed which, in the event of power failure activate regularly tested in house generator units that feed power to the battery backup system. Additionally, data center fueling contracts insure the diesel generators have a consistent supply of petrol to operate. A tanker truck is no more than 2 hours away in a crisis situation.

Racks

All racks are locked via combination code; rack codes cycle in accordance with customer and personnel shifts to further ensure no unauthorized server access is possible. All rack configurations are heavily grounded and properly ventilated to ensure proper system operation.

Bandwidth

Multiple back bone providers are available to ensure the best possible connection. These extensive networks include providers such as Verio, Glbx, and Aleron, and eWan. A multitude of peering points such as MAE-West, LINX, MAE-East, NYIIX, to name a few, provide for a diverse network connectivity structure that permits superior performance, and improved uptime.

Network

The network is built around redundancy, and with a multi-homed configuration, there is reduced possibility of internet connectivity interruption, and improve data transit routes, insuring your data is transferred to it's destination in the shortest and quickest way possible. BGP is utilized to span the connection across multiple provider lines, in the unlikely event one backbone provider were to loose connectivity, BGP would re-route traffic around the problem, keeping network connection alive and free of packet loss. Internal switching is handled through a variety of foundry fast iron switches, and network core routing is preformed by foundry big iron routers. This complex design offers an unsurpassed level of redundancy and reliability.

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