Network Information

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Our Datacenter in Dallas, TX, US, is smartly connected via Gigabit connections and Cisco core routers. All servers are wired into an un-interruptible power supply, or UPS. In the event of a power failure, the UPS battery backups will immediately kick in and will power your server until the backup generators will be turned on. Power generators are capable of powering the entire facility indefinitely.

Our network uses multiple redundant connections and BGP4, Cogent + Private Peering to and additional 14 providers) to ensure 100% uptime of the network. We also have in place a unique firewall to ensure server security. Our network is 100% Meshed 1 GIG Cisco with two redundant Cisco 7513 Routers and Cisco Catalyst 2948G-L3 switches.

That's why we can include real Gb and more of multihomed bandwidth with each our plan. All bandwidth figures are calculated based on average usage, not the 95th percentile method (which usually results in much higher bandwidth figures for the customer).

We don't cap your bandwidth usage; all our network connections are 100% fully burstable.

If you have any other questions about our services please contact our sales at info@macarlohost.net

The @MacarloHost.Net internal network architecture is a complete Cisco product and is a Cisco Certified Network. We utilize Cisco 7500 and 7200 routers as border routers, Cisco 6500 series switches in our distribution layer, Cisco 6500 and 5500 switches in our aggregation layers, and Cisco 3500 and 2900 series switches at the customer layer. Our network is fully meshed and redundant with 6 backbone providers. Our current network consists of ATT (OC3), UUNet (OC3), InterNap (2x100Mbps), Qwest (1Gbps), and Cogent Communications (5x100Mbps). Please see our network diagram below.

@MacarloHost.Net, a New York company, is also connected to a national backbone in Fremont, CA that is ranked among the top in the nation. With dual OC3 (155Mbps) connections to several major exchange points, connectivity is being provided through rings around the nation. Direct peering agreements with private and public providers directly at the exchange point level ensure optimum speed, performance and network uptime.

Network traffic utilised by our servers are being provisioned through a multitude of providers, all BGP routed.

Our peering arrangements in the Fremont facility include the following exchanges. This network is ever-growing as more carriers are made available so do check back here for the latest updates:

• MAE-West in San Jose (100Mbps FDDI,155Mbps OC3 ATM)
• MAE-East (100Mbps FDDI,155Mbps OC3 ATM)
• AADS in Chicago
• PAIX in Palo Alto (1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet)
• NYIIX in New York (100Mbps Fast Ethernet)
• MAE-East in Vienna
• Level3 Communications
• Sprint
• MCI WorldCom
• Frontier
• Pac Bell (155Mbps OC3 ATM)
• AADS (Ameritech) (155Mbps OC3 ATM)

The entire network is fully switched and utilizes the Border Gateway Protocol Version 4 (BGP4) over Cisco 12000 series GSR routers. This ensures that bandwidth can be routed through the best available carrier giving you seamless connectivity at the same time. We always update the router's IOS after we have stress tested the latest IOS on a non-critical router, to make sure it is very stable. The switch that your equipment will ultimately be connected to is connected back to a core router via fiber.

The self-healing network architecture virtually eliminates a single point of failure. In addition to the backbone, in place is a backup transit from multiple providers in multiple locations to ensure that data will arrive via the shortest possible route. Because of the backup transit and the many international peers, the network maintains the shortest routes for sending data all over the world. On an ongoing basis, negotiations take place with the top fiber carriers for new routes, additional backup transit providers, and updated peering relationships are always being added. 

We will install all the software necessary for you to run a powerful web and application server. RedHat 9.0 Linux distribution is chosen as most popular, reliable and easy to upgrade solution. All servers have ext3 journaling file system installed, which allows the server to automatically recover after a crash. Your server will come with pre-configured versions of the Apache web server with PHP support, SSH,DNS,POP3,SMTP,WebMail and the MySQL SQL database server and many other open source software, which are included in RedHat 9.0 linux distribution. Updated: Saturday, December 23 07:34PM PDT (UTC/GMT)