DATA CENTER FEATURES

DNS operates its own data center and takes full responsibility for every VPN  circuit down to the equipment at the customer premises. 

 • 99.9989% uptime availability record!

Performance

• Scaleable high-bandwidth connection
  Connection #1: Designed as a spur directly off of Global Crossings tier 1 OC-192 10,000 Mbps (9953.28) fiber optic global network.
  Connection #2: Is a node on Time Warner's fiber optic SONET ring. 
     

• High-speed server farms
  Implementing the latest technology in hardware and software to provide the fastest Application, Data, Mail, WEB and Storage Servers. Our servers are replaced with the newest technology every 18 months!
    

• Low server density
  Insures high performance with no storage limitations. Dedicated servers are provided to clients requiring even grater performance or specialized needs.
    

• Reliability
  To insure against extended system failures the data center has multiple clusters of redundant servers. The infrastructure within our data center does not allow for any single point-of-failure. The web-servers and application servers have protected mass storage and built-in redundancy so component failure has minimal impact.
  
  All servers are inter-connected on their own private network, so data is never accessible from the outside. User connectivity is controlled by load balancing routers arranged in a fault-tolerant configuration. All hardware is monitored remotely 24x7 by in-house staff, ADT, and our network providers Operations Centers to guarantee immediate response to any alarm conditions, or faults.
    

Security

• Fire and Intrusion
  Our facilities are monitored 24 x 7 by ADT for Fire and unauthorized intrusion protection.
    

• Data corruption / User errors
  Data is backed up onto multiple alternate media devices on a daily basis. This provides an archive available to restore in the event of file corruption or inadvertent data entry / deletion by the user.
    

• Communications Privacy
  Application hosting clients access the system via a double encrypted Virtual Private Network (VPN) or 128 bit single encrypted Internet connection. Web sites requiring security implement the use of SSL public / private key encryption.
    

• Data Privacy
  DNS provides a partitioned, secure area in which a customer may load, migrate, and prove the success of the migration. The customer will have the capability to protect and control his data. A secure data media storage area is provided within DNS; further, the customer will oversee the destruction of residual data on DNS equipment and assets.
  
  By designing, building, managing and maintaining our own private Data Center, we are not bound by the limitations of working within the confines of someone else’s system. This gives us the ability to provide solutions customized to each clients specific needs. Our current Data Center is a state-of-the-art facility completed in November 2000.