| Web Hosting Infrastructure |
|
How my Website get an edge over my competitors? If you have been looking for answer for this question, read on. IHT has partnered with Rackspace to provide Enterprise level hosting solutions. Rackspace are the fastest-growing managed hosting specialist in the world, offering a wide range of managed services with proactive service level management for mission-critical website applications. Rackspace are head and shoulders above the rest for service, reliability and security. Rackspace supplies the necessary superstructure – web, application and database servers, network devices, bandwidth and managed services – needed to run any outsourced hosted solution. The 100% Cisco Powered Network is built on hardened routers and audited by Cisco, which ensures maximum-security protection. Leading edge AMD and Dell PowerEdge servers are used to power customers managed hosting platforms. Servers are custom configured for optimal performance based on the specific performance goals of each customer’s hosting environment. Your website is quick and loads faster Server Stability & Security Tightly managed procedures and the latest technology ensures the highest level of Stability and Security for all IHT servers hosted at Rackspace UK. Rackspace UK prides itself on its “Zero Downtime Network”. A fully resilient and redundant network infrastructure with guaranteed 100% uptime. In addition, IHT ’s partnership with Rackspace offers Uninterruptible Power Supply UPS power subsystem is N+1 redundant, with instantaneous failover if the primary UPS fails: Emergency Power Supply On-site diesel generators can run indefinitely: No public access Public access to data centres is strictly forbidden: Video Surveillance 24 hour video surveillance of the entire data centre facility: Onsite security personnel Onsite security personnel monitor the data centre building 24 hours per day, seven days a week. Biometric security Biometric hand scanners are used to restrict access to the data centre Pass cards Access to the facility is also restricted to those who hold a pass card. Firewall Intrusion Detection System First level network-based intrusion detection system. Cisco PIX 506E Firewall A second level of firewall protection for each server. Windows Server® 2003 The foundation of our solutions and services providing stability and flexibility. Microsoft Operations Manager centralized real-time system monitoring, automatic problem resolution, and continuous monitoring of applications Remote Web Monitoring In addition to Rackspace’s internal server monitoring, server availability is constantly monitored outside of the server farm using domestic ISP connections, the same channels that visitors use to access your website. IHT staff are alerted by e-mail and audible alarm in office hours, as well as SMS alerts out of office hours. |






Infrastructure