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Currant Media is proud to use the incredibly stable and reliable Red
Hat Linux Operating System.
After your Web Site has been designed, it needs to
be placed on a server or host. The server "serves" your Web
site to people who call it up using their Web browser (i.e. Internet Explorer,
Netscape or Aol). The quality of the server and the hosting company (ISP) are very important. If
the hosting company is not reliable your site could be down for long periods
of time. This can result in a loss of potential sales and valuable marketing data.
Click here to see hosting package prices.
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Tech Servers |
When it comes to hosting, you want the best equipment and operating
system supporting your Web Site. We've reviewed many different systems
on the market. We chose the Linux operating system, web server and
database applications because of their reliability in up time and security.If
you need it, our servers offer MySQL, PHP, ASP, and Cold Fusion (call
for availability).
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| Traffic
Reports
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In order to know information about the people who are visiting your
Web Site, you need to have access to traffic reports. Traffic reports
are drawn from the visitor log files. They can give you information
like how many visitors, what pages they go to, what outside Web Sites
are sending your Web Site traffic and what phrase the visitor typed
in the search engines to find your Web Site. This information is incredibly
valuable when used for marketing. Traffic reports are included in
the hosting at Currant Media.
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| Connected
to Three Backbones (Network Redundancy) |
Our Network is OnNet with Frontier Global Crossing (FGC), Qwest Communications
and AT&T through three separate bandwidth-on-demand connections
that enter access the network.
FGC, a Tier 1 provider with a 13,000-mile fiber optic network and
Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) technology that provides an
enormous 460 gigabytes per second (Gbps) of capacity worldwide, has
an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) fiber node located just a few
floors below the NOC (Network Operations Center).
Qwest also has an ATM fiber node just floors below the NOC. Our Qwest
connection enables us to offer additional redundancy and better routes
to Europe, Latin America and Asia.
AT&T is our third Tier One Internet backbone. AT&T Managed
Internet Service provides a reliable, dedicated, high-speed Internet
connection and industry-leading Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Your
business IP services will reside on AT&T's world-class OC-192/OC-48
IP backbone, providing you with managed, state-of-the-art hardware
and software, smart routing capability, and continuous performance
monitoring.
Furthermore, because of these unique connections, we do not need to
link to the Internet through an OC3 or T3 Telecom circuit. Instead,
independent cables run inside the building directly from the NOC to
all three carriers' points of presence. These lines can handle the
bandwidth of a T3 or an OC3 with DWDM. Plus, they handle several times
the bandwidth of an OC3.
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| Network
Redundancy |
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We use intelligent end-user routing software called Border Gateway
Protocol (BGP) between Qwest, FGC and AT&T, which use the same
protocol. BGP identifies which path is the most efficient for each
data packet and then routes the packet to its destination on the fastest
path. This increases the speed at which web pages sent from the NOC
arrive at their destination.
Studies have shown that the most common reason for downtime is circuit
failure on Tier 1 provider backbones, the major data highways. To
guard against this potential problem, we have three Tier-1 providers.
If one experiences problems, we can route traffic down another one.
Furthermore, because we are OnNet with FrontierGlobalCrossing, Qwest
and AT&T, we share their digital distribution architecture, which
includes private peering network connections to major Internet carriers
such as MCI, Sprint, UUNET, EUNET, AT&T, AOL, Best, Erols, @Home,
IBM Advantis and others. These private peering arrangements allow
our team to quickly and efficiently exchange packets of data with
every major backbone carrier in a one-to-one environment.
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| Uninterruptible
Power System |
To guard against local power failures, we have two industrial-grade,
three-phase Liebert UPS systems. These act as back-up batteries, maintaining
uninterrupted power in case of surges or power outages. With these
back-up systems in place, we can keep our network up and running indefinitely
without relying on external power.
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Addition
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The facility is equipped with a Raytheon fire suppression system,
designed to immediately extinguish fire and protect equipment. The
command center is controlled via automatic doors to further secure
and protect the equipment. The NOC also has industrial-grade Air Conditioners
with forced filtered cooling for keeping the servers a comfortable
temperatures. Redundant hot swap power supply.
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