Online Video Hosting: Server Technology

Digital Wave's servers are owned by Tsongas.net. Tsongas.net does not go cheap when it comes to software, servers, or their data center.They work with industry leading vendors and manufacturers to provide the best available performance and reliability.

Tsongas.net's equipment is housed at ViaWest, a carrier grade Tier-1 data center featuring:

* 24x7x365 on-site support staff
* Access controlled by key cards and electro-mechanical locks
* Interior and exterior electronic surveillance
* Redundant OC12 connections through multiple network service providers
* 1.25-megawatt diesel power generator
* Redundant uninterruptible power supplies
* Zoned HVAC for temperature and humidity control
* Sophisticated smoke detection and fire suppression systems
* Raised floors with under-floor leak detection system
* Single-story building with seismically braced equipment racks

The ViaWest network has the Cisco Powered Network certification, the highest designation for service quality and engineering given by Cisco Systems.

Regarding the network and computer equipment, Tsongas.net has a dedicated Cisco switch and PIX firewall, with two redundant connections to the ViaWest network. The firewall enables secure remote management via VPN using 3DES encryption.

All Tsongas.net DNS, database and web servers use Intel rackmount chassis and motherboards. Each is equipped with dual CPUs and SCSI hot-swap hardware RAID for fast performance, and to keep a drive failure from causing downtime. Where most hosting companies use cheap PCs with a single IDE drive as servers, Tsongas.net has built out a solid infrastructure with superior performing servers.

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