Yorkshire & the Humber Circuit Riders

Under the Hood
(facilities & network)

The technology that drives our web hosting service is enterprise-grade and meticulously maintained. Everything you want to know (and more) is below.

The Server

About The Network

Processors:

Hyperthreaded Dual Pentium Xeon: 2.8 GHz

Memory:

2 GB min

Connectivity:

Dual fast ethernet interface.

Operating system

Linux 2.4.x

Webserver software:

Apache 1.3.x

PHP version:

4.3.x (latest secure release)

MySQL version:

4.0.x

The Network

About The Network

Network architecture:

Self-healing redundancy. Multiple entry points into facility as well as connectivity directly to multiple carrier offices. No shared physical path at any point in the entire SONET loop.

Connection:

Diverse-path (level 7) OC-48 SONET ring connectivity (2.488 GBPS).

Backbones:

MCI/UUNET, Verio and SAVVIS (Cable & Wireless) backbone networks.

Security and monitoring:

Complete network IDS (Intrusion Detection System) monitors data and network security transparently through an optical tap.

Border routers:

Dual redundant Cisco GSR 12000s.

Core routers:

Dual redundant Cisco 6509 Sup720s.

Personnel:

Network administrators on-site 24 hours a day.