Utilising Dell to offer reliable and scalable hosting server and storage platforms, Rackspace are the fastest growing hosting provider on Dell hardware.

Security at the data centre is of paramount importance, utilising features such as video surveillance, on-site security personnel, pass cards and biometrics. In addition to this, under no circumstance is there any public access to the data centre. Only data operations engineers are allowed near your router, switches and servers.

The data centre gets its power from dual 11,000 volt power from separate sub stations to dedicated parallel step down transformers, with a 10 minute battery backup in the event of failure.

The UPS power subsystem is N+1 redundant, with instantaneous failover in case the primary UPS fails. Onsite diesel generators with full load capability start automatically in the event of a power surge or power failure.

The network has been engineered to accommodate the high availability demands of outsourced solutions.

Features include:

• 100% network availability
• Data can be routed even in the event of device or link failure
• Internet connectivity is provided via multiple links to Tier 1 bandwidth providers
• Border Gateway Protocol (BGP4) for best case routing
• Guaranteed packet delivery
• Bandwidth utilisation to ensure that you never experience network degradation