network

Hardware Configurations
Intel P4 & Dual Xeon Based Systems
1024 MB or 2048 MB ECC Registered Memory
80GB 7200RPM 8mb buffer Hard Drives
Dual 10/100 Ethernet Cards in team balancing.

Network Configurations
Strike Servers network infrastructure is located in Dallas, TX (more locations soon!). The facility has joined eight (8) different Tier one backbone providers together to form the best network infrastructure in the industry. If you want the lowest ping times, lowest latency, and best redundancy available, host with us. The datacenter backbone border routers are Juniper M20's and our fully redundant switching layer comprises a certified six pack design of Cisco™ 6500 series switches. All customer access switches in the datacenter, and there are hundreds of them, are Cisco™ 2950 series switches designed for maximum performance and uptime availability.

Our current backbone starts with several diverse OC48 SONET fiber rings, providing the basic connectivity to eight different Internet access carriers, our customers connectivity is maximized to its highest potential, with such peers and partners as UUNet, Level3, Verio, Time Warner, Global Crossing, Allegiance Telecom, AboveNet, and Sprint.

The datacenter itself is equipped with a preaction dry-pipe sprinkler system with 580 smoke detectors and a VESDA contaminate system to create a full proof fire prevention system. 23 - 26 ton Data Aire down flow air conditioners designed to run in complete redundancy formaximum cooling. 6 -500KVA Powerware UPS battery backup systems with 90 batteries each (540 total) for up to 80 minutes of UPS battery backup power. 2 - Cummins backup generators, a 1.5Megawatt 16 cylinder diesel with a 2200 gallon diesel fuel tank. and a 1.0Megawatt 12 cylinder diesel with a 2000 gallon diesel fuel tank. The facility can operate for 15 days on generator power without a refuel. Couple these generators with three input electrical feeds to two different city grids in downtown Dallas and the uptime guarantee on power is 100%.