About ZechServer Data Centres
We use more than one data centre to house our servers. Most of our servers reside in Provo, Utah and Houston, Texas with some residing in other locations. You can optionally activate CloudFlare, which would route your content through an additional 23 data centres worldwide.
Data Centres & Locations
Our current Data Centre Partners include:
- Ace Data Centres at Provo, Utah
- CyrusOne at Houston, Texas
Please note that you cannot choose which data centre houses your server. Additionally, our data centres are not available for customer access.
At ZechServer, we utilize top tier data centres in Houston, TX and Provo, UT.
Our Houston data centre is located at the CyrusOne Houston West facility and our Provo data centre resides within the Ace Data Centres facility.
ZechServer’s strategic utilization of these facilities provides the flexibility to deliver the performance, quality and reliability required for our customers to succeed. To ensure that service remains uninterrupted our data centres utilize state of the art server hardware, HVAC, electrical and network systems.
Houston, TX Data Centre Features
Our committment to quality goes hand in hand with CyrusOne’s Houston West facility. Featuring 300,000 sq. ft. of world-class data centre space this facility offers multiple levels of infrastructure redundancy meeting our demand for uninterrupted infrastructure service.
CyrusOne’s power infrastructure features highly redundant systems including; UPS battery backup units, power distribution units, Detroit Diesel generators, and diesel fuel tanks holding thousands of gallons each. For HVAC a 42″ raised floor design is cooled with redundant 70-ton CRAH units, EPAK 500-ton chillers with fast restart, and 70,000 gallons of on-site water storage.
The NOCC is staffed 24×7 to ensure constant infrastructure monitoring. For added security the facility features a high degree of physical security, VESDA very early smoke detection apparatus, hurricane shutters and resides outside of the FEMA 500 year flood plain.
Provo, UT Data Centre Features
Ace Data Centres offers HostGator an extremely efficient 8,500 sq. ft. data centre design. A unique feature of Ace Data Centres is an extremely energy efficient pod design, boasting a power usage effectiveness (PUE) under 1.2.
Redundancy is very important to HostGator data centre operations. Ace Data Centres offers a high quality redundant infrastructure. Power is fed through redundant critical paths, dual segregated transformers, 750kW UPS battery backup units, N+1 diesel generators with thousands of gallons of on-site fuel storage each. Cooling is accomplished via N+1 redundant chillers, 36″ raised floor design, and 60-ton Liebert CRAC units providing over 700 tons of cooling capacity.
Fire protection is provided by laser scanner smoke and heat detection systems, misting fire suppression system, and a nitrogen fire suppression system. A dry pipe and pre-action sprinkler system is also installed. For security the facility features 24×7 CCTV monitoring, secured entrances, mantraps and biometric locks.
Server Upgrades and Data Centre Changes
We periodically upgrade our servers and systems so that we can provide the best and most reliable customer experience possible. Sometimes this means migrating your server or hosting account to a better server in a different data centre. When this happens, we work hard at making the process as smooth as possible, with little or no downtime.
CloudFlare Content Distribution Network (CDN)
CloudFlare is a system that acts as a proxy between your visitors and our server. By acting as a proxy, CloudFlare caches static content for your site, which lowers the number of requests to our servers, but still allows visitors to access your site.
If you use CloudFlare, your website would also be routed through CloudFlare’s network:
CloudFlare (23 Data Centres Worldwide)
- North America
- Europe
- Asia
- Australia
Network Features
ZechServer operates a high performance fully redundant network utilizing the latest technologies. Our network infrastructure equipment includes high performance gear from Arista Networks, Arbor Networks, Brocade, Juniper and CISCO. To ensure low latency and high throughput we equip each of our geographically diverse facilities with massive bandwidth capacity. We utilize a wide array of network carriers including Level 3, nLayer, Comcast, Cogent Communications, and Hurricane Electric.
Monitoring
In addition to a fully redundant network and top of the line data centers, Our system administrators monitor all servers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Servers are monitored and issues are acted upon before they become serious. Additionally, the network and datacenters are monitored and managed by on-site technicians dedicated to ensuring maximum uptime and reliability.
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