What
sets New Winnipeg apart? Our connection and our
server!
Our servers are custom-built Dell machines designed
for a high-demand 24/7 web serving environment.
All of our servers are equipped with dual redundant
450-watt power supplies, hot swap Fujitsu drives
and force-filtered cooling systems.
Our
network is equipped with standby machines, industry-leading
Liebert
uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) and a temperature-controlled
environment. We also have a diesel-powered backup system
just in case the power goes out.
Reliable
Server
Force
Filtered Cooling
All the drives, motherboards, and power supplies
of our server are in cases with a positive pressure
filtered-air environment. Two large fans pull
filtered air into the protective case, and the
components within are cooled by fans which circulate
this purified air. The constant introduction of
clean air into the case creates a positive pressure
environment ensuring that dust and particles remain
out.
Hot
Swap Fujitsu Drives
The drives and drive bays of our servers are all
constructed from high-grade aluminum, and rest
in a Shock Mounted Drive Cage, which adds to the
durability of the hardware. We back up our servers
nightly. If the industrial grade drive were to
fail, all we would have to do is copy the backup
(never more than 24 hours old) onto a standby
machine which is already on-line. The site would
be up and running within a matter of minutes.
Redundant
Hot Swap Power Supplies
Each server has dual-redundant hot swap power
supplies. If one of these power supplies were
to fail, the server would not go down because
each power supply is capable of running the server
by itself, indefinitely. Meanwhile, alarms would
alert our technicians to the problem; they would
restore redundancy with one of our spares and
then service the failed supply unit. During all
this, sites on our network would never be down.
Server
Details:
24/7 Monitoring
Dell Xeon Dual Processor
2GB RAM on server
Linux Red Hat 7.3 on an Apache server
On-site backup generator
Primary GigE backbone
Secondary OC12 backbone
ImageMagick: /usr/local/bin/convert
Found GD graphics library built-in.
Nightly
Backup
Your business data - and
your clients' information - is critical
to the running of your business. It is essential
to ensure that you have a copy of all important
data just in case the worst should happen
(total system failure - hard drive failure
etc.), or in case you accidentially delete
needed files.
