Our system
engineers are on duty around the clock striving to constantly maintain our
servers and keep them up to date, and on-line working for you 100% of the time.
Our servers are housed in a safe, secure, climate controlled, multimillion
dollar Network Operations Center (NOC). The NOC is located in
a Class A building shared with 3 major Internet Back Bone providers. Our
Internet connections are triple redundant using these three backbones. We
hardwired to these backbones directly within our building for the ultimate in
reliability and speed. Our highly qualified team of system engineers are
alerted automatically if any server fails. Thanks to our state-of-the-art
backup systems and plug and play technology, can usually repair or replace any
part or any server within minutes and get it back on-line quickly.

Technical
Overview
For more than 16 years, Masscot has been trusted by
its customers to deliver the business-critical technology they need to
succeed. Masscot accomplishes this by investing in technology that provides the
highest levels of performance and reliability.
Here is a brief description
of our world-class facilities and tools available to Masscot
Customers:
Plug into real power at Masscots Data Center
Masscot recognizes that downtime is not an option for your servers. We invest
heavily in hardware and facilities to ensure that our clients are up and
running on the Internet 24x7. Our servers are located in a network operations
center that boasts:
Over 5,000 Square Feet of raised flooring Protected by
Pre-Action Fire Sprinkler and Halon System.

Uninterruptible Power
System
In the unlikely event of a power outage and to protect
against power surges, Masscot is fully prepared and equipped to maintain
uninterruptible power. To guard against any disruptions, we rely on the
following essential elements:
360 KVA of UPS/PDU Systems Facility built on
extensive BGE 3 tier redundant power grid system.

Industrial-Grade
Cooling
Masscot's servers are in a data center that is monitored
24x7 by ADT's state-of-the-art temperature sensors. Air temperature is
maintained at an optimal 65 degrees Fahrenheit. Large fans pull filtered air
into each server's protective case, ensuring that dust and particles remain
outside the server.
We have:
32.5 tons of chilled water cooling
40
tons of air chilled cooling
Liebert industrial air conditioners.

Web Servers
Masscot is pleased to offer customers these state-of-the-art Web servers:
IBM, White boxes, Custom Built Boxes
All Intel-Based Processors
1U
and RAID Servers
Dual Xeon Dell Servers
Connected to Three Internet
Backbones
Whatever your bandwidth needs may be, Masscot has the scalability
to meet them. Masscot servers are connected through three Tier One Providers.
If one experiences problems, we can route traffic to another. Each Provider
sources an OC3 or higher connection with multiple routes.
These Providers
are:
AT&T
Qwest
Global Crossing.

Routers &
Switches
The following high-performance routers and switches boost
productivity and eliminate inefficiency:
Foundry NetIron Switches
Redundant Cisco 7500 Routers and 5500 switches.

Backup and
Recovery
These tools allow Masscots System Engineers to
diagnose any problem that could impede your business and restore data within
minutes instead of hours:
Exabyte Mammoth II 200 Tape Cartridge Library
Backup Express Recovery Software.
