The Hosting Factory uses routing and switching products from Juniper Networks and Cisco Systems, the leaders in the industry. We utilize Juniper M20 and M5 routers as border routers, Cisco 6509 (SUP720) switches as our distribution switches, and Cisco 2950/2960 switches in our aggregation/customer layer. Additional network equipment includes DDoS mitigation hardware on each of our incoming carriers, allowing us to mitigate multi-gigabit DoS/DDoSattacks. In addition, 10 Gigabit Ethernet is used at the core of the network to reduce the risks of internal congestion due to DDoS attacks and to maintain the highest flexibility.
Our network is fully meshed, using BGP, and redundant with a wide selection of backbone providers, including Level(3) (2x GigE), Savvis (GigE), AT&T (GigE), PCCW Global (2x GigE), nLayer (2x GigE), TeliaSonera (2x GigE), and supplemented by local peering (GigE). We took care in choosing our carriers; our research showed them to be some of the fastest and most reliable networks available. Not only are the providers redundant, but their entry paths are redundant as well. Some carriers are brought into the network at Equinix and carried down three floors to our data center over redundant 10 Gigabit Ethernet lines while several pairs of fiber also conect us to provider in the building Meet-Me Room (MMR). In the building there is also fiber from dozens of other companies such as MCI, AT&T, Global Crossing, Abovenet, Qwest, XO Communication, Sprint, and Williams.
Internal Network
- Redundant carrier class Juniper routers
- Redundant Cisco 6509 (SUP720) distribution switches
- Cisco 2950/2960 series aggregation/customer layer switches
- DDoS mitigation hardware on each incoming connection
- 10 Gigabit Ethernet internal backbone
- 100% network uptime SLA
Backbone Carriers
- Level(3) - Direct 2x GigE (2000mbit/sec)
- Savvis - Direct GigE (1000mbit/sec)
- AT&T - Direct GigE (1000mbit/sec)
- nLayer - Direct 2x GigE (2000mbit/sec)
- PCCW Global - Direct 3x GigE (3000mbit/sec)
- TeliaSonera - Direct 3x GigE (3000mbit/sec)
- GameRail - Direct GigE (1000mbit/sec)
- Peering - Direct 2x GigE (2000mbit/sec)
Level(3)
Level(3) is one of the world's largest and most reliable carriers. Nine out of ten of the world's largest telecom carriers all continue to use Level(3) services, as do five of the top six U.S. Internet Service Providers, and nine out of ten of the largest European telecom carriers. The company operates a 22,500 mile broadband fiber optic network in 72 US markets and 20 European markets.
Savvis
The Savvis IP network spans 110 cities in 45 countries, encompassing the U.S., Canada, Latin America, Europe, The Middle East, Asia and The Pacific Rim. Known as The Network that Powers Wall Street, more than 4,700 financial institutions, including 75 of the top 100 worldwide banks and 45 of the Top 50 brokerage firms, connect to SAVVIS to conduct secure high-speed transmission of financial and economic data. From this history solutions of providing real-time applications management for the world's most demanding customers, Savvis now has over 70% of its customer base comprised of non-financial enterprises and 50% of the Fortune 500. Savvis' network reliability was declared "perfect" in Network World magazine's groundbreaking study of backbone performance. Savvis has recently purchased the US assets of Cable & Wireless making them one of the largest US carriers and is continuing its record of fast and extremely reliable service.
AT&T
AT&T has been known for unsurpassed quality and reliability in communications for well over a century. Backed by the research and development capabilities of AT&T Labs, their commitment to advancement has made them a global leader in local, long distance, Internet, and transaction-based voice and data services. With a large number of end-users, via Comcast and Charter, a connection to AT&T is required for optimal performance to these end users.
nLayer
nLayer Communications owns and operates its own all-optical IP network, and maintains over 35 Gigabits per second of capacity to other networks. nLayer has made itself known as a major independent carrier in the North American region, enabling service to many leading service providers, content distributors, and access networks.
PCCW Global
PCCW Global is a leading legacy-free Internet backbone provider, offering IP-based end-to-end communications solutions over its own global native Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS)-enabled network. With offices and direct network access points located in Asia, North America, Europe and the Middle East, PCCW Global delivers a comprehensive suite of wholesale and enterprise IP-Based services.
TeliaSonera
TeliaSonera is the leading Nordic and Baltic telecommunications group which was established in 2002, as the result of a merger between the Swedish and Finnish telecommunications companies, Telia and Sonera. Both companies have more than a century of experience in the telecommunications industry. TeliaSonera operates in more than 20 countries in Europe, U.S. and Russia with more than 24,800 wholly-owned global network route miles.
GameRail
GameRail is a nationwide private network designed specifically to carry only gaming traffic. During their first phase, they built points of presence in eight major cities and linked them with GigE point-to-point private line circuits. In every city, GameRail deals directly with the broadband providers and the game server hosts.