About Alien Hostings Servers
Our servers are located at Redbus Interhouse (Harbour Exchange, London). All servers are connected to our high speed, low latency connection from Claranet, providing you with a direct link into the UKs main peering point - LINX. And with Claranets extensive trans-atlantic network, you can be sure your Alien Hosted domain is available at high speed to locations throughout the world.
POWER
# 2 Diverse Power Supplies with diesel generator backup
# 2 x 1750 kva Generator back-up
# 2.5MVA UPS system - redundant parallel formation
Air Conditioning
# Close control downflow air conditioning units to guarantee stable temperature and humidity.
# 2 independent AC systems DX & chilled water
Fire Protection
# Very early smoke detection apparatus (VESDA) installed
# Smoke detection system
# FM200 fire suppression system
These three systems combined mean that even if the worst was to happen, a fire would be extinguished in seconds using chemicals that do not harm your equipment in any way.
Security
# CCTV system covering all entrances/exits and main areas
# 24-hour video recording
# Full perimeter alarm
# PAC security card access system
# Visual verification of all persons entering the data floor
# 24/7 Security patrols and surveillance
Server Specifications
Dual P4 Xeon 2.8GHz with 3Gb of ram, with a 0.5TB hotswap raid array, with redundant PSU.
Our internet connection is a 10Mb leased line from Clara.net.
Our servers utilize the Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD 4.9) of Unix as an operating system and the industry standard web server software Apache to offer a stable, secure environment for your domain.
To view the status of our servers, at any time, then you should visit our server status page located at http://www.alienstatus.co.uk.
Alien Hosting, 13 Bransby Street, Sheffield, S6 3JT
Hours of business/support
Monday - Friday 9:00 to 18:00
Saturday 10:00 to 13:00
Bank Holidays & Sundays Sporadic cover |
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