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HostingWebsite Hosting Services are provided for customers as a platform for the various Website software solutions that Piers Taylor Ltd develops. Data CentreThe Servers are hosted in the secure Data Centre at Tamar Science Park, Derriford, Plymouth. The Data Centre features UPS protection with on-site generator backup and filtered ''clean'' power. The Data Centre can only be accessed through magnetically locked doors that can only be unlocked with a special swipe card and is fully protected by CCTV. A sophisticated air conditioning system ensures the network and computer systems operate as efficiently as possible. Should a fire break out in the Data Centre then the FM200 Fire Suppression System will be triggered and FM200 gas will be released into the room extinguishing the fire. FM200 is a computer friendly gas that will not harm computers or leave a residue. ConnectivityServers have multiple connections to the Internet backbone via the Goss Interactive and Eclipse Networking/Kingston Communications Company infrastructure. Twin fibre optic feeds run into the Data Centre and connections are then switched across to the servers using the gigabit internal network. Connections to the servers are Firewall protected and communication between servers is over a separate isolated backend gigabit network. A dedicated monitoring service regularly checks the public facing network connection and core database and website functions. If any of these were to fail, support staff are alerted by email and text messages. ServersDell PowerEdge™ 850/860 servers with Intel® Pentium® D (dual-core) processors running at 3ghz handle the serving of webpages, database server and backup functions. RAID 1 hard disc arrays ensure maximum uptime by duplicating the data over two drives. Should a drive fail, the other drive contains a complete backup of the data. Data is also backed up nightly to a separate redundant server which has an identical software suite installed allowing for an optimum restore in the event of complete server failure and can be used to increase load capacity under normal conditions should it be required. Server loads are regularly monitored and total loads are not planned to exceed 75% of the total resource available. Spare hardware is also held on standby so that any failure can be replaced. Server SoftwareCentOS Enterprise-class Linux Distribution Apache Webserver PHP MySQL Databases |
![]() Tamar Science Park ![]() Eclipse Networking/Kingston Communications Network Infrastructure ![]() Twin Fibre Optic connections link to the internal Gigabit Network ![]() Backup Generator ![]() Rack mounted Dell Servers with UPS protection |
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