Network/Datacenter

Datacenter

Brawl Host's powerful CloudLinux servers are housed in major U.S. data centers including the SoftLayer Data Center, tier one facility located inside the well-known INFOMART telecom hotel near downtown Dallas. Specializing in datacenter and hosting facilities, INFOMART is home to multiple datacenters including MCI, Level 3, Equinix, Verio, Switch & Data, Verizon, DataSides, and more. The building sits atop three redundant electrical grids from TXU delivering diverse power to each quadrant of the building. HVAC needs are supplied via five one hundred ton onsite water chillers to deliver N+1 cooling requirements. Home to over twelve switch sites and thirty-five different carriers, INFOMART houses technology and telecom related businesses in a complex communications ecosystem. The data center offers complete redundancy in power, HVAC, fire suppression, network connectivity, and security.

SoftLayer is the first true on-demand hosting solution with public and private networks to ensure complete control over the outsourced environment. Comprised of two separate and distinct redundant network architectures, the SoftLayer network-within-the-network design delivers enterprise level hosting services while adding complete management and flexibility to the outsourced environment.

With room for thousands of dedicated servers, the private N+1 datacenter facility incorporates the following infrastructure:

2000 amps 480v Input Power

Parallel UPS Battery Backup Units

Redundant Liebert 20 Ton HVAC Units

Pre-Action Dry Pipe Fire Suppression

Proximity Security Badge Access

Digital Security Video Surveillance

1950 Stemmons Freeway, Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas

Network

We maintain a carrier class network designed and built for the lowest latency, highest reliability, and maximum scalability.

The latest virtualization technologies from CloudLinux.
We use the latest virtualization technologies from CloudLinux to improve server stability and prevent downtime on our shared hosting servers.
Cisco Routers & Switches.
6500, 3750, 2900 Series routers and switches with gigabit speeds available from the individual server to the Internet.
Redundant GigE Backbone.
Multi-router gigabit connections to the Internap, SAVVIS, VERIO/NTT, and Abovenet core backbone exchanges located in the INFOMART in Dallas, Texas
Traffic Management & Analysis.
Utilizing Peakflow from Arbor Networks coupled with Netflow data from Cisco routers and switches, network engineers continuously monitor the health, reliability, and performance of the network. Historical analysis is critical for demand and capacity planning.
Network IDS, IPS & DDOS.
Industry best solutions from Tipping Point are utilized to guard against denial of service, malicious traffic, viruses, malware, phishing, spyware and other types of Internet threats via wire speed detection and remediation coupled with automatic and zero day response.