Fastest Connection Available!

The BreakForth! Network Operations Center (NOC) located in Sterling, Virginia is OnNet with Qwest Communications through a fiber optic network. Qwest comes in to the building with an OC-192 which is the fastest connection available for the Internet today!

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Network Scalability    Network Reliability    Infrastructure/Environment    Security

Disaster Control Power systems System monitoring     and management

Because of this unique connection, BreakForth! does not need to link to the Internet though an OC-3 or T-3 Telecom circuit. Instead, fiber optic cables run inside our building directly from the BreakForth! NOC to the Internet Backbone. Whatever your bandwidth needs may be, BreakForth! has the scalability to meet them.

Industry analysis reveals that 70% of downtime, over ten hours with any ISP, is caused by telephone circuit failure. Since our NOC is connected to the Internet Backbone via fiber optic lines, circuit failure is virtually eliminated because there is not a phone circuit between us and our provider.

Qwest has peering connections with other major Tier 1 providers, which allows traffic to be switched to alternate backbones should the need arise.

Infrastructure/Environment

Features

• The BreakForth! NOC is equipped with racks and cages to host our equipment in a secure environment.
• The hosting area is built on a raised floor for our cabling and special wiring needs
• Temperature and humidity controlled environment
• Need+1 (N+1) design of cooling towers, water pumps and chillers
• Multiple air handling units providing another level of redundancy
• Cooling units maintain uniform 72° and 50 percent relative humidity levels

• Flexibility and scalability in hosting options.
• Consistent environmental support during common and extreme scenarios.

Security of your data and systems are especially critical in our Web hosting environment. The BreakForth! NOC is designed with security of these critical assets as a primary objective. Some of the important security features of the NOC include:

Features

• 24/7 on-site security guard
• Indoor and outdoor security monitoring
• Badge/picture ID access screening
• Biometric access screening
• Dual door floor trap design for access to the raised floor area
• Escort requirements for access to raised floor areas

Benefits

• Predictable, reliable security of your critical systems
• Consistent monitoring of all critical areas

The BreakForth! NOC is designed to withstand disastrous conditions pertinent to its location, ensuring that your systems and equipment continue to run even under extreme conditions.

Features

• Fire detection and suppression systems for 24/7 operations of your critical systems
• Dual fire detection (photoelectronic/ionization and sniffer) systems
• Central fire alarm system notification with a direct alarm to the local fire department
• Multi-zone pre-action dry pipe suppression system allowing suppression to be contained to the affected area and not disrupt conditions elsewhere
• The BreakForth! NOC is designed specifically to withstand seismic activity and extreme hurricane activity.

Benefits

• 24/7 availability under extreme conditions.

Power systems

Web hosting support systems must be always available, and the system availability is only as predictable as the availability of power to those systems. The BreakForth! NOC is designed for redundancy and high availability of power to your critical server systems.

Features

• Dual power availability to each rack unit from independent power distribution units (PDUs), removing PDU loss as a single point of failure
• Redundant N+1 design of uninterruptable power supplies
• Redundant stand-by generator power supplies, in the event of a power failure from commercial power

Benefits

• Availability of power during extreme power outages
• Availability of power during scheduled maintenance activities
  

The BreakForth! NOC is equipped with sophisticated equipment and technical talent to provide 24/7 system monitoring and management of your critical systems.

Features

• Concord NetHealth (server health monitoring)
• Agilent FireHunter (throughput monitoring)
• Veritas Nerve Center (router and switch event correlation)
• HP Open View (base network monitoring)
• Remedy (problem tracking, trouble ticketing and resolution management)

Benefits

• 24/7 monitoring, management and trouble resolution

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