| Hardware Infrastructure
JCLE only uses the highest quality servers, network
hardware and internet backbone configurations to ensure that as many people as possible
can access your site as fast as possible. These pages will tell you about the
infrastructure behind our hosting services.
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We use only genuine Sun Microsystems server hardware, at all our locations. We
have a variety of Sun SPARCstations for different services, all running with
high-performance RISC SPARC processors. Our highest specification servers cost more than
US$10,000 each, and have performance that makes this exceptional value for money,
especially compared with the Intel desktop PCs that many web presence providers use.
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![logo_sun[1].gif (992 bytes)](../images/logo_sun1.gif) |
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The IDC research organisation estimates that 65% of all web servers are run on Sun
hardware, with almost all high profile sites using this platform. (source:
IDC, 1996) Our Sun servers are exceptionally reliable. They are high-reliability
systems which are designed to be run 24/7, unlike desktop PCs which suffer from lower
grade hardware and are succeptible to overheating. Uptime is always better than 99.9%
averaged over all our systems, and even in the event of a hardware fault, we have entire
spare servers and daily tape backups to restore service as soon as possible. Our best
performing system ran for 200 days (over six months!) without a reboot, and was then only
turned off for a hardware upgrade. |
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All our servers run the latest Solaris 2.5.1 or 2.6 operating system, designed for high
load network applications, with additional patches to enhance web performance.
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We also use the Apache web server software, the world’s most popular, with more
than 50% of servers, or over 1 million servers using this software. (source:
Netcraft survey, Nov 1997) |
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We fully support the Microsoft FrontPage 98 server extensions in addition to the usual
FTP and telnet access. We were the first hosting provider to support FrontPage in
early 1996.
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