Network Backbone & Data Center Info
Electric Kitten is a truly refreshing hosting company. We offer superior reliability and performance, such as 99.9% network uptime and round-the-clock monitoring of system hardware. We also update and upgrade our network and servers to retain our high standards. All packages and servers have daily, weekly and monthly backups and are equiped with the most advanced Web Control Panel for our clients to have full control over thier content. We also have no daily bandwidth limit, like many hosts.
Network Infrastructure
The Datacenters network architecture utilizes the Enterprise routing and switching engines from Juniper and Cisco. We utilize Juniper M20 routers as border routers, Cisco 6500 series switches in our distribution layer, Cisco 6500 and 5500 switches in our aggregation layers, and Cisco 3500 and 2900 series switches at the customer layer. Our network is fully meshed and redundant with 8 backbone providers. Our current network consists of UUNet (GigE), Sprint (GigE), Level 3 (GigE), Global Crossing (GigE), Verio (GigE), Time Warner (GigE), Allegiance Telecom (2 x GigE), and AboveNet (2 x GigE).Current Internet Backbone Carriers - 10Gbps Total
Level 3 - 3 x GigE Connection (3000Mbps)AT&T - 3 x GigE Connection (3000Mbps)
Abovenet - 3 x GigE Connection (3000Mbps)
Abovenet - 2 x GigE Connection (2000Mbps)
Verio - 1 x GigE Connection (1000Mbps)
Sprint - 1 x GigE Connection (1000Mbps)
MCI / UUNET - 1 x GigE Connection (1000Mbps)
Global Crossing - 1 x GigE Connection (1000Mbps)
Cogent - 1 x GigE Connection (2000Mbps)
Allegiance Telecom - 2 x GigE Connection (2000Mbps)
Time Warner Telecom - 1 x GigE Connection (1000Mbps)
Building Fiber
SBC - OC48 SONET RingMCI - OC48 SONET Ring
XO Communications - OC48 SONET Ring
Time Warner Telecom - OC48 SONET Ring
Broadwing - OC48 SONET Ring
Looking Glass Networks - multiple - OC48 SONET Rings
Access Connections
T3 and T1 Access - EPGNT3 and T1 Access - SBC
T3 and T1 Access - Time Warner
T3 and T1 Access - XO Communications
T3 and T1 Access - MCI
Facilities
The Datacenter offers complete redundancy in power, HVAC, fire suppression, network connectivity, and security. With over 35,000 sq ft of raised floor and 15,000 sq ft of static free tile. The datacenter facility sits atop multiple power grids driven by TXU electric, with PowerWare UPS battery backup power and dual power generators onsite. Our HVAC systems are a combination of glycol, chilled water, and condenser units by Data Aire to provide redundancy in cooling coupled with 8 managed backbone providers. Twelve more third party backbone providers are available in the building via cross connect. Fire suppression includes a pre-action dry pipe system including VESDA (Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus) with over 600 smoke detectors.The Datacenter features keycard locks on all paths to sensitive areas, as well as motion-sensitive closed-circuit cameras throughout the premesis. All visitors to the datacenter must check in and out of the facility at the front desk with a government-issued photo ID. Look below to view pictures of our new datacenter.
