MANBIZ | Data Center

To provide customers the latest advancements in web services, we only purchase and lease the best and highest quality equipment to host all of our customers.We collocate our servers hardware in state-of-the-art Data Centers located in Bedford and Dallas of Texas, USA with the fastest and most reliable Internet connectivity in the world.

Data Center Specifications - DLLSTX2, Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, TX

60,000 sq. ft. facility

35,000 sq. ft. of raised floor

(21) 26-ton Data Air AC units

Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus (VESDA)

Pre-action dry pipe sprinkler system

Over 500 smoke detectors in an integrated system

Northern Proximity security badge entry/exit on all doors to facility

Multiple TXU electrical grids

4800 amps of 480v input power

3 main transfer switches

(6) 500KVA Powerware UPS units with 90 batteries per unit

Standalone PDUs at each cabinet row

1-megawatt generator (2000-gallon tank)

1.5-megawatt generator (2200-gallon tank)

DataTrax monitoring software for all data center infrastructure

Data CenterSpecifications - Bedford, TX
CDC-01 sits on top of dual OC192-BLSR4 SONET Rings. These SONET rings provide our Data Center with Tier 1 connectivity to numerous network carriers. It provides our customers with the fastest, most reliable Internet connectivity, unmatched by any other hosting provider in the industry.

This network has currently 2000 Mbits of bandwidth allotted to CDC-01 and it is currently utilizing 27% of that bandwidth during peak times and 21% at off-peak times. CDC-01 bandwidth is expandable up to Dual OC-192's. Additional bandwidth will be allocated as needed. By purchasing bandwidth from multiple backbone providers, over 98% of the Internet is viewed as a private network from CDC-01. Network architecture provides MANBIZ's customers with unparalleled network performance and network availability.
Network Specifications
Bandwidth - CDC-01 has 5 DS-3 connections, 2 OC-3's and 2 OC-12's for maximum redundancy - 45Mbits to E.spire; 45Mbits to Sprint; 45Mbits to Global Crossing; 45Mbits to PSINet; 1.465Gbits to Qwest; 45Mbits Genuity; and 155Mbits to InterNAP.
In addition to the DS-3 and OC-3 connectivity, CDC-01 is lit with 50 T1 connections to UUNET. Currently 0% utilized at peak times of the day (T1's used in emergency fiber cuts only).BGP4 is being used on all border and core routers to ensure the closest and quickest path between every request is utilized.
Routers - 2 Cisco 7513's are the core routers of CDC-01; 4 Cisco 7206VXR's are the border routers of CDC-01. All are configured with Cisco's hot standby routers protocol (HSRP) which will re-route traffic around network failures.

Switches - 1 Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Etherswitch with full GigE connectivity; 50 Cisco Catalyst 3500 Series (used as hot replacement units only in case of a card failure in the Cat 6500); and 300 Cisco Catalyst 2924XL's.

Network Interface Cards - Intel & 3Com 100Mbps Ethernet Adapters.

Racks - 19'' and 23''seismically braced.

Cabling - Category 5 & Category 6.

CDC-01 is a carrier-neutral facility with cross-connects available to all bandwidth providers on 10Mbps, 100Mbps or 1000Mbps (GigE) connections.
Network Monitoring Specifications
24/7 monitoring of all servers by trained professionals
Custom monitoring software monitors all vital web ports to ensure no loss of connectivity or data.
Monitoring of CDC-01 emanate from CDC-02 so all firewalls and routing gear are watched from remote locations to ensure we catch everything!

World Class Technical Support
Only C I Host can offer true 24 hour toll free support, staffed by Unix and NT experts available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year waiting for your call. Combining this back-end technical expertise with our industry leading Quality Assurance Program, C I Host reinforces its belief and motto that quality assurance is the essential element to running a successful company.

Rock-Solid Network Reliability
C I Host has five fully redundant DS-3, OC-3 and OC-12 connections to diverse Internet backbone providers, ensuring that your site is up 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. At peak times their bandwidth is always under 25% utilized. They are using Cisco 5500 Series ether switches and Juniper m40e routers for superior switched bandwidth.

General Specifications
Rack UPS devices and server power management systems to ensure uninterrupted service. UPS devices deployed in parallel redundant configuration with N+3 redundancy to diesel generators.
200 tons of air-conditioning to 30,000 sq. ft of static free and humidity-controlled (40% (+/- 5%)) server rooms keep CDC-01 running at a chilly 58 degrees (+/- 2 degrees) which ensures maximum server reliability. All air-conditioning in configured with N+3 redundancy.
Gas based fire suppression systems protect each server in case of a fire.
Emergency backup systems that include a 245,000 watt diesel powered generator capable of powering CDC-01 for more than one 240 hours. C I HOST has a contract for emergency refueling that can take place within 30 minutes notice.
Full daily client-content backups and hourly system backups ensure no data loss to any CDC-01 housed server. Each week a complete tape backup is taken to MANBIZ's offsite fire-proof storage facility to ensure no data loss in the event of natural disaster.
CDC-01 contains a separate, limited-access room for its co-located servers.

Security Specifications
24/7 Guards on duty
50 Motion detectors
100 Internal cameras
24/7 Secured access with key swipe entry, thumb print verifier and a double-locking man-trap at every door within the datacenter and on exterior.
24/7 Alarm monitoring by police, fire and emergency.

Personnel Specifications
7 Senior Level Systems Administrators maintain the UNIX servers.
6 Junior Level Systems Administrators work with Senior Level to help ensure everything in Data Center is done on-time.
4 Microsoft Certified Systems Engineers maintain the Windows 2000 servers
7 Microsoft Certified Professionals assist MCSE's in their daily duties
Power Specifications
2 megawatts of dedicated power