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Physical Environment


Wealth2k® leases data center space at two separate facilities. Our Primary hosting location resides at Internap Network Services in Boston, MA. A Second facility is located at Databank in Dallas, TX. Both locations are secure and staffed 24/7/365. Only authorized Wealth2k® personal are allowed access to our equipment. Each person must have a key card, photo ID and pass a handprint reader to gain access. Both facilities feature robust power systems design, and aggressive security. servers

Internap

Internap (www.internap.com) is the market leader in intelligent route-control solutions that bring reliability, performance and security to the Internet. The company's patented and patent-pending technology addresses the inherent weaknesses of the Internet, enabling enterprises to take full advantage of the benefits of deploying business-critical applications such as e-commerce; Voice over IP (VoIP); video-conferencing; and streaming audio/video across the Internet. Through a portfolio of high-performance IP solutions, customers can bypass congestion points, overcome routing inefficiencies and optimize performance of their applications. Internap solutions are backed by an industry-leading performance guarantee that covers the entire Internet as opposed to just one network. These offerings include: network-and premise-based route optimization solutions, colocation, VPN, and content distribution.

Databank

DataBank (www.databank.com) is a leading information management and security company, offering customized business continuity and regulatory compliance services designed to help organizations manage risk and mitigate the impact of a disaster and other unforeseen business disruptions.


Backup and Disaster Recovery Strategy


Wealth2k® carefully adheres to the following guidelines to ensure high availability of its data and services:

  • Wealth2k® servers and network is monitored 24/7/365 to ensure maximum availability
  • Wealth2k® uses 100% IBM X-Series servers with the proper warranties. All servers have been configured for high availability and performance utilizing RAID
  • Wealth2k® uses Critical DNS service which guarantees 100% uptime and global availability
  • BACKUP PLAN:
    • Critical data is stored on our SAN device and asynchronously replicated to our Dallas, TX facility
    • Wealth2k® also adheres to its own disk based backup strategy running daily backups and archiving to tape as necessary
    • Our database is backed to disk every 5 minutes throughout the day
  • Wealth2k® maintains deployment documents that describe the necessary steps to restore our application in the event of a major disaster.

Detailed Data center Specifications


Boston, MA

Internap IP connectivity (from 1Mb - GigE)
Faster speed to market (deployment)
Customized colocation space: cabinets and private suites built to suit any need
Managed installation of cabinets and cross-connects
Off-hours support via our 24 x 7 x 365 Remote Hands service
Industry-leading SLAs covering both colocation and Internap IP connectivity
Consolidated billing

Boston Colocation Standard Features

Locking cabinets
Fully redundant high-capacity power feeds
AC or DC power included
Battery UPS back-up to generator power
Fully redundant HVAC system
Controlled temperature and humidity
Fire-threat detection and suppression (including pre-warning systems)
24 x 7 x 365 critical monitoring/disaster prevention
24 x 7 x 365 manned facilities
24 x 7 x 365 security access to facilities

Dallas. TX - DataBank Facilities

DataBank Data Center
256,000 sq ft building
38,000 sq ft data center
No advertising of DataBank name (plain wrapper)
Security managed 24/7 by permanently assigned staff managed by a third party security company

Zoned access throughout Data Center

Biometric hand scanner requires ID card access and hand geometry measurements
Customer data center access and contacts managed via C-Cure management system
Current government-issued picture ID required
Second hand scans to gain access to raised floor Biometric scanner captures 3D measurements of hand

Security cameras

Multiple 360 degree cameras with 10x zoom
High speed recorders with DV cassette tapes
Hard drives to eliminate down time for tape swaps and over recording
Minimum 30 day tape storage

Power

TXU fault tolerant electrical grid
3000 amps of 480v input power - Riser A
3000 amps of 480v input power - Riser B
800 KVA MGE UPS Systems - Riser A
800 KVA MGE UPS Systems - Riser B
2.0 megawatt generator (5000 gallon tank) Riser A
2.0 megawatt generator (5000 gallon tank) Riser B

Two utility feeds from independent substations

Diverse paths to the building
Feeds to building are encased in concrete
Fed from two independent substations
Separate transformers fed from both utility sources for redundancy

HVAC cooling system

Data Center HVAC system includes (28) 30 Ton Liebert AHUs
Entire system is designed with N+2 redundancy
Liebert Leak Detect System

Network facilities - Main Node Room

Multiple fiber providers for diversity - provides diversity and redundancy
Each vendor can deliver additional bandwidth capacity with minimal turn-around time
Can be delivered using existing "lit" fiber
Fiber pathways into the Data Center are truly diverse
Fiber enters building in steel conduit from multiple points in the building

The DataBank network: AS13767

Our network architecture utilizes Foundry and Cisco carrier class routing and switching equipment to provide a Highly Redundant and Highly Available Multi-Homed Internet Aggregation Hub. We utilize Foundry RX16 and Cisco 6500 series switches and routers in our network to provide up to 3.84 Tbps of switching and routing capacity. This coupled with multiple Gigabit trunks from multiple Internet service providers makes DataBank's IP Hub one of the most robust in the industry.

Network features include:

  • 3.84 Tbps of switching and routing capacity designed for the needs of Enterprise and carrier-class customers
  • Multiple Gigabit Ethernet backbone trunks
  • Core network is designed for "zero" packet loss
  • Embedded sFlow per port supports scalable hardware-based traffic monitoring across all switch ports without impacting performance

Multi-Homed Internet Providers
Internet Service Providers
2 Gbps Direct Fiber - Level 3 AS3356
2 Gbps Direct Fiber - Savvis AS3561
2 Gbps Direct Fiber - Sprint AS1239
2 Gbps Direct Fiber - Time Warner AS4323
2 Gbps Direct Fiber - Broadwing AS16852

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