Technology -

The One Wilshire Building datacenter realized early on that the best networks are made with top-grade equipment and skilled network engineers. This seems like a simple observation, but it is surprising how many companies either overlook it or decide that it's safe to economize. Economy is always nice until your network goes down, at which point you are likely to lose many times the money you saved.

They use quality network hardware and their technicians work around the clock, using such technologies as ATM and BGP dynamic routing to ensure that all systems run efficiently and smoothly.

Equipment -

One Wilshire Building has made significant investments in equipment from major vendors such as Cisco and Lucent. We feel that using industry leading equipment that has a proven track record is the best choice, and is well worth the extra expense.

Backbone Connectivity -

Their connections to multiple backbone providers, and peering with many carriers on a regional and international basis, allows us to easily reach remote networks even in the case where a NAP may be unhealthy, or when a specific backbone connection is down.

Our two backbone providers of choice currently are:

MZIMA - Providing high-performance route-optimized bandwidth to the Internet, using its proprietary distributed metro NAP architecture and nationwide backbone network. By building metropolitan SONET rings connected to multiple Tier-1 backbone providers, and by having direct private peering with numerous broadband ISPs, backbones and content providers, Mzima offers the fastest, most reliable Internet connectivity currently available.

SAVVIS - operating an integrated global IP and transport network that delivers IP VPN, Voice Services, and Internet solutions for enterprises and carriers alike. The SAVVIS IP network spans 105 cities in 47 countries, encompassing the U.S., Canada, Latin America, Europe, The Middle East, Asia and the Pacific Rim.

We get our IP transit from 2 cisco 12008 GSR's which are connected via multiple gigabit fiber uplinks to our distribution switches (2 cisco 2948G-L3's). Each cabinet is prewired and connected to our main distribution cabinet so it's plug and play. Each cabinet has it's own switch, we prefer a layer 2 switch in each cabinet. All of our servers are hooked up to APC remote reboot ports in the event that they lockup for any reason.

Node Reliability -

By placing their core nodes at places like MZIMA and SAVVIS, we are guaranteed a level of competent service. All of their core nodes employ SONET networks, which essentially provide a dual-redundant, counter-rotating ring technology, and in the event of a fiber cut, the SONET will automatically heal itself. We also divide our circuits among several telecommunications providers, such as Verizon, MFS/Worldcom, and Adelphia.

Expertise -

They invest a significant amount of time and money in their staff to make sure that they are knowledgeable and are capable of helping and handling our customers. A network is only as good as the people who manage it!

Monitoring -

The One Wilshire Building staff is working around the clock to ensure that the network is operating at optimum state. We continually review collected statistics to watch for traffic trends so that we can react with the proper routing adjustments and bandwidth addition.

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