Lucas Internet Servers 

Lucas Internet host all web accounts on powerful internet web servers based in the UK and USA - including fast RedHat Linux machines (UK). This is where your site will be hosted bomb proof. See USA based servers below: Specifications include:

Lucas Internet UK servers below

CPU(s):

2x 500 MHz Intel Pentium III

RAM

768 Mb

SCSI controller:

Adaptec 7890 Ultra2

Hard Drive(s):

1x 35.8 Gb
1x 17.9 Gb

Server backups:

Veritas Network Backup

Network:

3Com 100baseTX Network Cards

Power:

Redundant Hot-swappable Power Supplies

Server software includes:

Operating system

RedHat linux 7.3

Web server

Apache 1.3.27

Scripting language

PHP 4.1.2

Scripting language

SunONE ASP 3.6.2

CGI Scripting language

Perl 5.6.1

Database server

MySQL 3.23.56

Mail server

Exim 3.36

Our Data Centre

Power

Our 400 KVA dedicated electricity supply was designed and installed to meet our diverse electrical needs. Power is routed through our lightning protection system, Generator changeover panel and redundant UPSs before getting to the servers. This ensures that all power to the servers is supplied at a smooth rate.

UPS

Two 200 KVA Uninterruptible Power Supplies protect our network in case of power failure. Should the power to our network fail, our high power UPS automatically kicks in to take the load of all the servers and network hardware

Generator

As our second line of defence against power failure we have installed a 500 KVA industrial generator, capable of supplying enough electricity to our entire data centre and office area for an indefinite period of time. This means that in the event of a major utility power failure your web site will still be available.

Lightning Protection

To guard against the threat of lightning (which could send spikes through the electricity supply and damage servers) we have installed a Furse lightning protection system. If an illegal spike is detected the system automatically takes this spike and destroys it. This system provides protection between all sets of conductors (phase to neutral, phase to earth and neutral to earth) ensuring total protection and closing all transient paths to equipment.

Network Monitoring

We use 3 Cisco 7206VXR routers and 2 Enterprise Alpine 3808. Should one of either of these network components fail, our network will carry on with no degradation in speed or reliability.

Fire Protection

Should a fire break out in the data centre then our FM200 Fire Suppression System will be triggered, in seconds FM200 gas will be released into the room extinguishing the fire. FM200 is a computer friendly gas that will not harm computers or leave a residue.

Air Conditioning

Our data centre is equipped with powerful under-floor air conditioning systems to maintain a consistently controlled environment.

Water Detection

In the unlikely event that water leaks into the data centre then sensors throughout the area will detect the leak and sound the alarm to our network operations centre staff.

Servers

Our data centre is home to thousands of servers including Sun, IBM, Compaq, Dell and HP servers.

Sun Cobalt RaQ

We host more Sun Cobalt RaQs in our data centre then any other hosting company in Europe. We have a special relationship with Cobalt Networks (a subsidiary of Sun Microsystems) that allows us to provide cutting edge support and service.

High Security

Our data centre was constructed with security in mind. Access is restricted by proximity reader access that records all access to the data centre, and it is monitored by CCTV at all times.

Lucas Internet USA servers below
Dallas, Texas : New Jersey

Intel Dual Xeon Servers Our servers run Dual Intel Xeon processors with 2-4GB of RAM and RAID protected hard drives providing the power, versatility, and reliability required for high end servers. The combination provides outstanding performance and headroom for peak workloads, resulting in faster response times. Raid Disk Mirroring RAID is short for Redundant Array of Independent Disks and used to mirror data on two disk drives simultaneously to ensure data integrity. Disk mirroring protects from loss of data by instantly switching to the other disk with no interruption in service if one of the disk drives fail without requiring data restoration from a backup. RAID also provides twice the read rate of a single disk to increase performance. When multiple requests are made for the same data, demand can be distributed between two disks therefore decreasing response time for data access.   Linux Operating System We exclusively use the Red hat Linux (Enterprise/Fedora) and CentOS operating system on our servers. Linux is one of the most popular server operating systems in the industry today due to it’s scalability and track record as the most stable operating system on the market. It is constantly under active development which insures a reliable, secure, and robust platform for web hosting environments. We operate out of two world class datacenters, ThePlanet and NAC. These two locations provide our clients with complete redundancy.   ThePlanet Datacenter ThePlanet is located in Dallas, Texas and offers complete redundancy in power, network connectivity, and security. The network is fully meshed and redundant with 10 tier one backbone providers with at least 1Gbps or greater uplink which includes AboveNet, AT&T, Broadwing, Global Crossing, Level3, nLayer, Sprint, Time Warner, UUNET, and Verio.         NAC Datacenter NAC is located in New Jersey and considered one of the best networks in the world. NAC has connections to multiple tier one backbone providers including Level3, AboveNet, UUNET, InterNAP, Genuity and over 300 peering points and transit providers spanning three countries within North America and Europe.

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