Every website in the world must actually physically exist on a computer somewhere. These computers are called servers. 123 Online's servers are housed in (arguably) the world's number one data centre, located in Dallas, Texas. They are monitored 24 hours a day with staff always on site.

When you have your site designed by 123 Online, you should take comfort in the fact you're getting the best money can buy. 123 Online's servers are among the fastest and most reliable in the world - we've spared no expense to buy the best. We don't feel that servers are an area to cut costs because our customers expect fast and reliable performance. We guarantee your site will be hosted in good hands.
 

Network
 

With other providers, many servers are just connected to one Internet Service Provider (like some hosting servers provided by ISPs themselves). This means that if something goes wrong with the ISP, the server will stop working.

123 Online's servers are connected to serveral providers with speeds virtually unseen in New Zealand. This provides maximum speed and uptime.

Our providers and their speeds are as follows:

Allegiance Telecom -- 1 Gbps (GigE)
Global Crossing -- 1 Gbps (GigE)
Level 3 -- 1 Gbps (GigE)
Sprint -- 1 Gbps (GigE)
Time Warner -- 1 Gbps (GigE)
UUNet -- 1 Gbps (GigE)
Verio -- 1 Gbps (GigE)
AT&T -- DS3

Staff are on-site 24/7, so if by chance something does go wrong with the server, it won't be long before it's back to its usual peak performance.
 
Data Centre
 
Power
123 Online's servers offer complete power redundancy. The servers are connected to multiple power grids, with dual power generators onsite and backup battery power.

Conditions
Servers are kept in clean-rooms with raised floors and static-free tile. A-grade heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems with glycol, chilled water and condenser units provided by Data Aire are also in operation. This extra redundancy in temperature control ensures the servers will always be at their peak performance.

Security
The data centre is monitored 24 hours a day with motion-sensitive closed circuit cameras. All sensitive areas are protected by state-of-the-art security with keycard access locks.

Fire Suppression
A pre-action dry pipe system with VESDA (Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus) and more than 600 smoke detectors are in the data centre.

In short, it would take an atomic bomb to take this data-centre down!

 
Server Specs
 
The servers bought for 123 Online 's customers' use are top-of-the-line servers from the Dell Corporation. On average, the servers used have 1 GB of ECC RAM with the latest Pentium Processor at the time of purchase. We spare no expense in using the best servers, to ensure maximum speed and reliability.
 

123 Online Ltd. reserves the right to change any of the above without notice.