Hostway State-of-the-Art Data Centers - Security and Reliability. Vancouver, British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia

State-of-the art facilities located in a AAA-rated building
Dual electrical grid connections from independent substations
Internally redundant, bypassable 250 kVA UPS systems
Dedicated backup generator with manual bypass to second non-dedicated backup generator in the event of generator failure
Fault-tolerant 600V air conditioning system with humidity regulation
Air conditioning units and pumps connected to generator power for unlimited runtime in the event of utility power failure
Stratified air flow design for increased cooling efficiency and reduced energy costs
Non-service-affecting FM-200(r) Fire Suppression System with multiple zones, central control, and connectivity to the building fire system
Dedicated backup generator with manual bypass to second non-dedicated backup generator in the event of generator failure
Infrastructure built to comply with seismic code

Fully redundant core switches, routers, and load balancers, utilizing 802.1w rapid spanning tree protocol (RSTP) for split-second failover and high availability
Multiple GigE backbone trunks for fast network performance and traffic spike tolerance
100% uptime guarantee (with specific SLA)
24 x 7 environment and network monitoring and response
Multiple, fault-tolerant upstream fiber connections
Burstable and uncapped bandwidth to every customer, at a minimum connection speed of 100
Mbps Broadcast and internal (non-Internet) traffic is unmetered
Multi-homed network with BGP-advertised address space and connections to multiple Tier-1 providers
- 3 x GigE Internet Carriers (Shaw Business Services, Bell Canada, HGTN)
- 1GB peering with S.I.X.
Latency-optimized routing with excellent connectivity to Canada, U.S., and Europe.

24 x 7 building security monitoring and engineering response
Elevator, office, and server room doors monitored for unauthorized or forced entry with local and building security response
"Mantrap" entry with key card and biometric access authentication
Segmented colocation and main server rooms
24 x 7 CCTV (closed circuit television) surveillance and recording
Closed wiring conduits for all wire and fiber outside of the server room and within the colocation room
Limited staff access to server rooms
Access logging on all key card doors
Rotated off-site backups

View the Vancouver Data Center infrastructure specifications sheet.