Web Servers
Christian World Hosting is pleased to offer customers only the best, state-of-the-art Dual Xeon Dell Web Servers. All of our web servers are custom-built industrial machines designed for a 24/7 web serving environment. All of our servers are equipped with dual-redundant, 450-watt power supplies, swappable drives and force-filtered cooling systems. In addition, our NOC is equipped with an inventory of identically configured, burned-in standby servers.

Uninterruptible Power System - To guard against local power failures, Christian World Hosting has two industrial-grade, three-phase Liebert UPS systems and these are backed up by a diesel generator on the roof of the building. These maintain uninterrupted power in case of surges or power outages. With these back-up systems in place, we can keep our network up and running indefinitely without relying on external power.

Industrial-Grade Air Conditioners - Christian World Hosting's NOC has two Liebert 10 ton industrial air conditioners that condition our computer rooms and operations center. Air temperature is maintained at an optimal 65 degrees Fahrenheit.

Force Filtered Cooling - All of our servers are equipped with a positive-pressure filtered-air system. Four large fans pull filtered air into each server's protective case, and the components within are cooled by fans that circulate this purified air. This constant introduction of clean air into the case creates a positive pressure environment ensuring that dust and particles remain outside the server.

Redundant Hot Swap Power Supplies - Each server employs dual-redundant hot swap power supplies. If a power supply were to fail, the server would continue running with power from the alternate supply. Meanwhile, alarms would alert a technician, who would quickly restore redundancy. In the meantime, servers and client sites would experience no downtime.

Standby Servers - We keep spare servers online of all CPU configurations. If a server were to experience a hardware failure, we would turn a key, grab the handle on the drive, pull it out and insert it into an identical standby CPU. We would then reboot the second machine, and the server would be up and running again in a matter of minutes.

Connected to Three Backbones (Network Redundancy) - Our NOC in Baltimore is on line with Qwest and Cogent back bones who provide separate bandwidth-on-demand connections that enter into our building.

The Qwest network is built with the industry’s most advanced technologies. It offers 10 gigabit, OC-192 speed and is constructed on a self-healing SONET ring and 2.4 gigabit (OC-48) IP architecture. In the U.S., it reaches 18,815 miles and connects to 150 cities across the country. It also extends 1,400 miles into Mexico. Cables under the Atlantic Ocean connect to Europe, where they are joined with KPN, the Dutch Telecommunications Company, in a joint venture. KPNQwest is building a 9,100 mile European network that will connect 40 cities. Qwest also is part owner of the newest digital cables in Europe, TAT 14, which will also connect to the KPNQwest network.

Cogent’s end-to-end optical network consists of multiple metropolitan IP-over-WDM fiber rings located in over 86 major markets throughout the United States and Europe. Cogent’s network provides each building or colocation center with up to 5 Gbit/s of dedicated bandwidth. Layer 3 edge routers in each building are connected to Cisco Layer 3 Terabit core routers over two diverse optical paths. These core routers are tied together via a multi-national backbone network consisting of multiple 10 Gbit/s DWDM optical links. With a currently implemented capacity of 80 Gbit/s in the United States and 40 Gbit/s in Europe, Cogent’s multi-national IP network is the largest in the world and is scalable to a total capacity of over one Terabit.

Whatever your bandwidth needs may be, we have the scalability to meet them.

Network Redundancy - Christian World Hosting uses intelligent end-user routing software called Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) between Qwest, and Cogent, which use the same protocol. BGP identifies which path is the most efficient for each data packet and then routes the packet to its destination on the fastest path. This increases the speed at which web pages sent from our NOC arrive at their destination.

Studies have shown that the most common reason for downtime is circuit failure on Tier 1 provider backbones, the major data highways. To guard against this potential problem, we have three Tier-1 providers. If one experiences problems, we can route traffic down another one. Furthermore, because we are OnNet with GlobalCenter, Qwest and Cogent, we share their digital distribution architecture, which includes private peering network connections to major Internet carriers such as MCI, Sprint, UUNET, EUNET, Cogent, AOL, Best, Erols, @Home, IBM Advantis and others. These private peering arrangements allow us to quickly and efficiently exchange packets of data with every major backbone carrier in a one-to-one environment.

Network Reliability
Industry analysis reveals that 70% of downtime of over 10 hours with any ISP is caused by telephone circuit failure. With Christian World Hosting, circuit failure is virtually eliminated. That's because our NOC is in the same building as Qwest and Cogent. There is no phone circuit between our NOC and these providers. Instead, there is a direct connection between our Cisco 7500 routers and theirs.

Our providers also have peering connections with other major Tier 1 providers that allow traffic to be switched to alternate backbones should the need arise. Providing the best customer service and utilizing the latest in technology is our goal, so what are you waiting for, join our over 10,000 happy customers today! Get Started by Viewing Our Web Hosting Plans