Here's a question I am asked occasionally- "What type of hardware do you use to run our websites?"
Okay, so I am asked this question very rarely. But still, people want to know! So here it is:
UC ANR Web Hosting Environment
Web Server: 2 quad-core hyper-threaded processors. 12 GB RAM. Windows 2008 R2 64 bit.
Storage: Dell MD3000 storage area network with 6TB installed, 30TB capacity
Database: SQL Server 2008 running on 2 quad core processors, 10 GB RAM
Backup: Backup system to hard-drives. Web server backup daily, database backed up hourly.
Redundancy: Redundant server environment housed in separate building on campus. Entire webserver, database and storage environment copied over daily. 20 minute changeover.
Bandwidth: Two 1Gbps connections to UC Davis campus
Security: Servers stored in locked room. Dual (failover) Cisco 5520 hardware firewalls configured with intrusion protection and VPN. Additional Juniper firewall protecting ecommerce system.
Battery Backup: APC UPS systems on all hardware.
I hope to keep you updated with lots of information in the future.
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