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Innovative Virtual Server Technology
Blue Reef's Virtual Server System combines the latest in hardware
components and the fastest network
connectivity coupled with innovative software,
remote administration, and security
solutions. A detailed presentation of Blue Reef's Virtual Server
Technology is given below.
| Hardware
Components |
| |
FreeBSD |
Solaris |
| CPU |
Dual
Pentium III CPUs |
440 MHz SPARC Ultra AXI CPU |
| CPU
Speed |
SPECint95
= 15.8¹ |
|
| Operating
System |
FreeBSD
4.2 UNIX |
Solaris
2.6 UNIX |
| Main
Memory |
512
MB 50 ns ECC Viking memory |
1
GB RAM |
| Disk
Technology |
3
high speed (10,000 RPM) Seagate drives
2 "Ultra SCSI 2" disk I/O channels |
3
high speed (10,000 RPM) Seagate drives
2 "Ultra SCSI 2" disk I/O channels |
| Disk
Volumes |
36
GB User Volume
36 GB Live Mirror of User Volume
36 GB 24-hour user volume backup |
| Data
Backup |
Triple
backup of data provided:
1) Live mirror of User Volume on secondary drive, 2) Compressed
archive stored on System Volume, 3) Digital tape archive |
| Network
Card |
Connected
to Cisco 5500 switch via dedicated, full-duplex DEC 10/100 Mbps
Ethernet |
| Power
Backup |
Liebert
UPS with 1 hour battery, backed up by a 250kW Onan/Cummins diesel
generator with 36 hours of fuel |
| Network
Connectivity |
| Internet
Connections |
United States:
Multiple Verio OC12s (620 MBps) and OC3s (155MBps)
Europe:
100 MBps and DS3 (45 MBps) |
| Router
Core |
Cisco
7500's - equipped with redundant power supplies and redundant route
processors. |
| Server
LAN Connections |
Cisco
5500 High-speed Ethernet switches (96 Full-duplex 10 Mbps ports
each) equipped with redundant power supplies and redundant route
processors. |
| Keynote
Rating |
Keynote
Systems consistently rates our main connection network as
one of the fastest available in the United States. |
| Innovative
Software |
| Web
Server Software |
Custom-built Apache 1.3
Dynamic module support
Shell account access
Multiple domain support; and log files |
| FTP
Server |
Anonymous
and non-anonymous
Multi-user FTP with file system quotas
Anti-"warez" features
User secure directories |
| POP
Server |
Unlimited
POP3 email accounts |
| IMAP
Server |
Unlimited
IMAP email accounts |
| SMTP
Gateway |
Private
gateway for sending mail
Full support for aliases, autoresponders and mail lists.
Anti-spam features included. |
| Other
Software |
CGI
scripts, java
applets, and other third-party
programs available; flexibility to install ecommerce,
multimedia
and other software packages |
| Advanced
Administration |
| Remote
Mangmt. |
On-site
facilities manager performs necessary hardware installation and
replacement |
| Remote
Admin. |
Access
your server via Telnet/SSH,
FTP, and
more; perform simple server administrative tasks using or iManager. |
|
Aggressive
Security |
| "Sandbox"
Configuration |
Virtual
Server resides in an independent, protected 'sandbox' with its own
resources; other clients can't affect your security |
Security
Hardened |
Known
security patches are applied when they are released (or even before
they are released) by OS vendor |
Insecure
Programs |
Potentially
insecure (suid) programs are removed or disabled on system. Necessary
potentially insecure programs are compiled with runtime, bounds
checking are reviewed for security problems |
Hacking
Alert System |
Hacking Alert System immediately pages systems administrators |
¹ - Check
out our SPEC description page for
the complete explanation of SPECint95.
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