One of the most important aspects of offering a quality hosting solution is the backbone to our services; the Datacentre. A Datacentre is purpose built infrastructure that's designed to securely and safely house servers and equipment while providing access to high-speed, redundant network connectivity.

Demon-Host have selected the Global Switch Sydney Datacentre as its Datacentre of choice. Global Switch is regarded as one of the best Datacentre facilities in the Southern Hemisphere.

What Does It Mean To Me?

By having a secure, reliable and redundant back-end with high speed connections to the internet, Demon-Host are able to focus on delivering our core services with the knowledge that we can meet what we claim.

Here's some information on what the Global Switch Datacentre offers:

• Concrete encased steel beam / reinforced concrete floor slab, tile faced cladding and glazing
• Minimum N+1 Redundancy on Power Supplies
• Power and cooling are supported by up to 22 rotary UPS units
• Diverse chilled water distribution pipe work - maintaining a temperature of 22 degrees C
• Aspiratory analogue addressable fire detection system in all areas
• Dry pipe sprinklers in technical areas
• Security managed 24x7 with access only via proximity card
• Premium bandwidth is provided by Telstra, Optus, MCI/Verizon and Pipe Networks, ensuring network redundancy, extremely low domestic latency, and providing optimal international connectivity

You can find more information on the Global Switch Datacentre at http://globalswitch.com/resources/sydney.en.pdf