Network

Facilities (Source: ThePlanet.com)

The Planet (aka ServerMatrix) owns and operates two state of the art datacenter facilities located in Dallas, Texas. Both facilities offer complete redundancy in power, HVAC, fire suppression, network connectivity, and security. With over 35,000 sq ft of raised floor and 15,000 sq ft of static free tile, The Planet (aka ServerMatrix) has an offering to fit any need. Our product offerings includes private data suites (mini-datacenters), private caged suites, cabinets, half-cabinets, tri-cabinets, and rackspace by the Unit. Both facilities sit atop multiple power grids driven by TXU electric, both facilities have multiple Liebert and PowerWare UPS battery backup power, and both facilities have onsite permanent generator power. Our HVAC systems are a combination of glycol, chilled water, and condenser units by Liebert and Data Aire to provide redundancy in cooling coupled with 6 managed backbone providers. Twelve more third party backbone providers are available in the building via cross connect. Fire suppression includes a pre-action dry pipe system in both facilities including VESDA (very early smoke detection apparatus) along with over 600 smoke detectors. Security is also concern for The Planet (aka ServerMatrix) and our customers so all facilities are key card access with CCTV for maximum security. All visitors to the datacenters must check in and out of the facility. The goal is to provide maximum redundancy in every facet of the datacenter environment to facilitate 100% uptime for your entire hosting infrastructure.

Network Infrastructure (Source: ThePlanet.com)

The Planet (aka ServerMatrix) internal network architecture utilizes the Enterprise routing and switching engines from Juniper and Cisco. We utilize Juniper M20 routers as border routers, Cisco 6500 series switches in our distribution layer, Cisco 6500 and 5500 switches in our aggregation layers, and Cisco 3500 and 2900 series switches at the customer layer. Our network is fully meshed and redundant with 6 backbone providers. Our current network consists of, UUNet (GigE), Level 3 (GigE), Time Warner (GigE), Global Crossing (GigE), Verio (GigE), and ATT (DS3). Please see our network diagram below.

Backbone Providers for the DataCenter

• UUNET - GigE Connection (1000 Mbps)
• Level 3 - GigE Connection (1000 Mbps)
• Verio - GigE Connection (1000 Mbps)
• Time Warner - GigE Connection (1000 Mbps)
• Global Crossing - GigE Connection (1000 Mbps)
• Allegiance Telecom - GigE Connection (1000 Mbps)
• AboveNet - GigE Connection (1000 Mbps)