FPO Hosting IT Infrastructure

FPO Hosting leases space in facilities located in Denver, Colorado. FPO Hosting's service provider infrastructure was built with security and stability foremost in mind. This is evident in advanced physical security, fully redundant high-speed network, monitoring systems and intelligent environmental controls.

Learn more about the Infrastructure:

Our service provider's Tier1 Data Center Facilities include the following:

Colocation Space

Colocation Services are provided in our secure 13,000+ square foot data center. Our highly-stable infrastructure features a controlled, raised-floor environment with redundant UPS units and back-up generators, fire detection and suppression, ample HVAC with separate cooling zones and humidity control. Standard cabinets are 27x39x84 manufactured by Chatsworth Products (CPI) and include built-in vertical cable management, combination lock, and front/back vented doors. Wide aisles provide convenience for the installation and maintenance for today's rack-mounted servers.

Environmental

Cooling and humidity is controlled by more than 12 air handling units (AHUs) featuring N+1 and N+2 redundancy (dependant on location within the center). The system keeps the operating environment in the data center at 68 degrees with 45% humidity with a variation of no more than 8 degrees of temperature and 4% humidity.

Power

Electrical power from Colorado's Xcel Energy is delivered from dual feeds from the Surrey Ridge substation. The electric service in the building is connected to parallel redundant Powerware UPS units, which delivers conditioned power to the data center via a Starline Bussway system. This system eliminates the need for traditional power distribution units (PDU's) and enhances the reliability of the system as well as making "A" and "B" power available to every computer equipment cabinet. The power is backed up by two diesel generators connected to separate automatic transfer switches (ATS).

Fire Detection & Suppression

Fire detection within the Data Center is provided by an early detection alarm system monitored both within the NOC and by Honeywell as a backup third party monitoring service. The monitoring system informs the NOC staff of the specific alarm generating the warning and its location. The data center has sensors installed both above and below the raised floor to detect gases that rise with the airflow in the center as well as heavy gases that tend to settle under the floor. The fire suppression system is a pre-action, dry pipe which would discharge water only from the appropriate locations if the heat in the data center increases enough to trigger a fire sprinkler head. The discharge of a sprinkler would signal the emergency power off switch which would simultaneously turn off the electrical power to the entire data center room.

Secure and Reliable

In order to ensure the security of your equipment and data, FPO Hosting provides the latest technology for access control and surveillance, monitored 24x7 by experienced technical staff.

Secure Access

Access to the FPO Hosting data center is controlled by access card and biometric scanning systems. All data center entrants must be authorized by FPO Hosting Network Operations Center (NOC) personnel prior to entry to the facility. In order to reduce the risk of lost or stolen access cards, all cards are kept on file within the NOC. To obtain entrance, visitors are required to surrender photo identification to NOC personnel for verification before receiving an access card. For additional security, entrance to all raised-floor and colocation areas requires both a biometric scan and use of the access card.

Surveillance

More than 40 high-tech cameras, connected to a closed circuit digital video recording system monitor the data center. This system provides NOC staff with the ability to visually monitor all doors to the data center and all cabinets within the data center. The system detects any movement, triggering one or more of the cameras to capture a digital image of the movement, which is recorded and archived. The images are archived periodically and can be transferred to any digital media on-demand.