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Collocated Hosting Services

Your foundation for success
CenturyLink™ CyberCenter® facilities, which are located nationwide, provide the basis for CenturyLink's Collocated Hosting Services (CHS).

Features

• CenturyLink CyberCenters
  • 50,000+ square foot facilities provide cost-effective alternative to developing, deploying and staffing your Agency's own hosting. center
  • Strategically and conveniently located nationwide
  • Provide secure, reliable, scalable foundations for your Agency's success.
  • SAS 70 Type II Internal Control Standards. A Type II audit not only includes a description of controls, but also a detailed testing of the controls; our facility operations are thoroughly scrutinized and annually evaluated with results reported and published
• Physical security
  • CenturyLink CyberCenters are outfitted with biometric palm scanners and secure card-key access to collocation areas of the data center
  • All Agency equipment is kept in secure locations
  • Access requires security desk check-in
  • On-site security personnel monitor CenturyLink hosting facilities 24x7x365 via indoor and outdoor video surveillance
• HVAC and fire suppression
  • All CenturyLink CyberCenters are designed with N+1 redundant chilling/heating systems and redundant, multi-zoned fire suppression systems
  • Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus systems are located throughout the raised floor area in all CenturyLink CyberCenters
• Power
  • Redundant power is available as needed
  • Designed with battery backup for uninterrupted power supply
  • Diesel generators (N+1) ensure uninterruptible power
• Public network connectivity
  • All CenturyLink facilities are linked to the CenturyLink OC-192 IP network
  • Internet connectivity is available in three port speed types:
    • 10 Mbps
    • 100 Mbps
    • Gig-Ethernet connections
• Private/point-to-point network connectivity
  • CenturyLink provides synchronous optical network connectivity options for access into CenturyLink's CyberCenters at DS-1, DS-3 and optical connectivity speeds supporting either voice or data traffic
• Add-on product options
  • CenturyLink proactively monitors and/or manages your Agency's Web, application, databases and operating systems remotely, as well as within CenturyLink's CyberCenter locations
    • Proactively manage over 80 unique applications, databases and operating systems
    • Uptime service level agreements (SLAs) for entire managed service environment
    • Monitoring features include:
• Base monitoring (ping, system checks, fetches)
• Process monitoring
• Trending analysis
• Hardware monitoring
• Router and switch monitoring
• Application and database monitoring
• Custom application monitoring
  • CenturyLink's Storage Services (SS) under its Networx contract provide a suite of fully managed products and services, including storage area network and tape area network
  • CenturyLink offers a wide array of disaster recovery services, such as diverse access and business continuity planning

Benefits

• World-class facilities – features redundant architectures (N+1), state-of-the-art security systems, and best-in-class CyberCenter personnel and procedures
• Savings – enjoy state-of-the art facilities without buying them; CenturyLink has made the investment, so your Agency doesn't have to
• Flexibility – CenturyLink offers a variety of power circuit types, as well as rack and cage customization
• Multiple Locations – available nationwide (13 centers in 10 locations)
• SLAs – SLAs for every one of our network products and for each CyberCenter facility; 10-day installation SLA for space and power

Product Details

• Product Overview
  Collocated Hosting Services product overview (pdf)
• Uses
  For agencies electing to manage their own Web hosting platforms, while also seeking the benefits of co-locating such platforms in highly secure CenturyLink CyberCenter™ sites.  CenturyLink CyberCenters™ are directly connected to the CenturyLink public backbone.
• Alternatives
  • Dedicated Hosting Services

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