Network Infrustructure

We utilise the network architecture at The Planet Data Centre who use the Enterprise routing and switching engines from Juniper and Cisco.

The Planet owns and operates a state of the art data center located in Dallas, Texas which offers complete redundancy in power, HVAC, fire suppression, network connectivity, and security. With over 35,000 sq ft of raised floor, The Planet has an offering to fit any need. The data centre facility sits atop multiple power grids driven by TXU electric, with PowerWare UPS battery backup power and dual diesel generators onsite. The HVAC systems are condenser units by Data Aire to provide redundancy in cooling coupled with 10 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 including VESDA (Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus) with over 500 smoke detectors.

Data Center Details

60,000 sq. ft. facility 35,000 sq. ft. of raised floor (21) 26-ton Data Air AC units Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus (VESDA) Pre-action dry pipe sprinkler system Over 500 smoke detectors in an integrated system Simplex security badge entry/exit on all doors to facility Multiple TXU electrical grids 4800 volts of input power 3 main transfer switches (6) 500KVA Powerware UPS units with 90 batteries per unit Standalone PDUs at each cabinet row 1-megawatt generator (2000-gallon tank) 1.5-megawatt generator (2200-gallon tank) DataTrax monitoring software for all data center infrastructure

Network Infrastructure

Our 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 and Cisco 6500 switches in our aggregation layers, and Cisco 3500 and 2900 series switches at the customer layer. Our network is fully meshed and redundant with 10 backbone providers. Our current network consists of UUNet (GigE), Sprint (GigE), Level 3 (GigE), Global Crossing (GigE), Verio (GigE), AT&T (GigE), Time Warner (GigE), Allegiance Telecom (2 x GigE), Broadwing (GigE) and AboveNet (2 x GigE).

Network	Building Fiber
Cisco Certified Network Cisco 6500 series distribution routing switched Cisco 6500 series aggregation switches for customer access Juniper M20 border routers 100% uptime SLA utilizing JSRP/BGP	OC48 SONET Ring - SBC OC48 SONET Ring - Time Warner OC48 SONET Ring - XO Communications OC48 SONET Ring - MCI OC48 SONET Ring - Looking Glass OC48 SONET Ring - Broadwing

Backbone Carriers	Access
1 Gbps Direct Fiber - MCI/UUNET 1 Gbps Direct Fiber - Time Warner 1 Gbps Direct Fiber - Level 3 1 Gbps Direct Fiber - Verio 1 Gbps Direct Fiber - Global Crossing 2 Gbps Direct Fiber - Allegiance Telecom 2 Gbps Direct Fiber - AboveNet 1 Gbps Direct Fiber - Sprint 1 Gbps Direct Fiber - AT&T 1 Gbps Direct Fiber - Broadwing	T3 and T1 Access - EPGN T3 and T1 Access - SBC T3 and T1 Access - Time Warner T3 and T1 Access - XO Communications T3 and T1 Access - MCI

The 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 and Cisco 6500 switches in our aggregation layers, and Cisco 3500 and 2900 series switches at the customer layer. Our network is fully meshed and redundant with 10 backbone providers.