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RapidSite's Network Operations Center

BCG Canada Inc. and RapidSite are pleased to offer our clients a "one-stop", complete hosting and web development solutions.  Our teamwork and alliance is the sole reason we are able to provide the absolute best value to our clients.

No one is able to offer the services and products we do.
BCG Canada Inc. and RapidSite, together, bring you the best
possible value in establishing or improving your web presence!

RapidSite's high bandwidth Network Operations Center is currently located in the Amtec business park in Boca Raton, Florida U.S.A., although they are currently in the process of moving into the former IBM headquarters two blocks away. (Yes, this building is where the personal computer was invented!). Their new 70,000 sq. ft. facility will give them additional room to expand the rapidly growing operations and provide a truly world class home for their world class operations.

RapidSite's Network Operations Center is built with the following infrastructure:

Fast Internet Connections
RapidSite servers are connected to the Internet by multiple fiber optic T3 lines to three redundant and diverse Internet backbones (UUnet, MCI, and Sprint). Additional redundancy and diversity is gained from dual building entry points and multi-homed central office provisioning. They use high performance Cisco 7505 Routers and Cisco Catalyst 5000 switches to route data through the network. Their systems continuously monitor backbone performance and automatically send IP traffic down the shortest path using the Cisco BGP4 protocol.

High Performance Servers
Rapidsite uses dozens of high performance, multi-processor Silicon Graphics Origin200^TM Servers running the IRIX operating system and Apache Web Server software for the ultimate in speed and reliability.

RapidSite Servers serve over 20,000,000 hits a day!

Reliable Back-up Systems
They take extra steps to ensure the reliability of their service. The systems are protected with UPS battery back-up and a diesel backup power generator to keep them up and running in the event of a power failure. A 40 TB (terabyte) robotic archival system by Storage Technologies provides daily back-ups of all customer data.