All customers who use have their data stored in encrypted form in a secure, monitored data center run by the leader in data storage facilities, Equinix inc. (For more information, go to www.Equinix.com). Equinix data centers are built as Kevlar lined vaults with no single point of failure. Your data is also "mirrored" (in encrypted form) to a second server, to eliminate the risk of server failure.

utilizes an extensive array of error checking procedures to guarantee that there were no transmission problems to our Secure Data Centers. The client software will retransmit any data packets when transmission errors have been detected.

Server Mirroring

The PODBI Data Center employs two mirrored Secure Data Servers at all
times. When data arrives at one, it is simultaneously copied over secure communication lines to the other. By the time ’s client software ends the backup session, the backup data center has verified that both copies, one on each redundant machine, have been successfully created.

RAID5 Redundancy

Raid5 provides additional insurance against data loss due to disk failure. Each computer system in the Secure Data Center uses RAID5 storage. Inherent to RAID5 is built in redundancy, which enables the system to automatically recover, without loss of data, from a disk failure. Of course, there is always the second copy of the data on the second Secure Data Center machine.

Redundant Network Connections

The PODBI Data Center employs two independent connections to the Internet. These connections have hot fail-over capability so that a network outage on one connection will not bring down service. The links connect to hubs that are connected via fiber to a Verio POP. The POP is connected via a redundant Cisco 7513s straight to the Verio gigabit backbone. Our bandwidth is scalable to very high rates.

Scalability

The Data Center is extremely scalable. Each pair of data center servers can scale to handle tens of thousands of users and many terabytes of data. The scalable architecture is provided by hierarchical storage management that supplements hard disk drives with tape storage. If servers become burdened, new servers can be brought online quickly and transparently. In addition, the data center employs:
• Backup power
• Very restricted firewall access
• Strictly controlled physical access