Abode Hosting is committed to providing out customers with the best possible services available.

Details of our hosting platforms are detailed below.

Server Hardware
Abode use industrial strength web server equipment for performance and reliability. Servers have a minimum of 1 gigabyte of memory with storage spread across multiple SCSI hard disk drives.

Server Software
We run both UNIX FreeBSD and Microsoft Windows 2000 based servers for maximum flexibility. Installations include the Apache web server, qmail mail server and mySQL database server.

Data Centre
Our equipment is located in Docklands East, London  providing our servers with the optimum operational conditions. Facilities include the round the clock provision of security personnel and an air conditioned, controlled environment.

Internet Connection
Located in the proximity of one of Europe's busiest Internet hubs, our servers have direct access to the highest capacity broadband IP network in the UK. Bandwidth to our server racks is presented on two gigabit fibers from independent routers yielding a network with no single point of failure.

Power Supply
Each server has multiple hot swappable power supply units. In the event of a failure of the incoming power supply, both battery and propane generator backup systems ensure the security of your site.

Data Backup
Each server has two identical hard disk drives, should the primary drive fail, the secondary unit can take over the work load with no loss of availability. To prevent accidental data loss we backup all data each night, backup tapes are stored off the premises.

Network Monitoring
Server and network performance is constantly monitored by our proprietary software, alerting technicians to potential faults before they occur. We constantly monitor backbone performance, sending IP traffic down the shortest path using the Cisco BGP4 protocol.

These factors combined result in one of the best performing and most reliable web hosting services available.