September 29, 2003 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Q9 Networks (q9.com) announced today the addition of a Global Redundancy Service to its suite of “high-availability” service offerings.
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The company said the new service is designed to ensure Web site availability in the event of a regional disruption by rerouting traffic from a primary to secondary location while providing uninterrupted service.
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The service will be available in Q9 data center facilities in Ontario and Alberta and includes dedicated, hot-standby data center space, managed, hot-standby Internet bandwidth, server imaging to support the rapid restoration of a server’s base configuration, data backup and restore, managed load balancing, and 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps Layer 2 remote link services between Q9 data centers and/or customer locations.
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“In light of recent events, we are seeing renewed awareness and interest in disaster recovery,” said Osama Arafat, CEO of Q9 Networks. “As IT budgets increasingly make room for these types of services, Q9 is ideally positioned to provide a full range of options. The Global Redundancy Service should be considered a vital part of any serious disaster recovery plan for companies with mission-critical Web operations.”
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Q9 added that the service would interest companies with disaster recover policies that mandate minimum distances between IT infrastructure locations.
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During the power outage that blacked out the Eastern seaboard in August, Q9 Networks reported zero downtime.
