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why ion?

There are thousands of web hosting businesses around the world. Why choose ION Hosting? By partnering with ION Hosting, your business is guaranteed to receive a wide range of technology resources ranging from a customized package that addresses your specific needs to personal attention should issues arise for which our expertise is required. At ION Hosting, we believe that a web hosting partnership is more than a mere business transaction. We strive to build and maintain professional relationships with our clients to maximize their business opportunities and objectives.

Customer service has been the key to our success. At ION Hosting, we strive to build personal relationships with our customers as opposed to merely processing transactions. We have staffed ION Hosting with account representatives trained to assist our clients with planning and managing their infrastructure. Our studies have shown that personal attention is the determining factor in developing a mutually beneficial relationship with our clients.

Whether you're just establishing a presence on the internet, or you want to manage, maintain, and monitor an eBusiness site, ION Hosting can help. With a comprehensive range of services, we can provide a reliable and secure hosting solution that will grow the needs of your business. Start small and then expand your online presence as you become more comfortable doing business on the web. Our friendly support is always there when you need it. And because we're affordable, you can put more money into your business and less into setting it up.

Our Mission

Our mission is to be recognized as a top provider of web hosting solutions. Our overall goal does not and will never involve being the largest provider, but one that is able to keep in touch with our growing customer base. The overall character of our company should be upheld and reflected in the services we provide. Our high standards of customer appeal, functionality and reliability are what set us apart from our competition.

Industry Experience

Our team has been expertly trained in the finer points of web hosting and has over 30 years of combined experience. Our company has been in business close to 10 years. Backed by Customer Testimonials and our parent company ION-E Network, L.L.C., we are capable of providing a reliable, secure, and cost-effective hosting solution for our current and future customers.

Data Center Overview

ION Hosting currently rents and operates from three state-of-the-art data centers in Dallas, Texas, offering complete redundancy in power, HVAC, fire suppression, network connectivity, and security. With over 83,000 sq ft of raised floor between the three facilities, ION Hosting has an offering to fit any need. Our HVAC systems are condenser units by Data Aire to provide redundancy in cooling coupled with ten 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 700 smoke detectors between the two facilities.

DLLSTX2, Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, TX

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 Northern Proximity security badge entry/exit on all doors to facility

Multiple TXU electrical grids 4800 amps of 480v 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

DLLSTX4, Downtown, Dallas, TX

22,000 sq. ft. facility 18,000 sq. ft. of raised floor (12) 26-ton Data Air AC units Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus (VESDA) Pre-action dry pipe sprinkler system Over 220 smoke detectors in an integrated system Northern Proximity security badge entry/exit on all doors to facility

TXU fault tolerant electrical grid 2000 amps of 480v input power 1 main transfer switch (2) 500KVA Powerware UPS units with 90 batteries per unit Standalone PDUs at each cabinet row 1.5-megawatt generator (2200-gallon tank) DataTrax monitoring software for all data center infrastructure

DLLSTX5, Infomart, Dallas, TX

51,000 sq. ft. facility 30,000 sq. ft. of raised floor (25) 26-ton chilled water units Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus (VESDA) Pre-action dry pipe sprinkler system Over 400 smoke detectors in an integrated system Northern Proximity security badge entry/exit on all doors to facility Multiple TXU fault tolerant electrical grid

5200 amps of 480v input power 3 main transfer switches (6) 500KVA Powerware UPS units with 90 batteries per unit Standalone PDUs at each cabinet row 3.5-megawatts of generator capacity 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 11 backbone providers.

 

Network 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 HSRP/BGP

Building Fiber 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 3 Gbps Direct Fiber - AboveNet 3 Gbps Direct Fiber - AT&T 1 Gbps Direct Fiber - Broadwing 1 Gbps Direct Fiber - Dallas Peering Switch 1 Gbps Direct Fiber - Dallas Public Peering 2 Gbps Direct Fiber - Global Crossing 3 Gbps Direct Fiber - Level3 1 Gbps Direct Fiber - nLayer 3 Gbps Direct Fiber - Sprint 1 Gbps Direct Fiber - Time Warner 1 Gbps Direct Fiber - UUNET 1 Gbps Direct Fiber - Verio

Access 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