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Hosting Services
TOSM Server Support maintains
a data center located at the Computer Center that
is environmentally controlled, secure, and offers 24 X 7 operational monitoring. Campus departments, organizations
and colleges that decide to have their servers relocated to our data center take advantage of Power Distribution Units
which prevent power spikes from affecting server hardware and an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) which will support
the data center in case of a power failure for approximately 30 minutes. As part of the strategic plan, TOSM is also
in the planning stage for a generator for prolonged periods of power outages. The TOSM data center is equipped with
air handlers that regulate the temperature and humidity of the machine room.
This controlled environment prolongs server life and keeps the components performing at optimum levels. The machine
room is physically secure and locked 24 X 7 so unauthorized users have no means of gaining access to the servers. The
data center is also monitored by closed circuit surveilance cameras placed throughout the datacenter and surrounding areas.
As a hosting facility, our infrastructure is very flexible, supporting Microsoft Windows servers, RedHat Linux servers, Sun Solaris
servers and various server appliances. We host 32 Terabytes of storage on a fiber channel SAN. We have an Enterprise tape backup
solution that is used to backup approximately 275 servers on a daily basis, backing up close to 4GB of data each day. We have
recently implemented VMWare ESX to virtualize our server environment, resulting in lower operational costs for TTU as well as
improving the workplace by centralizing management through continued server and service consolidation.
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