Where will my site be hosted?
Your site will be hosted on our servers at our data centre, provided by Macquarie Telecom Intellicentre, internationally accredited and based in Sydney, Australia. Google recommends that online stores that have their business primarily from Australia and New Zealand should be hosted on a server based in this geography and use an Australian (.com.au) domain for Australia and a New Zealand (.co.nz) domain for New Zealand in order to get the best results for SEO.
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We are committed to provide your site with the highest uptime and optimal performance, and we have carefully selected our data centre to ensure you never have to worry about downtime or slow connections.
Our our data centre facilities are provided by Macquarie Telecom and are located in Sydney (Australia). They offer secure hosting, are PCI Level 1 compliant and are monitored 24/7 for fire, uninterruptible power supply services (UPS) and security surveillance.
Our staff has 24/7 local and remote access to the servers so in the unlikely case of malfunction they can quickly re-establish fully working services.
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eCorner offer a secure and reliable hosting environment for web based applications. The Data Centre is engineered to the first-class standards required to support the highest level of accredited security & uptime available for your critical application hosting, IT infrastructure and intellectual assets.
High Availability Data Centre
World-class infrastructure and managed services through Tier 1 backbones with diverse path connectivity and fully redundant power and environmental systems. Formal monitoring, logging and event management processes are employed in the Data Centre Network Operations Centre to maintain advanced tiers of technical support.
Data Centre Accreditations
The Data Centre has completed a successful ISO 27001 Audit through SAI Global. This provides assurance that policies; procedures and business processes recognised as best practices for providing a secure, stable Data Centre Outsourcing environment are followed.
Data Centre infrastructure
The Data Centre employs multiple security measures to enhance physical security.
- Every Data Centre employee security checks.
- Mantraps, keycard protocols, biometric scanning protocols and interior and exterior surveillance monitors.
- Supervision of all doors, riser cupboards and plant rooms with CCTV including motion detection and fixed cameras with digital recording capability and HDD archive.
Tier 1 Backbone
High-speed Tier 1 Backbone Internet connection provides significant advantages in speed and throughput, delivering the highest quality bandwidth. Private networks are also available. The architecture provides redundant and diverse Internet connectivity, protecting against fibre cuts and router outages.
Data Centre Redundant Power
The Data Centre is equipped with redundant power components to guarantee continuous power availability. Uninterruptible power supply systems (UPS) and diesel-powered generations provide the necessary power during utility interruptions, such as weather-related events or transmission system failures. An ample supply of on-site diesel fuel assures sufficient backup power during extended interruptions.
Monitored Environmental Controls and Systems
Macquarie Telecom's Data Centre delivers premium protection and is designed to monitor the environmental infrastructure and provide early-warning notifications. Monitoring the mechanical, electrical and other critical systems ensures high availability and timely response to events. Early decision of controls such as temperature and humidity further enhances our delivery. Highly sensitive smoke and heat detectors, along with automated moisture detectors, constantly monitor equipment areas, alerting the Data Centre to changes beyond precise tolerances.
Eco-friendly Green Data Centre
There are many initiatives in place to support the Green IT initiatives, and is taking a practical rather than theoretical approach to the greening of the data centre.
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