A2Ahost owns and operates its own network infrastructure. As RIPE members, we have our own IP and AS number assignments and consequently are not reliant on any one other company for our Internet connectivity. Our network utilizes fiber optic connections from BT, Telewest, Kingston Communications & Fibrenet. Each building has fiber presented from a minimum of two different Telco’s ensuring that no single point of failure exists within our infrastructure. Throughout our network, key equipment is duplicated, we use technologies including BGP and hot standby routing protocol to ensure the continuous availability of your web site even in the event of the failure of one piece of equipment.

The unique architecture of our hosting platform brings numerous benefits to our customers, including speed, reliability and security.

1	BPG4 provides multiple redundant Internet connections for speed and reliability.		6	Non Internet connected gigabit network provides secure transit for data and ensures that the Internet facing network cannot become congested.
2	At least two routers, running hot standby routing protocol service any server to guarantee availability.		7	All data is backed up to our tape library on a daily basis.
3	Multiple firewalls protect servers from malicious traffic, viruses and Trojans.		8	Replicated database servers are not Internet accessible for maximum security.
4	Redundant layer 3-7 switches provide load balancing, fail over functionality and allow us to take any server out of the cluster to maintain it without affecting your services.		9	Secondary web and file server cluster replicates data from the primary cluster providing service should our primary servers fail.
5	Primary server and file storage cluster. All data is held on mirrored storage arrays.