Designing, programming and configuring your e-commerce and shopping cart system is only half of the solution. You also need a fast, secure and stable hosting platform to deliver the shopping experience your customers will  expect. The best thing about Store Machine hosting, is that you don't need to worry about it! We will manage your server and let you focus on sales. Store Machine's custom hosting solutions are designed for maximum e-commerce performance:

Data Center Infrastructure

Our data center is located in one of the richest traffic distribution points in the USA and features state-of-the-art multi-phase power redundancy, industrial-quality cooling, state-of-the-art security, fire suppression and power generation systems. Top-notch network architects have designed our network from the ground up to resist failure while giving us the flexibility to easily scale as our customers needs increase.

Reliability

The network core is powered by multiple Cisco Catalyst 6500 multilayer switches with top-of-the-line Supervisor 720-3BXL cards, capable traffic rates as high as 720 Gigabits per second. This is augmented by a Juniper routing system where appropriate.

• Technical staff on premises 24/7
• Fault-tolerant power redundancy
• Powerful industrial class generators
• 24/7 monitoring
• Liebert temperature-controlled server environment
• N+1 and redundant AC/DC UPS Power
• Ample cooling capacity

Speed

Each hosting plan is customized to maximize and balance the customers needs with their budget.  While your specific plan and server resource share will depend upon the requirements of your store, all of our servers feature:

• Dual Quad Core Intel Xeon L5300/L5400 Series CPUs
• 32 GB 667 MHz DDR2 Dual Rank, Fully Buffered RAM
• 15K RPM SCSI/SAS Hard Drives in RAID 10
• Zero Downtime During Drive Failure
• Hot-Swap Drives and Fans
• Replaceable on the Fly
• Dual Gigabit Network Interfaces
• Cisco and Juniper based network core
• Bandwidth from multiple Tier 1 providers including:
  • Savvis
  • PCCW/BTN
  • XO Communications
• Multiple Redundant fiber connections
• Tremendous scalability
• Physical & geographic provider redundancy

Security

Store Machine's approach to security is serious, thorough, and pragmatic. The data center location is guarded by robust physical security including 24×7 staffing and site access, CCTV surveillance, mantraps and biometric access control. Additionally, each server is actively hardened, and constantly patched to maintain protection from millions of exploits found in the wild.