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Technologies

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Connection
Our servers are connected to the internet by a high speed, fully redundant DS-3 line.
(A DS-3 is a dedicated, private line service designed for point-to-point communications. This 44.736 Mbps digital service transmits data over fiber optic cable.)

Hardware
Our primary shared servers are dual Intel^® Pentium^® III 800+ processor-based Machines with 512K cache and 512 MBs of RAM and featuring virtually unlimited hard drive space.

Cooling
Cooling is of vital importance for any server installation. As a result, all our drives, motherboards, and power supplies are in cases with several large fans which pull air into the protective cases, cooling components within.

Power
AIGC's servers are plugged into an uninterruptable power supply (UPS) to prevent any downtime as a result of power failure. In addition, our facilities have a backup diesel generator in the event of external power failure. Our servers also feature hot swappable, redundant power supplies to further minimize any possibility of power failure.

Security/Monitoring
All our servers are monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The following services are monitored every 30 seconds: http, DNS, POP3, and our primary and secondary connections. If any of these services are not accessible our tech staff is immediately notified. Additionally, our servers are located in a high-security data center with 24-hour video surveillance.

You may view live status/monitoring reports 24 hours a day here.

Software
Our servers run the following software:

Linux
Linux is a complete operating system kernel that is similar but not identical to UNIX. Linux is Open Source, which means it is freely distributable and the source code cannot be withheld. It does not mean that companies cannot charge for it.
For more information on Linux and its benefits read our discussion on the subject. Learn more about Gentoo ,our preferred Linux distribution, here.
We are currently running Linux (Gentoo) 2.6.20-gentoo-r8 (SMP)

Apache
Apache has been the most popular web server on the Internet since April of 1996. The August 2002 Netcraft Web Server Survey found that over 63% of the web sites on the Internet are using Apache (around 62% if Apache derivatives are included), thus making it more widely used than all other web servers combined.
For more information on the Apache web server, go here.
We are currently running Apache (Unix) 2.0.55 (Unix)

PHP
PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language. Much of its syntax is borrowed from C, Java and Perl with a couple of unique PHP-specific features thrown in. The goal of the language is to allow web developers to write dynamically generated pages quickly.
A well written introduction to PHP by Stig Sæther Bakken can be found here. Also visit the PHP project's homepage at PHP.net.
We are currently running PHP version 4.4.2

MySQL
MySQL is a database system that can be used to provide extensive database facilities on a web site, normally in conjunction with PHP scripting. Typical uses would be an online catalogue of goods for sale that the customer can browse and select items to purchase. Or an online booking system for holidays or flights or theatres where you can interrogate availability of a service online and make a reservation from your browser.
You can learn more about MySQL at mysql.com.
We are currently running MySQL version 4.0.27-standard

Perl
Perl is a general-purpose programming language invented in 1987 by Larry Wall. With over one million users worldwide, it has become the language of choice for World Wide Web development, text processing, Internet services, mail filtering, graphical programming, systems administration, and every other task requiring portable and easily-developed solutions.
You can get more information about perl at perl.org.
We are currently running PERL version 5.6.1

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