HostM.com
Web Hosting offers high-performance, easy-to-use web hosting and
domain name services with superior customer service.
Company History and Philosophy
The HostM.com
brand was created in 2002, and our team has been in the hosting
industry for
over 10 years, so we know what
you
want
and how to best provide it.
 We are proud of the fact that our growth
is largely driven by word of mouth through satisfied clients,
and that this growth rate is greater than that of many companies who rely on
aggressive marketing campaigns.
Being 100% privately owned, we focus
on our clients' needs, rather than those of shareholders. In addition,
we
have
been profitable
since day 1, and have zero company debt.
This is because we have no need
to incur
the huge overheads that is typical of public corporations. We are also able to
pass down the savings to you, therefore providing you with much more—for
less.
We offer
a full-featured, yet affordable hosting package that includes everything
you need to succeed on the Internet. Our partnership with one of the
largest
ICANN-accredited
registrars has allowed us to offer affordable domain name registrations.
The Data Centers  Our high-performance servers are housed in state-of-the-art data centers in Dallas and Atlanta, USA. The facilities are equipped with security systems featuring closed circuit monitoring of all areas and entrances, card key access and 24-hour manned security for maximum physical security.
The network consists of redundant and diverse connections to the Internet backbone through multiple gigabit ethernet connections from different providers such as NTT/Verio and AOL/Time Warner.
Power
is routed via redundant UPSs and generator backup systems for protection
against power failures. The constant climate is maintained by redundant
air-conditioning systems. All servers come with dual processors
or higher and at least 2GB RAM.
Our network infrastructure starts with several diverse OC48 SONET fiber
rings, providing the basic connectivity to eight different Internet access
carriers. Both data centers are state of the art. The bare essentials
are:
- A preaction dry-pipe sprinkler system with 580 smoke detectors and a VESDA contaminate system to create a full proof fire prevention system.
- 23 - 26 ton Data Aire down flow air conditioners designed to run in complete redundancy formaximum cooling.
- 6 500KVA Powerware UPS battery backup systems with 90 batteries each (540 total) for up to 80 minutes of UPS battery backup power.
- 2 Cummins backup generators: A 1.5Megawatt 16 cylinder diesel with a 2200 gallon diesel fuel tank, and a 1.0Megawatt 12 cylinder diesel with a 2000 gallon diesel fuel tank.
We
can operate for 15 days on generator power without a refuel. There
are 12 top-tier backbone connections together forming some of the best
network infrastructure in the industry. Our backbone border routers are
Juniper
M20's and our fully redundant switching layer comprises a certified six
pack design of Cisco™ 6500 series switches.
All customer access switches in the datacenter, and there are hundreds of them, are Cisco™ 2950 series switches designed for maximum performance and uptime availability. Our current backbone provider list running the BGP4 protocol is listed below. | 
