What powers Players-Profile.com?

Players-Profile.com is located at CrystalTech Web Hosting, Inc., a leading hosting company founded in 1992 and based in Phoenix, Arizona.

CrystalTech's infrastructure has been created making use of the leading vendors in the industry, from high-quality redundant Internet connections to climate control systems to robotic tape backups, etc.

The CrystalTech Datacenter is located within CrystalTech's corporate office. CrystalTech's infrastructure is monitored and supported by CrystalTech network administrators 24 hours a day / 7 days a week. No outsourced or co-located facilities are used. By controlling our infrastructure, we can build and support it now and in the future.

CrystalTech attempts to eliminate all possibilities of downtime, and investing in UPS systems to eliminate power outages is one of them. CrystalTech uses the top of the line UPS systems from MGE Systems. The Comet series, specifically built for telecommunication companies, is used and protects the entire Network Operations Center from power spikes or outages. Battery backup is used only temporarily before the Diesel Generators resume the NOC with full running power. Every 6 months, CrystalTech does proactive maintenance on it's UPS systems, to insure batteries and other critical items are in good working order.

If power is ever lost, CrystalTech's UPS systems continue to run things as normal. UPS's are only used as a delay, for generators to start and warm up and then run a full load. CrystalTech has automatic transfer switches which means the moment power is lost, all systems automatically switch to alternate power. When the utility company returns normal power and CrystalTech sees that it is stable, CrystalTech will then manually move all systems back to the utility power. CrystalTech uses top of the line Detroit Diesel Generators which are tested on a monthly basis. CrystalTech can withstand 5 days straight without power from the utility companies. During this time, refills to the gas reserves are done periodically while the generator is in operation.

CrystalTech's network is built upon a 22 GIGABIT backbone. CrystalTech breaks its network into segments to eliminate data saturation and interfaces with core Switches and Routers via Fiber Optics. Shown left, is one segment that operates independently. By creating segments, we can drastically reduce any delays from server to server operations, for example a website hitting a SQL server resides on the same segment. CrystalTech uses only Cisco equipment for all switching and routing on its network.

In addition to following city ordinances for fire life and safety systems, CrystalTech has gone above and beyond by adding a type of halon system in it's Network Operations Center. These systems are impressive in that it can eliminate a fire without damaging any equipment that was in the surrounding area. A water only system will damage all systems within a 6 foot radius.

CrystalTech not only takes steps to protect it's data from potential Internet Fraud, but also takes internal security measures as well. All CrystalTech employees are provided badges to enter every area within the CrystalTech corporate office. Only network administrators have access into the Network Operations Center and an added level of security has been implemented. A random number generated keypad has been added which eliminates the possibility of someone piggybacking and following a pattern. Each time a network admin needs to access the room, the PIN remains the same, but the numbers are in different locations.

The speed of which your site displays lies most importantly on the Internet Connections of your provider. CrystalTech follows the same methodology providing the highest level of service by using only Tier 1 providers covering 95% of the Internet. By covering such a significant amount of the Internet, you and your customers in 95% of the places you log in will not cross other networks to reach your site. If you use AT&T, you will stay on the AT&T network to your site, eliminating the largest bottleneck"Cross Connects". CrystalTech uses AT&T, UUNET, Cable and Wireless, Level 3 and more. CrystalTech uses OC3 circuits to its vendors and also takes it one step further by using Satellite connections for additional redundancy. If any one of CrystalTech's circuits was cut or disabled, all other circuits would continue normal operations.