NAP Of the Americas! Coming SOON!

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Yash

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Dated: September 14, 2005

I am sure most of you have heard of the NAP, one of the worlds largest and most finest datacenters. They have world-class colocation facilities and connectivity.

The NAP is a few blocks away from our current datacenter. We plan to relocate our servers to this new facilitity towards the end of this month (2 weeks from now). The exact move window would be announced soon, but this is just an announcement to let customers know about this upcoming relocation.

To begin with, I'd like to reassure everyone that this move is for the benefit of our customers. During a brief 1 hour maintenance wndow, (early morning, 4 am) our servers would be plugged out from the old datacenter, moved to the new datacenter, plugged in and put online. The move involves no change in server configuration or IP addresses, simply a rack A to rack B physical move. I want to make it VERY clear that apart from the brief disconnection time, there will be no other downtime

The move is being done to offer better connectivity to our clients around the world, as well as ensuring our servers are in a world-class facility protected from the worst of any natural disasters.
 
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While our current datacenter is fully capable of handling the worst hurricanes, the NAP is even better. We have been asked the question frequently and we understand that the recent disaster in New Orleans has raised alot of questions about "what if" a similar hurricane heads straight for Miami in the future.

Nap of the Americas is one of the most impressive datacenters in the world. With 750,000 sqft of datacenter space, it has everything necessary to withstand the worst hurricanes possible. No windows, 12 million pounds of concrete and steel ballast on the roof alone, a record 100,000 square foot PSI beam and concrete slab was poured as its foundation, is located outside the 100 year flood zone and, of course, is able to withstand a Category 5 Hurricane.

In case of massive power outages, there are 6 massive generators in the upper corners of the building with almost 200,000 gallons of diesel fuel storage! The roof slope is designed to aid in drainage of floodwater in excess of 100-year storm intensity assisted by 18 rooftop drains.

All equipment is located on the 2nd floor and up which is 32 feet above sea level (ground floor is already 14 feet above sea level). Also don't forget Miami's college football team is called the Hurricanes. We are, unfortunately, used to them and the region has been built to withstand them. We don't have the same levee structure as new orleans and we've been through category 5 storms before.
 
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