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Peak Hosting fundamentally believes that a GUI of menu choices is not how to design an architecture that meets the needs of a business today and into the future. Far too many companies don’t know all of the latest hardware (i.e. 64 cores and 512+ GB of memory per server), architectures, virtualization options, and applications (Hadoop, NoSQL, etc) available today. It’s a full-time job to keep up on these developments and realize where they’re appropriate for your environment.

The most important part of any managed hosting solution starts before the first server is deployed. It is to eliminate scaling and redundancy problems by expertly designing each solution from the very beginning. Peak Hosting architects have consulted to build the largest web properties on the Internet. As a result, they will understand your existing infrastructure before they walk in the door. They will know well in advance where the limitations and scaling pain points are today, plus what the future holds for your hardware.

We realize that by devoting this time up-front to your application, we’re minimizing your costs, increasing your uptime, and eliminating distractions to your company with re-architectures and forklift upgrades. This service is included AT NO COST to all Peak Total OperationsSM customers as yet another example of our motto, “What’s the most I can do?”

Peak Hosting explores the following areas to consult with your operations and developers on:

  • Applications in use today, their appropriateness, alternative options, and scaling concerns
  • Operating System requirements: including patches, upgrades, packages, and customization
  • Database memory, CPU, and IOPS requirements, plus sharding options for scaling
  • Current server topology including: CPU, memory, and disk (including: speed, type, and RAID) audits at every tier
  • Network latency throughput, and topology considerations
  • Global and local load balancing needs
  • Security requirements around NAT, stateful Firewalling, IDS/IDP, and VPN
  • Redundancy audit for both hard drive RAID, application, system, and site redundancy
  • Virtualization options at each tier
  • Dedicated individual servers, private enterprise cloud, or hybrid approach
  • Custom monitoring, alerting, or performance trending analysis
  • Disk storage, scaling, volume, RAID, and performance requirements, including SAN, DAS, or NAS needs and solution options
  • Support escalation, troubleshooting, and expertise consultation
  • Business requirements RE: uptime, maintenance, DR, and BC