Our Network

DNS and Gateway Services are operated by Point Clark Network's Distributed Network -- a combination of servers and clusters in different geographic locations.  The infrastructure was designed to be:

  • Secure
  • Reliable
  • Scalable
  • Fast
 

Network Diagram

Distributed Network - Status

The table below lists the status of all the systems in our infrastructure.  The infrastructure is designed to be robust.  In other words, if several of the systems are offline or busy, the other systems in the network will take over the extra workload.

System Data Center Last Status Change Current Issues
App1-DCDCJun 28, 2008 - 2:45 PM EST5EDTSystem is up
App1-DallasDallasAug 28, 2008 - 2:10 AM EST5EDTSystem is up
App1-LondonLondonAug 28, 2008 - 1:54 AM EST5EDTSystem is up
App1-TorontoTorontoAug 28, 2008 - 2:21 AM EST5EDTSystem is up
App2-DCDCAug 13, 2008 - 2:57 PM EST5EDTSystem is up
App2-DallasDallasAug 28, 2008 - 2:17 AM EST5EDTSystem is up
App2-HoustonHoustonAug 28, 2008 - 2:08 AM EST5EDTSystem is up
App2-TorontoTorontoAug 28, 2008 - 2:15 AM EST5EDTSystem is up
App3-DallasDallasAug 28, 2008 - 1:35 AM EST5EDTSystem is up
App3-HoustonHoustonAug 28, 2008 - 2:11 AM EST5EDTSystem is up
App3-TorontoTorontoAug 21, 2008 - 8:42 AM EST5EDTSystem is up
App4-DallasDallasAug 17, 2008 - 1:33 AM EST5EDTSystem is up
Db1-TorontoTorontoAug 28, 2008 - 2:15 AM EST5EDTSystem is up
Lvs1-TorontoTorontoAug 28, 2008 - 1:49 AM EST5EDTSystem is up
Lvs2-TorontoTorontoAug 20, 2008 - 11:23 PM EST5EDTSystem is up
Mail2-DallasDallasAug 28, 2008 - 2:18 AM EST5EDTSystem is up
Mail2-HoustonHoustonAug 10, 2008 - 4:05 AM EST5EDTSystem is up
App1-HoustonHoustonAug 28, 2008 - 2:24 AM EST5EDTHard disk - Unknown status
Swap memory - Unknown status
Mail1-DallasDallasAug 28, 2008 - 2:22 AM EST5EDTHard disk - Unknown status
System load - Unknown status
Swap memory - Unknown status

  • The application systems (App) run DNS, Mail Backup, System Monitoring, Antivirus, and Antispam.
  • The cluster systems (Lvs) perform clustering and load balancing for web applications.
  • The database/web systems (Db/Web) are clustered in the Toronto data center.
  • The test network system (Fw) provides a gateway to the development systems.