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-DCDCOct 18, 2008 - 11:10 PM EST5EDTSystem is up
App1-DallasDallasNov 30, 2008 - 3:01 PM EST5EDTSystem is up
App1-HoustonHoustonDec 1, 2008 - 12:33 PM EST5EDTSystem is up
App1-LondonLondonDec 1, 2008 - 12:05 AM EST5EDTSystem is up
App1-TorontoTorontoNov 30, 2008 - 7:48 PM EST5EDTSystem is up
App2-DCDCAug 13, 2008 - 2:57 PM EST5EDTSystem is up
App2-DallasDallasDec 1, 2008 - 6:30 AM EST5EDTSystem is up
App2-HoustonHoustonNov 30, 2008 - 7:38 PM EST5EDTSystem is up
App2-TorontoTorontoNov 30, 2008 - 10:32 AM EST5EDTSystem is up
App3-DallasDallasNov 27, 2008 - 4:30 PM EST5EDTSystem is up
App3-HoustonHoustonNov 29, 2008 - 11:23 PM EST5EDTSystem is up
App4-DallasDallasSep 14, 2008 - 6:55 PM EST5EDTSystem is up
Lvs1-TorontoTorontoNov 27, 2008 - 4:43 PM EST5EDTSystem is up
Lvs2-TorontoTorontoNov 3, 2008 - 1:02 AM EST5EDTSystem is up
Mail1-DallasDallasNov 30, 2008 - 9:12 AM EST5EDTSystem is up
Mail2-HoustonHoustonOct 30, 2008 - 9:20 AM EST5EDTSystem is up
Db1-TorontoTorontoDec 1, 2008 - 2:42 PM EST5EDTHard disk - Unknown status
System load - Unknown status
Swap memory - Unknown status
Mail2-DallasDallasDec 1, 2008 - 2:42 PM EST5EDTHard disk - 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.