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Tampa Bay, Central Florida, Greater Orlando...Why should you choose DSM's data center for your application hosting?

Check out these reasons and ask us about other reasons you should host your mission critical application, or disaster recovery site at DSM.

Elevation

• DSM’s elevation is approximately 164 feet above sea level.
• Most of Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties lie between 6-20 feet above sea level and are located within the Tampa Bay Coastal Flood Plain Region.

Proximity

• DSM is uniquely positioned to enhance your IT Department’s Productivity during Disaster Recovery Implementation, Support, Maintenance, and Testing. DSM is located within a distance that would not interfere with your IT Staff’s ability to travel due to personal risk exposure during a major event.
• Time to Recovery in a disaster event would also be greatly enhanced since personnel can reach the DSM facility very quickly.

Multi-Access Travel Routes

• DSM is located at the cross-roads of several major east-west/ north-south roadway arteries in Central Florida.
  • 1 mile from I-4, 15 miles from I-75, 5 miles from US-60, 7 miles from US-98, ½ mile from Polk Parkway, and DSM resides on US-92
  • Two major metropolitan airports (Tampa, Orlando) are within a 40 mile radius. Lakeland Airport is also 2 miles from DSM.

Inland Location

• DSM is located well outside the Coastland Hurricane/Storm Surge Flood Area and close to the highest elevation in Central Florida.
• DSM’s Data Center was built with solid reinforced concrete wall construction in accordance with the Florida Inland Hurricane Construction Code.
• DSM maintained 100% availability of power and network during the busy 2004 Hurricane season.

Power

• DSM is connected to a power feed supplied by Lakeland Electric, which provides power generation diversity from Tampa Electric and Florida Progress.
• Lakeland Electric is cross-connected to TECO and Orlando Utilities under the Florida Municipal Power Provider Act.
• The Lakeland Winston Peaking Station with 50MW capacity is located 2 miles to the east from the DSM Facility. The Peaking Station is also cross-connected to Progress Energy.
• DSM provides redundant UPS Power.
• DSM also provides 200KW and 400KW Backup Generators for the facility with 48 hours of fuel, and contracts with multiple refueling providers

Network Connectivity

• DSM is a carrier-neutral facility and is served by a number of Tier 1 network providers.
• DSM local network is comprised of multiple SONET connections from Level3, Brighthouse Business Networks, and Verizon, which are provided through in-ground facilities. DSM is served from a separate Central Office in Lakeland, which provides diversity to the Tampa Main Central Office. DSM is peered with Verizon’s highly-redundant SONET Infrastructure that supports Central Florida.
  

Terms & Conditions

• DSM provides very flexible and price-competitive terms & conditions customized to meet your evolving needs.

On-site Technical Assistance

• DSM personnel can provide technical or operational assistance on a scheduled or ad hoc basis.

IT Professional Services

• DSM offers a range of complimentary IT Professional Services in the areas of Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery, Security, Application and Network Systems Integration, and Managed Hosting Services that uniquely differentiates us from network-heritage provider alternatives.

Disaster Recovery Testing Time

• DSM offers the flexibility and cost advantage of unlimited scheduled DR test time that is ultimately the cornerstone of instituting a successful disaster recovery plan.