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The First-Class Choice for Colocation Service

Major Power Outage. Data Center Fire. Computer Room Floods. Suddenly, your organization loses its biggest communication tool--all web presence is off-line for an extended period. What do you do?

If you have Merit Network's Web Contingency Service, you simply call the Network Operations Center. With a minor routing change, web visitors will be re-directed to a Merit-hosted contingency web presence for your organization. For as long as you need it.

Access to your machines is never a problem. Keycard access to the colocation site is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Hands-on service from an IT professional is also available, and if you need to power-cycle a machine, you can do so remotely from your location.

Two Protection Options

Basic Web Contingency Service
  • Web server hosted by Merit and connected via fiber to redundant hardened backbone sites.

  • 1 Gigabyte of storage and full access to upload and maintain files.

  • Access via a simple web interface.

Colocation Web Contingency Service
  • Ideal option for organizations that prefer a more complete replica of their current site, located in a secure, backup location.

  • Merit Member colocates a dedicated server.

  • Total management control over the server, applications and content.

For Members that are directly connected to Merit's backbone network, a MeritDiverse Connection provides an organization with a redundant, back-up route and network routing.

Merit Web Contingency Services Document

Merit Web Contingency Brochure is a PDF document. Merit Web Contingency Brochure
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  Last Updated: 8/6/12 09:20:17

Web Contingency Features

Feature Basic Colocation
Operating system support Limited Any OS
24/7 service availability Yes Yes
Web Site representation Limited Full
Allotted disk space 1 GB Determined by subscriber's server
Management control over the server, and applications No Yes
Management control over web content Yes Yes
E-mail support No Determined by subscriber
Subscription term 1 Year / Renewable 1 Year / Renewable


*Members must subscribe to the service on an annual basis and be subscribed prior to any emergency activation.

** Waived for Members.

Technical Requirements

Description Basic Colocation
DNS Primary & Secondary Separate subnet Separate subnet
Interface N/A (2) 10/100 ethernet
Hardware Furnished by Merit Subscriber
Operating System FreeBSD 6.X

Apache 2.2 with support for SSL and Server Side Includes (SSI)
Determined by subscriber
Server Access Web Interface Web Interface



For more information or to request a quote, email or call 734-527-5785.







Ready for the Unexpected?



More applications and services rely on an organization's website than ever before, which means your organization needs to be ready for an unexpected power outage or disaster. Merit Web Contingency is the ideal choice for keeping your web visitors up to date.






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