VSNL is India's largest Datacenter and ISP in terms of Bandwidth and subscriber base. Bandwidth Almost all of India's international bandwidth (totalling to over 1 GBps) comes through VSNL. All other about 120 ISPs and Datacenters currently peer with VSNL for their bandwidth. This makes VSNL the most suitable datacenter for hosting contwent in India since it allows the content to be closest to all users in India. Even access from other countries to servers in India is quite fast as compared to other ISPs in India. All in all VSNL offers the fastest hosting option for content in India. Power VSNL has structured diverse data cabling paths to all server racks, and all servers receive conditioned power and 24-hour individual monitoring. They are housed in the Vashi CIDCO Complex, which maintains enough redundant power to run a tiny city. Connectivity VSNL is well connected. It has fibre running to 46 different countries with a total bandwidth of 800 MBps. Redundant connections ensure that Internet connectivity is available at all times. Security To guard against line failure or intrusion, the data center is staffed 24 hours a day and monitored by a comprehensive security system incorporating biometric hand-scanning for strict access control. There is 24 hour video surveillance with as many as 8-10 cameras in a single room to monitor every activity. Cooling The data center includes 24-hour round-robin HVAC in an (n+1) architecture to maintain an optimal computer server environment. The temperature is maintained at all times. Networking Equipment All servers in the data center are placed on Cisco Enterprise switches running HSRP (hot failover) to ensure that information is transmitted to and from the server in the fastest way possible. Additionally, connecting the web server to a switch is significantly more secure than connecting it to a hub because packets are actively routed only across authorized channels. Most Indian companies until now were hosting their content with datacenters in the US. Now with a local hosting option the same web site can be hosted in India to achieve almost 6 times faster speeds for local Customers.