Squadwerks was launched in early 2004 to fill a basic need. At the time, the online gaming group we founded in 1999, Sturmgrenadier, had just gone through the latest round of getting kicked off a host because the group's forum had used up too many resouces. A spike in popularity brought about by a USA Today article mentioning our group by name put a huge demand on our host at the time, so they promptly dropped us. We decided it was time to take matters into our own hands, so we launched Squadwerks Online Gaming Services. Initially, we offered services that ran the gammut; hosting, web design, Teamspeak servers, gaming servers, and custom services. Through the years though, we've gradually ratcheted all the extras down to the core business of providing you with reliable and stable website hosting with a personal touch. If you're a small to medium sized business, a gaming group looking for a home, or just an individual who wants to carve out a spot on the world wide web, Squadwerks continues to be your reliable choice.

Your hosts,
Britt and Scott

• Where do websites live?
• Our servers reside in the world reknowned One Wilshire Building, in Los Angeles, California where they have multiple gigabit connections to our upstream providers to ensure rock solid network stability and capacity. But in a more general sense, your hosting account is located on a server. A server is in many ways similar to the desktop pc you are sitting at. However, it is designed to operate continually. More than likely your desktop is using a version of windows or Apple's OS. Our servers, however do not use the Windows operating system, instead, for increased stability and security we use Linux. The server is then placed in one of the cabinets shown, providing it a direct connection to the internet.
  
  



• Environmental Considerations
• As servers run continuously, they generate a lot of heat. Just think of how hot your desktop or notebook gets after a couple of hours! In order to prevent this heat from damaging the components of the server, the whole building need to be kept at a very low temperature. Hence these massive air-conditioning units.
  
  



• Hungry for Power
• Obviously most (if not all) data centers run off utility power, due to the high usage of power 24/7 they usually have a direct dedicated cable to the local transformer. However, as we all know, utility power is not fail safe, it tends to fail every now and again for one reason or another. It is for this reason that a data center needs a backup plan. Our data center has numerous backup diesel generators which can be used to power the facility should the normal utility power fail. However, it takes time to get a generator running so for this reason they also have Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) which kicks in automatically should utility power go down. UPS, is in simple terms, just a battery that's capable of keeping the facility running for a limited period of time.
  
  



• Keeping the Sites Safe
• Within the Data Center environment, security must be taken seriously. This involves both Physical and Network security. The data center is a secure area, requiring authorized access by fingerprint recognition, there is also 24/7 onsite security personal and a hi-tech security monitoring systems.
  
  



• Fire Safety
• Due to the nature of a Data Center (high heat generation, UPS, generators, large density of electrical components) there is always a danger of a fire. Having a fire occur in a datacenter is simply unacceptable for obvious reasons; our data center has invested a huge sum of money into making sure your site, and the server it's residing on, are safe.