Platform Infrastructure

Cloud Computing

OrgSync leverages the power of cloud computing to deliver a highly scalable, extremely fault-tolerant solution. Our entire infrastructure runs within the "cloud" of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform. In essence, our software is able to dynamically react to load. As traffic increases, new application servers automatically boot, build themselves, and begin accepting new traffic.

Our servers run on the linux operating system (CentOS) and our infrastructure is resistant to fault because it contains "no single point of failure." This means that any crucial part of the system (load balancer, web servers, database server) can easily be swapped out if it goes down for any reason. This extremely robust hosting platform allows for an unprecedented level of control over our infrastructure from a systems administration perspective.

Database

Our database is constantly backed up to a secondary server, which is itself backed up every ten minutes to Amazon’s infinitely expandable Simple Storage Solution (S3). The primary database is backed up once per day. If the primary database server becomes temporarily disabled for any reason, we can promote our secondary server to begin accepting connections within 10 minutes of discovery of the problem. We also have the ability to reconstruct a new primary database server from scratch with our backups within half an hour. All of these factors represent an extremely comprehensive data retention system.

Software

OrgSync has been completely developed and maintained by our in-house development team. The application software is written entirely in Ruby on Rails, which is a fairly new and innovative web framework ideal for creating interactive and flexible web applications. Ruby on Rails also enables us to add new feature additions quickly and conduct maintenance with ease. Our web servers use Apache and nGinx, which which allow us to deliver blazing fast websites with little overhead. We also favor agile development methods that involve our clients in the process and allow us to quickly adapt to the ever-changing technological landscape.

Security

All OrgSync server certificates are signed by a recognized Certificate Authority (DigiCert) and use 256-bit SSL encryption for all communication behind the login wall. All communication amongst the database, application, and authentication servers is also conducted via secure connections.