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Data Center Background |
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data center is a new,
state-of-the-art facility. It is
built on today's technology and
practices a philosophy of being
a security-focused operation.
This philosophy is exemplified
by an advanced Toshiba physical
security system as well as the
very best network and security
choices for customers.
Activities and services are
monitored by an experienced
technical staff 24x7 from the
Network Operations Center (NOC).
The facilities include 5,000
square feet of raised floor, a
1,200 square foot telco style
room, in addition to a network
operations monitoring center,
conference rooms, administrative
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Space |
- Raised Floor
Secure co-location in a 5,000
square foot room with 18"
raised floor. Wide aisles
provide convenience for the
installation and maintenance
for today's rack-mounted
servers.
- Cabinets
Chatsworth Products (CPI)
27" x 39" x 84" locking with
internal vertical cable
management and vented front
and back doors.
- Private Suites
Available upon request.
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Power |
- Eletrical Power
Electrical power from
Colorado's Xcel Energy is
delivered from dual feeds
from the Surrey Ridge
substation. The electric
service in the building is
connected to a parallel
redundant Powerware UPS,
which delivers conditioned
power to the data center via
a Starline Bussway system.
This system eliminates the
need for traditional power
distribution units (PDU's)
and enhances the reliability
of the system as well as
making "A" and "B" power
available to every computer
equipment cabinet.
- UPS
Dual Powerware 160KVA.
- Generator
Cummings 1000KW diesel
generator with 7-day fuel
reserve.
- Distribution
Starline Bussway provides
A/B power to all cabinets.
- ATS
1600 Amp Automatic Transfer
Switch.
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Access |
- Primary
Cable & Wireless Gigabit
Ethernet over multi-mode
fiber to their national
fiber network node located
in adjacent building. This
node has eight (8) OC-192
connections to the Cable &
Wireless network.
- Alternate
100 Mbps Ethernet over
single-mode fiber connection
to the Denver Internap PNAP
via XO's Metropolitan Area
Network.
- Available
ICG,Qwest and Level3. Qwest
and ICG currently provide
OC-3 connections to the
facility and additional
capacity is available from
both carriers.
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Security |
- Access
Controlled by card key
system issued by NOC
personnel staffed 24x7x365.
- Surveillance
Twenty-three (23) Toshiba
cameras, connected to a
Toshiba closed circuit
surveillance system, monitor
the data center. This
state-of-the-art system
provides NOC staff with the
ability to visually monitor
all doors to the data center
and all cabinets within the
data center. The system
detects any movement,
triggering one or more of
the cameras to capture a
digital image of the
movement, which is recorded
to a RAID based hard drive
system. The images are
archived periodically and
can be transferred to any
digital media on-demand.
- Data Center
Floor Access
Controlled by access card
and biometric scan.
- Visitors
Visitors must be granted
access by duly authorized
representatives of the data
center clients. A biometric
scan and surrender of the
visitor's driver's license
for a proxy card is required
for visitors to gain access
from the lobby to the
administrative area. Another
biometric scan and use of
the access card is required
to enter the raised floor
area.
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Differentiators |
- The physical
infrastructure utilizes an
$8.5 million investment by
Colo.Com, a previous tenant
of the building that went
out of business due to
over-investing and
over-building. This
investment in infrastructure
provides a reliable, high
performance data center for
customers to host their
mission-critical
applications.
- The focus is to operate
a high quality data
protection facility in
Inverness Business Park.
This translates to a simple,
powerful business plan with
positive cash flow and a
stable, profitable
environment for customers.
- The center is
carrier-neutral and will
enjoy Gig-E and fiber
accessibility to XO,
Internap, Cable & Wireless,
Qwest, MFS, ICG, AT&T and
Sprint.
- The center is a highly
stable, controlled raised
floor environment with an
uninterruptible power supply
and back-up generator, fire
suppression, HVAC, separate
cooling zones, humidity
control and security.
- Your equipment and
bandwidth are monitored 24
hours by 7 days a week by
our own engineers, with
enhanced monitoring services
a call away.
- Highly trained and
experienced staff is
available to assist you 24
hours a day, 7 days a week.
Their expertise is available
for professional services in
advanced network design and
logical security.
- Customer amenities such
as day cubicles with phone
and Internet access, meeting
rooms and equipment set-up
laboratories with available
flat screens, keyboards,
patch cords, tools, etc.
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Environmental |
- Cooling and
Humidity
Controlled by six (6) 30-ton
Data Aire air handling units
(AHUs) providing N+2
redundancy. The AHus are
completely redundant (N+2)
as only 3 of the AHU's are
needed to properly cool the
data center if it were fully
loaded with equipment.
- Operating
Environment
Set at 68°F (20°C) with 45%
humidity and a variation of
no more than 4°F of
temprature, or 4% in
humidity.
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Fire Detection and Fire
Suppression |
- Fire Detection
Multi-zone above and below
raised floor monitored
internally by the NOC and
externally by Honeywell. The
data center has sensors
installed both above and
below the raised floor to
detect gases that rise with
the airflow in the center as
well as heavy gases that
tend to settle under the
floor.
- Fire Suppression
Dry pipe pre-action system
that will not pressurize
until two (2) mointors are
triggered. The fire
suppression system is a
pre-action, dry pipe which
would discharge water only
from the appropriate
locations if the heat in the
data center increases enough
to trigger a fire sprinkler
head. The discharge of a
sprinkler would signal the
emergency power off switch
which would simultaneously
turn off the electrical
power to the entire data
center room.
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Operations Center |
- Staffing
24 x 7 x 365.
- Personnel
NOC personnel are
well trained with CCNA, CCNP,
CCSA, CCSE, MCSE and other
certifications.
- Monitor
The Network,
facilities, and customers
are monitored continuously
by best of breed monitoring
tools.
- Remote Hands
Available for
assisting customers.
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