Craig
21-07-2003, 01:39 PM
21st July 2003 - UKDedicated LTD Expand Into New Datacentre
In line with continued growth and expansion, UKDedicated are pleased
to announce the provisioning of a new datacentre suite to further
enhance their wide range of solutions.
Global Switch is located at the heart of London's Docklands with prime
position to the LINX (London Internet Exchange) peering exchange and
Telehouse gateway locations. The building is physically located 30
seconds walk from Telehouse North and Telehouse East which house the
LINX.
The move of datacentre facility also sees the additional availability
of two additional gigabit ethernet links to Telehouse North and East,
providing unsurpassed connectivity directly to the core of the
Internet.
In order to provide an environment tailored to our customers needs,
UKDedicated will be performing a complete relocation of all equipment
from the existing datacentre, RedBus Meridian gate, to our new
facility near East India Docks, this is a physical move of less than
one mile.
Extensive time and care has been taken to carefully plan the whole
process in order that disruption to services is kept at an absolute
minimum. This has also provided us with an excellent opportunity to
further invest in and enhance our network to offer even greater
performance.
We have now opened a maintenance window for the above work to take place:
Movement of equipment is scheduled to begin after 0000hrs on Saturday
26th July 2003. Anticipated move-time is 4 hours, however each
individual customer should only experience up to approximately 60
minutes of interruption to service, not necessarily continuous.
Service should be considered at risk until 0600hrs Saturday 26th July.
Should there be any changes to the above details, we will inform all
customers at the earliest opportunity.
If customers have any questions regarding the above information,
please feel free to contact us via info@support.ukdedicated.com or
visit our Community Forums at http://www.communityforums.co.uk where
we will be opening discussion for additional information to be posted.
About GlobalSwitch
We're very please to provide extensive technical details regarding the
datacentre infrastructure.
- Total gross area of facility: 23,420m²/252,089ft²
- Raised floors with anti-static tiles and a minimum height of 600mm
to top of tile installed in fully fitted areas
- Mains power supplied via 2 x 11kv incomers to 4 x 11kv - 400v
transformers
- On-site diesel tanks(3 x 24,000 litres) support 50 hours at full
capacity with 8 hour, 24 x 7 fuel delivery callout contract in place
- Power is "green" from renewable sources
- Temperature in technical space maintained at 22 degrees centigrade
- Close control units (CCUs) provide conditioned air to technical space
- High Sensitivity Smoke Detection (HSSD) and alarm system
- Gas fire suppression system using Argonite
- Access to multiple telecommunications providers located in Global
Switch London 1 Meet Me Rooms (MMR's), via diverse dedicated
connections providing access to all the principle metropolitan and
international connectivity providers.
- Diverse cable entry points
- Multiple cable baskets to all data risers-fully access controlled
- Multiple connection points to each suite
- Premises Controllers manage security of the facility 24x7
- Access control using photo pass cards and proximity readers
- Intruder alarms to all areas with external infra-red barriers
- Multiple CCTV cameras (interior and exterior) with 14-day archiving
- Barrier controlled vehicle access and pedestrian turnstile
- Secure managed delivery and loading area
In line with continued growth and expansion, UKDedicated are pleased
to announce the provisioning of a new datacentre suite to further
enhance their wide range of solutions.
Global Switch is located at the heart of London's Docklands with prime
position to the LINX (London Internet Exchange) peering exchange and
Telehouse gateway locations. The building is physically located 30
seconds walk from Telehouse North and Telehouse East which house the
LINX.
The move of datacentre facility also sees the additional availability
of two additional gigabit ethernet links to Telehouse North and East,
providing unsurpassed connectivity directly to the core of the
Internet.
In order to provide an environment tailored to our customers needs,
UKDedicated will be performing a complete relocation of all equipment
from the existing datacentre, RedBus Meridian gate, to our new
facility near East India Docks, this is a physical move of less than
one mile.
Extensive time and care has been taken to carefully plan the whole
process in order that disruption to services is kept at an absolute
minimum. This has also provided us with an excellent opportunity to
further invest in and enhance our network to offer even greater
performance.
We have now opened a maintenance window for the above work to take place:
Movement of equipment is scheduled to begin after 0000hrs on Saturday
26th July 2003. Anticipated move-time is 4 hours, however each
individual customer should only experience up to approximately 60
minutes of interruption to service, not necessarily continuous.
Service should be considered at risk until 0600hrs Saturday 26th July.
Should there be any changes to the above details, we will inform all
customers at the earliest opportunity.
If customers have any questions regarding the above information,
please feel free to contact us via info@support.ukdedicated.com or
visit our Community Forums at http://www.communityforums.co.uk where
we will be opening discussion for additional information to be posted.
About GlobalSwitch
We're very please to provide extensive technical details regarding the
datacentre infrastructure.
- Total gross area of facility: 23,420m²/252,089ft²
- Raised floors with anti-static tiles and a minimum height of 600mm
to top of tile installed in fully fitted areas
- Mains power supplied via 2 x 11kv incomers to 4 x 11kv - 400v
transformers
- On-site diesel tanks(3 x 24,000 litres) support 50 hours at full
capacity with 8 hour, 24 x 7 fuel delivery callout contract in place
- Power is "green" from renewable sources
- Temperature in technical space maintained at 22 degrees centigrade
- Close control units (CCUs) provide conditioned air to technical space
- High Sensitivity Smoke Detection (HSSD) and alarm system
- Gas fire suppression system using Argonite
- Access to multiple telecommunications providers located in Global
Switch London 1 Meet Me Rooms (MMR's), via diverse dedicated
connections providing access to all the principle metropolitan and
international connectivity providers.
- Diverse cable entry points
- Multiple cable baskets to all data risers-fully access controlled
- Multiple connection points to each suite
- Premises Controllers manage security of the facility 24x7
- Access control using photo pass cards and proximity readers
- Intruder alarms to all areas with external infra-red barriers
- Multiple CCTV cameras (interior and exterior) with 14-day archiving
- Barrier controlled vehicle access and pedestrian turnstile
- Secure managed delivery and loading area