Cloudserve Infrastructure and Facilities
Cloudserve uses Tier 4 datacentre facilities to act as
points of presence "POPs" for our customer's cloud services,
thereby providing regional presence with the lowest possible
latency. Currently we are present in 4 datacentres in the UK and US
with full redundancy between sites using the latest virtualisation
technologies.
The Tier 4 carrier neutral datacentres that we utlise have the
minimum following specs:
Commercial Power
•Two separate power feeds provided.
•Power supplied from two separate substations. Four transformers at
3,750 KVA each.
•Four PDUs (power distribution units) each having primary and
backup.
•CPS (continuous power supply) that serves each data room
(N+1).
Generator
•Building can operate at 100% connected load on five HiTecs and
two standby generators.
•Six PowerWave 'state-of-the-art' UPS systems continuously
generating power for N+1 redundancy.
•The PowerWave system feeds redundant switchgear providing power to
mission critical loads.
•Two 2-megawatt standby generators serve facility essential loads.
N+1 capacity.
•One 2-megawatt stationary load bank, for bypass testing and duty
cycle maintenance.
DC Power System
•1600 AMP redundant DC battery system.
Diesel Fuel Supply
•20,000 gallons on-site. With the facility on the emergency fuel
list.
HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning)
•3,350 tons total refrigeration capacity with N+2 redundancy (5
chillers at 670 tons each).
•30-ton CRAC (Computer Room Air Conditioner) units inside our data
room.
•Five cooling towers
•Five chilled water pumps
•Five condenser water pumps
•Five chemical treatment stations
Fire Suppression
•Dry pipe, pre-action system enabled by activation of VESDA
(Very Early Smoke Detection Alarm) and / or smoke detectors.
Loss of air pressure in the pipes caused by a broken sprinkler head
will cause water to discharge only if smoke detection is
present.The system is monitored 24x7 by onsite personnel.