TC3 – Woking Technology Centre

Physical Features

• Building size – 200,000 sq ft
• Data centre – 24,219 sq ft
• 24/7 SunGard Control Centre providing on-site 24/7 technical staff.

Power

• Two separate mains feeds from the utility provider
• Minimum N+1 redundancy of power to the data centre
• Diverse A and B supplies to every cabinet
• 8 UPS units spread across
• 2 locations for resilience
• 5 diesel generators (4 are required to run the data centre at full load)
• 72 hours of fuel stored on site for generators
• Emergency provisions in place for extra fuel.

Environment

• Minimum N+1 redundancy on chilled water cooling system
• Temperature in data centre space maintained at (22ºC +/- 2ºC)
• Humidity maintained at 50% (+/- 10%)
• A & B diverse chilled water supply with automatic switchover
• Analogue addressable fire detection system in all areas
• Early warning VESDA system installed in all plant and data centre areas
• Gas protection in the data centre.

Communications

• Access to multiple communications providers delivered from SunGard managed racks
• Multiple access building entry points for diverse routing of communications
• Tri-angulated connectivity to multiple SunGard data centres giving greater diversity and resilience of communications providers.

Physical Security

• 24/7 Security guards
• External and internal CCTV cameras digital recording to disk
• Proximity access control system
• Secure managed loading bay
• Intruder and door alarms with external infra-red detectors
• UK Government SEAP 3 level high security fence surrounds the site
• Vehicle entrance to the site is controlled by an electronic sliding security gate supported by anti-ram barriers.