TC4 - Manchester and Leeds Data Centre
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Physical Features
- Building size – 89,400 sq ft
- Data centre – 37,000 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
- UPS units spread across 2 locations for resilience
- Diesel back-up generators in N+1 configuration
- 72 hours of fuel stored on site for generators
- Emergency provisions in place for extra fuel.
Environment
- Minimum N+1 redundancy on the cooling system
- Temperature in data centre space maintained at (22ºC +/- 2ºC)
- Humidity maintained at 50% (+/- 10%)
- Analogue addressable fire detection system in all areas (conforms to BS 6266)
- Early warning VESDA system installed in the data centre
- Dry pipe, double knock sprinkler system controlled by pre-action valves 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 systems
- Secure managed loading bay
- Intruder and door alarms with external infra-red detectors.
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