Vtesse Cirrus Brochure

Customised Data Centre SolutionsFor a bespoke solution to hosting your IT infrastructure opt for total commercial and technical flexibility.

© 2011 Vtesse Cirrus Services Ltd, John Tate Road, Foxholes Business Park, Hertford, Hertfordshire SG13 7DT. Registered in England no. 07473177.

Many commercial data centre facilities specify a standard environment which customers are expected to fit in with. But Vtesse’s customers’ needs vary, depending on their business requirement - even when using a commercial data centre they still want to define many of the features of their data centre space.

That’s why we’ve developed a way of building out customer space at our Hoddesdon data centre from scratch to your exacting specification extremely rapidly – typically in less than 12 weeks and flexibly. And because it’s tailored to your specification, you only pay for the specification you want, not what the data centre operator thought you needed. So if you require the power redundancy of a Tier IV facility, then you can have it but if you don’t need it, you don’t have to pay for it. It’s Vtesse’s way of delivering the best of both worlds, the customisation you get when you build your own private facility but the benefits of sharing some of the set up costs with other customers in our facility.

The flexibility we can offer includes multiple power and cooling resiliency options from N+1 to 2N; scalable power density, bespoke security features and a range of accommodation options from individual co-location racks to private customer suites starting at just 250 sq. ft.

Vtesse Cirrus’ in-house team has collectively over 100 years’ of experience in the data centre industry and has built over 150 private and commercial data centres in that time. Having designed and built so many data centres to different customer requirements, our team understands how to respond to your specific business need and find the best fit both technically and commercially.

An Experienced Team

Customise your Data Centre Space

Flexibility is at the heart of what we

do. We tailor to your specification

so you only pay for what you

need.

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A Proven SiteVtesse Cirrus’ Hoddesdon facility has been a data centre for over 20 years and in that time it has never suffered a major incident. When we checked the service log of the original Hoddesdon standby generator (since superseded) it had only 200 hours of usage in 20 years of service, and those were from testing – a testament to the reliability and performance of the local power infrastructure.

In 2010/11 Vtesse completely refurbished the Hoddesdon facility with new power and cooling infrastructure, including free air cooling and a 2N power infrastructure upgrade that means the site benefits from the latest innovations in power efficiency and environmental protection not found in older facilities. The result: industry leading PUE of 1.4 that means we can pass on lower electricity bills to you.

By locating your IT infrastructure at Hoddesdon, you’ll benefit from substantially lower real estate costs than found in Central London combined with high power density that supports IT cost reduction programmes such as server consolidation, blade server deployment or decreasing your data centre footprint.


Facility Summary Tier III+ single storey facility - 30,000 sq. ft. in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire.

Easily accessible - 10 minutes from the M25.

Within synchronous replication distance of Docklands/City.

Co-location racks, caged areas and dedicated customer suites available.

Power 2N diverse feeds from two different electricity sub-stations: 2 x 11kV, 5MVA.

N+1 or 2N options in suites - shared or dedicated plant.

N+1 or 2N Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS).

N+1 or 2N diesel generator supply.

2N concurrently maintainable power distribution and switching gear.

Refuelling contracts with two suppliers - 24 hour fuel storage on-site.

High density hosting: 5kW to 30kW per rack.

Metered billing at individual racks based on actual usage not “take or pay”.

Cooling Free air cooling delivering industry leading PUE of 1.4.

Minimum N+1 CRAC (Computer Room Air Conditioning)

2N CRAC available.

Fire Detection & Suppression Optional Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus (VESDA).

Fire detection and prevention is based on zoned optical and ionisation detectors with “double knock” activation fire suppression.

“Green” IG55 inert gas suppression system: no water or chemical agents used.

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Security Steel palisade perimeter fence and electric security gate.

24/7/365 on-site security.

Digital HD CCTV monitoring and recording employing motion detection.

Zoned access system with two-factor authentication to key areas.

Additional biometric access and CCTV available for customer suites.

Connectivity Carrier neutral: choice of communication providers.

Diverse fibre routes into building and diverse routes into London.

Dual diverse meet-me rooms.

On-site Facilities Free, secure parking for 70 cars.

Kitchen and rest area.

Flexible accommodation space: conference rooms, class rooms and office space.

Lockable storage cabinets and cages on-site for customer equipment.

On-site Services Managed systems are monitored both on-site and remotely by Vtesse’s 24/7/365 operations centre.

Remote hands services are available on-site 24/7/365.


High Density OptionsCustomers are increasingly looking to deploy high density IT equipment such as blade servers, drawing power up to 30kW per rack. Deploying high density equipment also offers customers the prospect of managing or reducing their data centre footprint and with it associated space and power costs. But power availability is becoming a problem in the UK with some facilities suffering from “more space than power”: customers are forced to rent additional space just to get the power they need. Our Hoddesdon facility has ample power available and can support high density hosting of up to 30kW per rack. Cooling is crucial to deploying high density solutions and our experts can design, build and manage the right cooling solution for you using the latest free air cooling that offers up to a 70% energy saving against conventional mechanical cooling. If required, we can also build in the latest hot aisle containment technology to maintain operating temperatures.

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Car5 minutes off A10, just off junction 25 of the M25. Easily accessible from Docklands or the City in less than an hour. Over 70 free, secure car parking spaces on site.

RailBroxbourne station 2 miles away. London Liverpool Street - 25 to 35 minutes. Services every 15 minutes.

How to find us

How to contact usTel: 0800 644 8044Email [email protected]

Get in touchTo find out more about our services please contact us on:

Tel: 0800 644 8044 | Email [email protected] | www.vtessecirrus.com


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