Hosting Facility
No expense was spared in utilizing a safe, secure
environment that can protect equipment from whatever Mother Nature has in
store. The Vienna, VA facilities have the following protection systems in
place to ensure maximum operation regardless of the disruption.
Building Exterior |
Secure Facility Interior |
Shelf Racks |
Internet Router |
Rack Wiring |
Power
The premier power system makes outages obsolete, utilizing an AC-DC-AC
conversion process to eliminate surges, to meet the demands of both AC and
DC equipment, and to provide nonstop power. Its heart is the Automatic
Transfer Control Logic system (ATCL) that monitors power throughout the
system to draw only from the most reliable sources.
UPS modules |
DC Power Station |
Power Control Facility |
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Automatic Transfer Control Logic System |
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Transformer |
Diesel Generator |
Battery Backup System |
The power backups are utilized in the following order:
- Commercial utility underground conduits
- Two-hour battery backup (industry standard is only 15
minutes)
- Diesel generator with full-load capability and 18 hour
fuel supply
In addition, the system features:
- Parallel redundant UPS module
- Redundant primary 480V feeders
- Split switchboard with draw-out tie-breaker
- Redundant 500KVA K13 transformers
- 48V DC power plant with separate batteries and A+B bus for
redundancy
- Dual-fed secondary switchboard and critical load
distribution boards
- Maintenance bypass feeder with dedicated 500 KVA K13
transformer
- Dedicated 20 amp circuits with #10AWG (30 amp) wiring to
rack plug strips,
including dedicated neutrals feeding server racks
Security
We appreciate that both equipment and data security are vital to
our clients. With that in mind, comprehensive security systems
include visitation access lists, security cameras, and dedicated
Ethernet segments.
Network Operations Center
Seven days a week, 24 hours a day, security
personnel superintend the Operations Center lobby. A digital
surveillance camera monitors all sections of the Network Center
and all installed equipment.
Environment
The Operations Center maintains a constant temperature of 68¼F,
plus or minus 2¼F, with humidity at a constant of 45%. This
facility has 200 tons of total cooling capacity, more than
enough to maintain this temperature and humidity level.
Air Conditioning |
Air Conditioning |
Wiring Trays |
The Vienna, VA facility incorporates features to maximize
equipment performance. The floors consist of 6-inch concrete
slabs with natural anti-static properties balanced by embedded
carbon filaments, grounded by copper strips. Cables are trayed
above the racks and color-coded for simplified maintenance.
Fire
All client equipment is protected by two fire fighting
systems, a Fire Master 200 (FM 200) fire suppression system and
a pre-action dry pipe sprinkler system. The FM 200 utilizes
heptaflouropropane gas, the environmentally friendly answer to
Halon that is both sate and non-corrosive to electrical
equipment. This gas deploys after a 30 second countdown and
slows the fire by chemically preventing combustion.
Fire Control System |
Fire Protection Piping |
The dry-pipe system backs up the FM 200 by being connected to
a VESDA smoke detection system. Only a combination of 2
"events" (melting of sprinkler valve seal and the
FM200 having already released the gas) allows water to fill the
pipes and be sprayed only through the open sprinkler heads. In
most cases, the remaining facility stays fully operational.
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