by Michael Robinson | May 22, 2010 | Facilities, General
We have thirteen industrial-grade air-cooling units, each with their own independent Lycol feeds providing 300 tons of cooling and moisture control. Due to our facilities 40 foot ceilings, only five of these units, running at no more than 50 percent capacity, are...
by Michael Robinson | May 21, 2010 | Facilities, General
We have lined our walls with Thermolite , an insulator commonly found in very large refrigerated warehouses. Thermolite has an insulation value of R84 and it provides thermal insulation equivalent of 84 sheets of glass, keeping our Data Center at a stable 68 degrees...
by Michael Robinson | May 20, 2010 | Facilities, General
Metasys Building Management systems, manufactured by Johnson controls, are used for monitoring of power and HVAC. We have our own AC Power plant with battery and generator backup, providing a N+1 Redundancy across all systems.
by Michael Robinson | May 19, 2010 | Facilities, General
Our data center has exceptionally high ceilings that allow us to use special 47U Server Rack Enclosures that accommodate 20 2U rack-mountable servers per cabinet .
by Michael Robinson | May 18, 2010 | Facilities, General
Our facility sits at the intersection of two separate metropolitan power grids each supplying 13,800 volt service, drawn from two distinct cities, Boston and Cambridge. This attribute allows our data center to exceed 120 watts per square foot, and this facility has...
by Michael Robinson | May 16, 2010 | Facilities, General
The Datacenter offers two forms of uninterruptible power supplies, local and centralized. While the majority of customer servers utilize the centralized UPS system, optional localized units are available for other applications. The UPS provides up to 30 minutes of...