Over the Wire – 24 Little Edward

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Background:
Over the Wire’s Little Edward St data centre is located in the CBD and connected to Over the Wire’s Brisbane fibre ring. The facility is configured in two separate suites: BNE1-1 and BNE1-2, both of which are completely non-reliant on the buildings infrastructure, allowing it to run independently of the building in all regards.
Power Generation:
– 320Amps per phase with capacity for upgrades if required
– Dedicated transformer to 24 Little Edward Street
– Average power capacity of 3.6KW per rack, however higher density power requirements can be accommodated
– Power reticulation redundancy is configurable to either n+1 single supply or A+B redundancy
Backup Power Generation
– 280KvA of UPS capacity
– 1 x Diesel Generator with 24 hours of fuel capacity
– 4 hour guarantee for additional fuel delivery
Security:
– Access to the data centre is monitored with CCTV
– The facility is securely located three storeys above street level
– A swipe-in smartcard system is used to log all entries
Cooling:
– To avoid hot-spots often found in below floor air conditioning environments the BNE1-1 Suite uses Triple DX (refrigerant [non-water] based) air conditioning units, sized to handle 20Amps per rack across the entire facility with open-air dispersion
– The BNE1-2 suite utilises an APC Hot Aisle Containment system with Quad APC In-row DC cooling units
– Both suites have air redundancy which is configured in a n+1 format
– Air temperature is set at 22 degrees with a variation of no more than 2 degrees
Fire Dectection
– BNE1-1 utilises a non-aspirating smoke system
– BNE1-2 utilises a VESDA smoke detection system
Connectivity:
– The data centre is connected to Over the Wire’s Brisbane fibre ring and has multiple 10Gbps redundant links coming into the site.
– In addition to Over the Wire’s own services Telstra Optus and Pipe Networks are also available. Additional carriers can be brought online at the clients request.