Entrance Room to M9
RUVDS offers its customers virtual servers located in a data center on the basis of a major communication node MMTS-9 (M9) at the following address: Moscow, Butlerova Street, 7.
MMTS-9 - MSK-IX (M9-IX, Moscow Internet Exchange) is the largest point of Internet traffic exchange (IX) in Russia, which is situated in Moscow. It's also the sixth largest IX in the world. RUCLOUD data center is connected to the magistral node at the M-9 via a direct channel of 10 Gbps. Thus high speed of traffic exchange between virtual servers located in different data centers is guaranteed to our customers.
Data Center Elevator Hall
The M-9 building is equipped with the latest interrupted energy supply systems, climate control, gaseous fire suppression, monitoring and video surveillance systems.
The overall area of the data center exceeds 40,000 square metres. The M-9 is not linked to any particular provider. It is a so-called telehouse.
Customers’ Containment Areas
The overall area of hardware rooms exceeds 7,000 square meters.
The M-9 is one of Moscow largest neutral platforms with highly sophisticated equipment. The data center keeps modernizing its platform in order to improve the quality of the services provided.
MMTS-9 Customers’ Racks
Their total number at the data center exceeds 1,500.
M9’s modern infrastructure sets up all the necessary conditions for the providers’ server hardware to function efficiently. This allows the providers to ensure high quality service for their customers.
Automatic Energy Supply
The M-9 building is equipped in accordance with the latest engineering requirements. The data centers energy system comprises 5 power supply stations and diesel generators with the output of 15,3 MW.
The data center’s power supply system complies with Category 1 reliability standards. Category 1 is ensured through two and three-ray backup power supply.
Rows of Circuit-Breakers
Almost all of the hardware rooms contain PSs 48/60 electricity equipment with accumulator batteries which ensure fault-free autonomous server operation for up to 1 hour. Uninterrupted service is secured through UPS or DC power units.
Schneider Electric Cooling System Control
The M9’s cooling system capacity is 11,2 MW.
The system uses ring backup circuit. Every hardware room is equipped with air temperature continuous monitoring system, as well as with tools to measure temperature and humidity levels in the rooms and in the customers’ racks.
Chillers UNIFLAIR
The data center is equipped with GEOCLIMA water cooled chillers, dry cooling towers, central conditioners, and HIREF, HIRROSS, ALCO, APC, UNIFLAIR precision air conditioners. Central conditioners have 2,3 MW power, while the rest of the load is provided through cabinet-type air conditioners.
Customers’ Containment Area
Access to customers’ containment area is only possible through HID proximity cards. Access terminals are located in all of the areas containing important equipment, in corridors containing servers, in service rooms, and in the entrance areas to the data center.
Fire Suppression System
All of the technical areas of the M9 are equipped with automatic gaseous fire suppression system of central or modular units. The data center has two types of gaseous fire suppression installed: central and local (for each zone). The local system is based on fire suppression agents Halon (Freon) and 3M Novec. The entire data center is equipped with a fire alarm system and a smoke ventilation system.
Video Surveillance System
The system is made up of Trassir cameras and motion detectors with digital recording. The footage is stored for up to 60 days.
Video surveillance system covers all the outer and inner elements of the data center. The control center has a 24/7 monitoring system, which controls all the data center’s security systems.
Data Leak Prevention System
The intrusion protection alarm system counts more than 100 devices and more than 50 access control terminals.
Equinix LD8 Data Center Building
Equinix LD8 is one of the key Internet traffic exchange points (IX) in Europe (LINX, London Internet Exchange), which has over 690 members in 68 countries around the world. The data center is part of a single network with major exchange points in Amsterdam (AMS-IX), the Netherlands (NL-IX), and Frankfurt (DE-CIX). The LD8 data center is situated close to one of the world's most important financial centers and provides unprecedented access to more than 30 European markets and 80 stock markets.
Shared Cage
Equinix is operating the world's largest data center network which provides services to customers from all over the world in its 175 data centers located on 5 continents. Equinix LD8, located in Europe’s financial center, was known as the Telecity Harbour Exchange (HEX) till 2016. It is situated at the following address: UK, London, 6/7/8/9 Harbour Exchange Square (15 minutes away from the airport and 25 minutes away from the City of London).
Equinix LD8 fully complies with the TIER III reliability category (99.98%). Power and cooling is provided using the N+1 redundancy system, while the center’s geographical location allows for a broad spectrum of communication providers with each reserving its own channels. TIER III category containment area at Equinix LD8 is RUVDS’ third platform and the company’s second beyond Russia. It was launched with the support of Huawei.
Equinix LD8 has obtained a PCI-DSS certificate which is required for the installation of payment systems, as well as the certificates OHSAS 18001, ISO 14001, ISO 27001, ISO 9001, ISO 50001, which testify the data center’s staff management efficiency and responsible performance.
Private Cage
Each Equinix data center uses multiple security tools, as well as control, monitoring and object access provision methods and procedures.
Entrance to Equinix LD8 is provided only to those in possession of an ID with a photo. The reception issues a card provided that an access ticket has been ordered beforehand. Then using the card you pass through the first turnstile and get to the elevator.
You go up, and then use the card and your personal code to enter into the so-called man trap. The door closes behind you. The man trap contains a retina scanner. If the user is registered in the system, than another door opens and you pass.
You pass through the man trap, and now you are facing a steel door. You need to use the card once again to access the Private Cage. Here we find a steel cage along the perimeter, but to enter the cage through the door you need to type in the personal code (not the one previously used). You place our hands on the hard-print scanner, pass the card through the reader and only then do you enter our own cage. If you fail to enter the right code three times or your hand print is not recognized three times in a row, than the system blocks the user for 30 minutes. Thus strangers can access under no circumstances.
The LD8 makes use of the most reliable heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems. 40kVA (A+B) is allocated for every rack and there are 9 racks in total.
VDS/VPS prices in London traditionally do not differ from other virtual servers prices at other available RUVDS data centers. This gives our customers an opportunity to choose the best location for a VS in the data center which fits them the most.
Battery Room
LD8 data center is equipped with UPS and redundancy systems with N+1. If there is a power outage, than UPS batteries are activated within 8 seconds. Diesel generators are installed outside. They are tested twice a month at full load.
Data Center Advantages
The Ostankino data center is located in its own capital building located on an area of 10,000 square meters.
RUVDS has chosen this data center because of its guaranteed SLA of 99,982 and higher levels of fault tolerance. The data center is constructed to withstand serious incidents related to changing environment in the data center’s server rooms.
Physical security at the level of a strategic government facility is ensured by the National Guard of the Russian Federation (Rosgvardiya) and Ostankino’s own security service. The Rosgvardiya units at the entrance are armed and have the right to search incoming persons and vehicles.
The Ostankino data center has a total of 4 server rooms for 700 racks. The data center is monitored 24/7 and tech support is also available 24/7.
The data center’s address: 1-ya Ostankinskaya St., 1/1, Moscow
Engineers on duty monitor the system 24/7
The data center is equipped with an automated monitoring system can quickly identify and resolve any problem. Among other things, the system monitors the temperature and humidity in the room.
Engineers on duty make daily rounds of the rooms and make repairs and replace equipment on the fly in case of malfunctions.
- More than 1,500 control points
- Operators work around the clock
- Regulatory works are carried out in accordance with the annual schedule
Server rooms
All server rooms of the Ostankino data center are designed to accommodate up to 170 racks with a total capacity of 1 MW.
These are pressurized, sealed rooms that protect the equipment from dust.
Server rooms have cabinets with 45U in height and with the following dimensions: 600 х 1200 and 600 х 1070.
All server cabinets are equipped with two PDUs with C13 and C19 outlets. To maintain specified temperature parameters, "cold" and "hot" aisles separating air flows are arranged. Rack frames for standard and non-standard customer racks are installed.
- Average power supply of 6 kW per rack
- Rack power supply via two independent inputs
- Split tray systems for FOCL and SCS
Reliably protected against fires
The Vesda Laser Line very early smoke detection system reliably protects the facility against fires.
The data center is equipped with a gas extinguishing system with safe Novec gas suppression agent and always keeps a double supply of it. Smoke and gas evacuation systems are also in operation. In case of fire, the fire will be extinguished without disconnecting the power supply to the equipment.
The security of the data center is also monitored by Fire Department №93.
Uninterrupted power supply
Power supply to Ostankino belongs to the first category of reliability.
Power supply has N+1 redundancy scheme. In case of failure, switching is carried out automatically. Power comes from four independent city substations, but there is a direct connection to CHPP № 21.
The data center power supply components have N+N redundancy scheme.
The server rooms have two busbar systems connected to 1 MW uninterruptible power supplies.
- System of automatic switching between inputs
- Two IEC309 three-phase inputs to each rack with 16/32A circuit breakers
- Two PDUs with C13/C19 outlets
- The racks are grounded in accordance with Electric Equipment Installation Rules and GOST R 50571-4-44-2011 "Safety requirements. Protection against voltage fluctuations and electromagnetic interference."
- Round-the-clock monitoring of power quality parameters in the server rooms
Powerful cooling system
The data center has four powerful free-cooling chillers with a total cooling capacity of 4.5 MW.
The cooled air is supplied to the racks through the raised floor space.
The temperature and humidity in the server rooms is maintained by six precision air conditioners (CCUs).
In case of failure of any element of the cooling system, there is a replacement at the site thanks to N+1 redundancy scheme.
- Temperature in the rooms at 18-27 °C, humidity level at 30-70%
- Height of the raised floor:1.2 meters
- Cold and hot aisles are arranged
- Two independent circuits of pumps and piping
- Supply ventilation and overpressure maintenance system in the server rooms
- Compliance with ASHRAE-2011 TC 9.9 recommendations
Securely guarded by Rosgvardiya and under round-the-clock video surveillance
The Ostankino data center has:
- Two lines of security
- The outer perimeter and entrance area are guarded by a special battalion of Rosgvardiya and equipped with intrusion detection systems
- Internal PSC posts are located in front of the entrance to the adjacent area and to the data center building
- Access control and management systems in every room
- Multifactor authorization for clients
- Full PCI DSS certification readiness
- 24/7 video surveillance
- Video recordings are stored for at least 30 days
Telecommunications
The Ostankino data center has reliable high-speed connection to the entire world.
The laying of connection lines of any type in the Ostankino is carried out by two independent systems of cable trays. There are two independent inputs from the city telephone duct.
- 45U 800 х 1200 racks
- Copper and optic cabling
- Connecting lines to any point in the Ostankino TV Center