RU VDS DATA CENTERS

Guaranteed uninterrupted power supply system is based on the classical scheme. Two substations provide the data center with electricity using two independent lines. The facility has UPS and DDG systems installed (N+1 redundancy scheme).

Every physical server is connected to an uninterrupted power supply unit. Should these components fail, the diesel generator will start, providing the data center with electricity until the problem with the substation is resolved.

Containment area is an isolated room with a dual-loop cooling system and a dedicated gaseous fire suppression system. A containment area has two rows of 10 open racks.

Organizing our space into independent containment areas allowed us to significantly cut spending on gaseous fire suppression system while maintaining a high level of security. It takes only one cylinder to extinguish fire in a room.

All containment areas and service rooms are under video surveillance. There are also video surveillance systems installed throughout all access perimeters.

There are four layers of security for access control. The first is a closed area, kept under 24/7 surveillance by the Interior Ministry of Russia and restricted access area where RuVDS data center is located. The second is a restricted access area of RuVDS data center under the surveillance of a private security company. The third is inside the data center. The fourth is provides for restricted access to each containment area via a keycard.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The intrusion protection alarm system counts more than 100 devices and more than 50 access control terminals.

Interxion ZUR1 data center is located in Switzerland’s financial capital, just 5 minutes away from the airport and 10 minutes away from the center of Zurich. ZUR1 is ISO 27001 and ISO 22301 certified and has 99.999% uptime SLA, which is higher than that of TIER 4. ZUR1 data center has direct access to the SwissIX Internet Exchange Point (IEP) in Switzerland and to the NL-IX in Europe.

Interxion is a leading provider of colocation data center services across Europe. The company’s data centers operate 50 reliable data centers in 13 cities. Its clients include Nasdaq and a multitude of public companies. Interxion completed its IPO on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol “INXN” in 2011.

RUVDS launched its own containment area with the support of Huawei at the Interxion data center in Zurich. As a rule, VDS/VPS prices in Zurich do not differ from virtual server prices in other RUVDS data centers in London and Moscow. All RUVDS customers can choose a virtual server in the data center that is best fit for their purposes and pay the same low price for it.

ZUR1 data center is distinguished by a high degree of network connectivity due to its direct access to SwissIX IEP and its proximity to international financial centers in Europe. It ensures high-speed access to resources and can reach 80 percent of Europe in 30ms round trip (round-trip delay).

ZUR1 is a specially constructed and highly reliable data center in the center of Zurich with its own conference halls and offices. It is one of many modern Interxion data centers located in key cities across Europe, which offer a full spectrum of premium class services.

The data center is based on 2N redundancy scheme and N+1 design (cooling) with highest fault tolerance of 99,999% SLA (higher than the TIER 4 standard). The data center ensures not only fault tolerance, but also supports a special microclimate in each of the containment areas. The levels of humidity and temperature required for best equipment functioning are guaranteed by SLA.

Interxion’s high internal company standards ensure stored data security and confidentiality. Interxion ZUR1 has five layers of physical security with trained security staff on site 24/7. All the data center rooms and its territories are monitored by indoor and outdoor surveillance cameras. They are also equipped with multiple motion sensors. Camera footage from the data center is displayed on security services monitors 24/7.

Each Interxion data center uses a variety of security tools, control and monitoring procedures, as well as access control. Once a visitor enters the data center area using a magnetic access card, they get to the reception, where they receive a magnetic card once their credentials are verified. Then, in order to get inside the elevator, they need to do a fingerprint scan.

Identification systems are installed at every stage. The visitor goes up in an elevator, then uses the card and their personal code to enter into the so-called man trap. The man trap is a fully enclosed room designed to “trap” those inside it. Entry is allowed only if the visitor goes through the identification and authorization processes, as well as fingerprint scanning, for the second time.

To ensure maximum security of the equipment, all servers at the data center are organized in racks, which are located in separate cages. Each cage has its own access system, video surveillance, volume change and motion sensors. Not only the racks, but also the entrance to each containment area is equipped with authorization systems, which consist of magnetic card and fingerprints verification.

The customers’ equipment is located in areas with climate control. The relevant temperature and humidity parameters are included into SLA. All equipment is located on raised floor, which is part of the dual-cycle cooling system. From 24/7 monitoring and alarms for every critical system to incident management and business continuity management, the company follows best practices and operates in full accordance with the ITILv3 framework.

Power for ZUR1 is supplied by two independent power stations from different suppliers. Two power feeds for all equipment, each independently equipped with UPS and diesel generator backup. In case of public utility outages, the UPS automatically switches to batteries. The system simultaneously sends a signal to start the diesel generator. In less than a minute, the equipment regains operational capacity and the data center is powered by the diesel generator and not by batteries. The diesel generator has full load capacity for indefinite running of the data center.

In accordance with strict Swiss regulations, the data center is equipped with Very Early Smoke Detection Aspiration system (VESDA) for maximum safety and security. The range of system’s sensitivity is from 0,005% to 20% of smoke detected in one meter of air. VESDA detects smoke in the early stage using continuous air sampling via a network of highly efficient aspirating PVC tubes.

The data center in Zurich uses renewable energy and is certified by Myclimate, a climate protection organization, as the only green data center based in Switzerland. The data center has free cooling systems and cold aisle cooling. This has allowed to cut cooling expenses by 30%.

In order to ensure that the data center is indeed green, it employs INERGEN, which is a gaseous fire suppression system. INERGEN is an environmentally friendly extinguishing agent, consisting of gases which are already present naturally in the earth’s atmosphere. INERGEN is non-toxic and non-flammable; it does not harm the environment, equipment or any other objects.

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.

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.

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.

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.

RUVDS offers its customers virtual servers located at Linxdatacenter, the as-of-now largest data center in St Petersburg. The data center can be found at the following address: 20A, ul. Repishcheva, St Petersburg.

Linxdatacenter is located in the Sky Trade business center and occupies an area of 9,000 sq. m. The St Petersburg data center is a highly-reliable TIER III category data center. It is one of the top 5 largest data centers in Russia. Linxdatacenter’s capacity of 12 MW is enough power a city with a population of over 30,000 people daily.

Linxdatacenter is directly connected to the SPB-IX, which is the main IX in the Northwestern Federal District of Russia. The SPB-IX is, in its turn, directly connected to the MSK-IX. The data center is also equipped with 2 independent optical routes to the IX and is connected to more than 15 communications providers.

RUVDS hosting provider has introduced its own containment area at Linxdatacenter in St Petersburg as part of its development strategy. As per our policy, VPS prices in St Petersburg do not differ from VPS prices in RUVDS’s other data centers in London, Moscow, and Zurich.

The data center’s design complies with international data center construction standards and uses environmentally-friendly technologies to minimize negative impact. The data center is certified in accordance with ISO 27001, ISO 9001, and PCI DSS.

Manager of Linxdatacenter is certified by Uptime Institute as Accredited Operations Specialist (AOS). Linxdatacenter also holds a certificate for compliance with Federal Service for Technical and Export Control (FSTEC) requirements for personal data storage.

Power supply system is a unique feature and a matter of pride for Linxdatacenter. The system uses highly-efficient on-site gas turbines. Main supply comes from two gas engine generator stations while backup supply is provided by a diesel generator and the city power station.

Power supply using a gas engine generator station is more reliable than supply from the city power station. The data center’s power supply comes from two gas engine generator stations and one backup power terminal to the city gas engine generator station. N+1 redundancy scheme.

The data center uses only class A equipment. UPS with 2N redundancy scheme. All the equipment has two power terminals and each is independently equipped with UPS and backup power supply from a diesel generator. Should power supply from the gas engine generator stations fail, the system automatically switches to power storage batteries.

Once the power storage batteries are activated, the diesel generator is launched. The equipment reaches operational capacity in a minute. Then the data center starts to run off the diesel generator and not the batteries.

The data center is equipped with three Cummins diesel-powered generator sets with N+1 redundancy scheme. There are agreements in place on diesel generator fuel supply with two independent suppliers of oil products.

Cooling system is based on the concept of free cooling. It is double-circuit, with chillers, precision air conditioners and free cooling. 2N and N+1 redundancy scheme

Linxdatacenter is unique in its usage of absorption cooling equipment (chillers). Chillers use heat produced by the gas engine generator station. Water is cooled as a result of various chemical reactions and only 30 kW is used for cooling purposes. This approach which uses free cooling technologies (if the temperature falls below +5°C, dry cooling tower is used) provides for high energy efficiency of the data center: PUE stands at 1,33 with full workload.

Linxdatacenter has 6 access levels to ensure physical security. Security services work 24/7 and inspect the facilities every 2 hours. All areas and facilities of the data center are monitored through outer and inner video surveillance systems by the security services 24/7.

The data center security system includes an automated key release system based on biometric data, access control system based on electronic passes and biometric data, and installation of additional customer security circuits.

To ensure the highest level of fire safety, the data center is equipped with VESDA early smoke detection system. The data center also has automatic gas fire-extinguishing system FM 200. The FM 200 (HFC-227ea, heptafluoropropane) does not conduct electricity and is most efficient when extinguishing fires at facilities equipped with sophisticated electrotechnical equipment.

It is important to note that such gas is safe for people to breath. Residual concentration of oxygen after the release stands at 18–19%. The gas is also a highly efficient agent for voluminous gas fire suppression of a room space.

RUVDS offers its customers virtual servers located at one of the biggest data centers in Germany, Telehouse Frankfurt, which is located in the Kleyerstrasse campus 3 km away from the center of Frankfurt at the following address: Kleyerstrasse, 79-89, Frankfurt am Main, Germany 60326.

The Kleyerstrasse campus has three data centers with an overall area of 25,000 sq. m. Telehouse Frankfurt is a TIER III category data center and is connected to Europe`s second largest Internet exchange, DE-CIX, with more than 500 ISPs and CSPs.

Telehouse data centers connect state-of-the-art IXs from in Los Angeles (LAIIX) – New York (NYIIX) – Johannesburg/Cape Town (NAP Africa) – London (LINX) – Paris (France IX) to Tokyo (JPIX).

The data center in Frankfurt is connected to Europe`s second largest Internet exchange, DE-CIX, with more than 500 international and local ISPs and CSPs and is directly connected to the Frankfurt fiber ring.

Telehouse Frankfurt has N+1 redundancy scheme and uses two independent power sources connected to two separate power stations. As Telehouse also has its own UPS systems and backup diesel generators, it has the best uninterrupted operation and reliability statistics in Frankfurt.

In case of a power failure, the data center remains fully operational for three days through diesel generators.

Telehouse’s parent company is KDDI, a leading Japanese telecommunications provider. KDDI is a Global Fortune 500 company and that ensures Telehouse’s financial stability and allows the company to regularly invest into its own centers and services.

Telehouse Frankfurt is certified to IDW PS951 (German equivalent to Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 70). The data center meets the Tier III classification with optional multi-tier allocated areas. There are Tier IV on-site server areas available.

Telehouse Frankfurt is a highly secure data center which is located in one of the largest housing facilities in Germany and stretches over a 67,000 sq. m. area. The data center has multi-layer physical security. The facility is surrounded by a fence and equipped with a detection-equipped fence. Video surveillance of inside and outside areas of the campus with recording over a three-month period. Strict access authorization system only through the provision of a photo ID, biometric access control system available.

24/7 manned control center on site – error messages are reported by a centralised control system.

Telehouse uses the most reliable heating, ventilation, and conditioning systems. The temperature in the data centers is monitored by means of sensors. Redundant air conditioning and cooling systems at N+1. Data center room temperature is maintained at 24°C ± 2°C. Floor load-bearing capacity from 5 to 15 kN/sq. m. Raised floor at 300-700 mm.

Telehouse offers full control of external conditions with active or passive fire detection and extinguishing systems. All the containment areas use visual/thermal fire alarm on two levels (ceiling and raised floor). For systems with active fire protection early fire detection (RAS) is used. Active inergen fire extinguishing systems.

As per our policy, VPS prices in Frankfurt do not differ from VPS prices in RUVDS’s other data centers around the world. All RUVDS customers can order a VS in the data center of their choice for the same low price.

RUVDS offers it customers virtual servers located at the biggest data center of the Republic of Tatarstan, IT-PARK, at the following address: Peterburgskaya St., 52, Kazan.

The data center is located in the IT-Park Kazan and takes up 1,000 sq. m. The Kazan data center is a highly-reliable TIER III category data center, the biggest in the Republic of Tatarstan. The data center can hold more than 300 racks. The data center’s capacity is 2,5 MW.

The Kazan data center is certified in accordance with TIER III quality standard by the Uptime Institute (Uptime Institute Management & Operations). Thus the data center fully complies with the highest international standards on operational availability and has SLA of 99.982%. The data center is licensed by the Federal Service for Technical and Export Control (FSTEC), the Federal Security Service (FSB), holds a PCI DSS certificate and can house the hardware of banks and other organizations working with personal data.

RUVDS introduced its own containment area in the Kazan data center. . As per our policy, VPS prices in the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan do not differ from VPS prices in RUVDS’s other data centers in London, Moscow, St Petersburg, and Zurich.

The Kazan data center has ensured the highest level of security. The data center has two contours of armed security services. The first security checkpoint is at the entrance to IT Park, while the second checkpoint is at the entrance to the data center. The entire area of the data center is equipped with CCTV and is under 24/7 monitoring by the security services.

The data center has a permit system and the visitor’s identity is confirmed by an ID. The hardware room has a biometric PACS installed with fingerprint verification.

The 1,000 sq. m. area is of the data center holds several hardware and provider rooms. There are also separate rooms for energy system components, cooling, ventilation, communications, and fire protection.

All in all, there are 311 rack units in the hardware rooms.

The data center’s cooling system has N+1 redundancy scheme. All hardware rooms are cooled using Emerson-Liebert precision air conditioners.

The Emerson-Liebert conditioners support cooling and humidity, while the air flow is channelled below the raised floor. Then the cooled air is channeled to the racks. The roof of the building is equipped with Emerson-Liebert CBS073 chillers.

The data center’s power supply has N+1 redundancy scheme. There are two energy inputs coming from two sides: from the neighboring CHP (Tatenergo) and the Zainsk CPP. In case of power outage, two accumulator units with Emerson Highpulse UPS are used.

Then Cummins diesel generators are activated within a minute.

The data center has two Cummins diesel generators. Their overall capacity is 2,000 (1,800) KW. The diesel generators provide full power backup to server rooms and crucial engineering units during the power outage.

Apart from fuel tanks, there is also a 25 cubic meters reservoir which ensures the diesel generators’ uninterrupted operation for more than 2 days and 2 nights. The generators are subject to maintenance and checks in accordance with the relevant guidelines. They are regularly started and tested.

There are two power supply lines to each rack in the hardware room. The load is distributed evenly; there are PDUs with monitors installed inside the racks.

The monitors provide live feed and help with rack equipment supervision.

To ensure proper fire protection, the data center has automatic fire suppression systems. Server rooms and all technical areas of the data center have automatic systems installed. The fire suppression systems help to identify the source of ignition without damaging the hi-tech equipment. Smoke detectors are installed in all of the work spaces and under the raised floor.

Gas is used for fire suppression, which allows for automatic suppression in separate rooms.

RUVDS offers its customers virtual servers located at the data center in Yekaterinburg at the following address: Schorsa St., 7/A, Yekaterinburg.

The data center is situated in the former radio apparatus plant in Yekaterinburg. All server facilities are owned by the data center and take up an area of 160 sq. m. The data center has 7 power stations which are accessed directly. The power can be rapidly increased if required.

Installed capacity of server rooms at the Yekaterinburg data center is 600 kW and could be increased up to 2,5 MW.

The data center is powered through 3 independent power terminals from the Chkalovskaya PP and 2 independent power terminals from its own power stations to each server room.

Uninterrupted power supply of the data center is ensured by the automatic failover system, which automatically switches to UPS in case of a power outage.

All the data center facilities are equipped with automatic fire alarm and automatic gaseous fire suppression systems.

Multi-zone automatic fire suppression system at the data center can locally eliminate the source of ignition without causing any damage to the neighboring objects.

All the fire suppression, fire alarm, and smoke exhaust systems are redundant and connected to their own UPS sources.

As per our policy, VPS prices in Yekaterinburg do not differ from VPS prices in RUVDS’s other data centers in Europe and Russia. All RUVDS customers can order a VS in the data center of their choice for the same low price.

The data center has N+1 redundancy scheme. The Yekaterinburg data center has 3 independent optical routes with 10 Gbps (which could be increased up to 20 Gbps) and is connected to more than 10 CSPs.

The data center in Yekaterinburg is equipped with a 96 kW conditioning system and a free cooling system. Hot aisle/cold aisle configuration is used to cool the data center. Cold air is pumped into the cold aisle. Having passed through the equipment, the now hot air is channeled into the hot aisle and then to the ventilation system. The free cooling system works automatically and can lower cooling expenses for up to 10% of power used per year.

The data center has cooling system tailored for each type of server containment areas with N+1 redundancy scheme. Conditioning system keeps the air temperature in server rooms at the stable level of 20°C +/-2°С.

The data center building in Yekaterinburg is under 24/7 physical and video monitoring. Physical security of the data center is ensured through a three-layer security system.

The security system includes inside and outside video monitoring of all of the data center facilities. There is an access authorization control system at the entrance. Access to data center facilities is available only on request when ID is provided.

The data center employs on duty technical support experts 24/7. Engineering infrastructure, equipment, servers, networks and communication channels are monitored manually and automatically under the supervision of the experts. Power systems are regularly tested.

RUVDS offers its clients to locate their VS in Novosibirsk, at the Kalininsky data center at the following address: Dusi Kovalchuk St., 179/3, Novosibirsk. The data center is directly connected to 2 central communication nodes of Novosibirsk: MSK-IX – TMCS 8 (located at 2ya Sojuza Molodezhi St., 33/1) and Novosibirsk Branch of CenterInform (located at Serebrennikovskaya St., 14).

The total area of the Kalininsky data center is 200 sq. m. Exchange room area stands at 114 sq. m. All containment areas are equipped with raised floor and can accommodate up to 40 server racks with each rack using up to 7 kW.

The data center is powered by two independent feeders (category of reliability: 1). The system includes an autonomous power source, Genelek diesel generator set, with a fuel supply which ensures uninterrupted operation of the data center for up to 24 hours.

The data center has an IDD with ATS for three inputs. To ensure uninterrupted power supply, the data center is equipped with 4 parallel UPS. Power layout of server and telecommunication racks includes two independent lines.

The data center is equipped with a Liebert cooling system with 2N redundancy. The cooling system ensures a stable air temperature of 20°C +/-2°С in server rooms. Two air conditioners can be additionally installed and connected.

The rooms of the Kalininsky data center are equipped with all the required fire protection tools, including an automatic fire alarm system, which are connected to special temperature and smoke detectors, which, in their turn, are integrated into the centralized/distributed monitoring system of the data center rooms.

Technical support staff is on site 24/7. They monitor the engineering infrastructure, equipment, servers, networks and communication channels 24/7, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

Interxion AMS9 data center is located in Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, at the Science Park Data Center, which is Amsterdam's leading interconnection hub. The data center’s location and connection to major IXPs ensures good connectivity to both the New and the Old World and provides 99.99999% system availability for any point around the globe.

Interxion is one of the leading colocation services providers in Europe. It currently operates more than 50 data centers which have high reliability and provide low latency and secure IT services. That is why more than 120 companies, from small start-ups to transnational corporations, have already chosen Interxion Science Park Data Center.

Security and confidentiality of data stored is ensured by Interxion’s high company standards. AMS9 data center has several levels of physical security and Tier 3. Biometric and dual authentication is used, as well as keycard access. All rooms and territories of the data center are equipped with inside/outside CCTV and multiple motion sensors. The CCTV footage is broadcast on the security services’ monitors 24/7. The security team is on site 24/7.

Force majeure is also accounted for as the data center has two special floodproof areas: Outside 100 Year Floodplain and Outside 500 Year Floodplain. The floodplains’ location is based on the results of a statistical flood frequency analysis which is used to assess the probability of a severe flood with heavy rainfall – a 100-year flood and a 500-year flood. The probability of a flood in the first case scenario is 1 out of a 100 (i.e. 1% in any given year) and 1 out of a 500 (i.e. 0.2% in any given year) in the second case scenario.

Incoming electrical service type: single feed. Parallel redundant electrical distribution; mechanical and electrical systems are serviced simultaneously. Static UPS, PDU and N+1 redundancy generator. Diesel fuel runtime at full load is 24 hours.

Energy-efficiency is assured through a sophisticated cold-aisle containment configuration and airflow-management optimisation features. Interxion AMS9 has agreements with multiple suppliers of several types of fuel.

Primary cooling is carried out by air-cooled chillers. The limits of air conditioner cooling in a computer room with a downward stream are overcome with special cooling solutions for high density data centers. Cooling tower and chillers have N+1 redundancy.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Ostankino data center has:

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.