The Colocation
Provider: AVAYA Databurg
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany
With altogether 25.000 qm available data center space Avaya is among the biggest providers in Germany..
Central crosspoint for telecommunication infrastructure Frankfurt is a worldwide known bank, commercial and fair location. Because of the central position at the heart of Germany and Europe the city is a very important crosspoint for street and rail. The city's airport is the biggest hub at continental Europe.
Frankfurt is also a town with the best telecommunication infrastructure in Germany. The small distance to the net crosspoints ( including the biggest German net crosspoint DE-CIX ) and to main harnesses, the presence of key providers and the premium infrastructure are unique and make Frankfurt beside London and Amsterdam the most important telecommunication hub in Europe.
•space separated from other users
•access 24/7 to the own areas by card reader
•immature soil load between 5.000 and 15.000 N/qm, dependant from the location
•double floor, height between 30- 70 cm
•Ceiling height from the double floor: 270 to 430 cm
•door height: 212 cm, width: 100cm or 251 cm height and 151 cm width
•walls in F 90 quality
•no water-bearing pipes at the RZ places
•ramps and elevators
Climate:
•room temperature 24 ° C + 2/ 4 ° C, relative humidity 35- 60 %
•standard 0,7 kW/qm cooling, more if required. The cooling is made by air circulation cooling units, which are placed at the rented spaces or at nearby cooler corridors.
•The air supply takes place with ventilation and air conditioning units. The fresh air fraction is between 0 and 100 %, depending on the external conditions and is controlled by detection. Air exchange at the rented areas 1,5 times an hour.
Energy supply:
•fail-safe energy supply through two independent location infeed, USV supported and battery buffered and standby power supply system with access to 200.000 liters of oil
•sub-distribution according to customer's specifications with separate counters
•standard 0,7 kW/qm energy, more if required
Fire protection:
•optical/thermal fire alarms at two levels ( slab and double floor )
•active fire drencher by Inergen fire-extinguishing system, double floor and/or fire drencher in each room
•fire early detection system ( RASsystem )
•choice between rooms with active or passive fire protection
Security:
•video surveillance of the outskirt area with recording for a period of three months
•video surveillance of the rooms
•detected fencing for the demarcation of the databurg campus
•access system with contactless identification system and documentation, access authorisation specifically programmable for each room
•biometric control system
•24/7 control station on the grounds- malfunction messages are announced by central control technology
Connection
20 GBit DE-CIX
20 GBit Global Crossing
10 GBit AMS-IX, Exchangepoint Amsterdam
10 GBit DTAG, Deutsche Telekom
10 GBit Tiscali
1 GBit LINX, Exchangepoint London
Hardware and data transfer
Our servers are generating more than 100 terabyte ( ~ 100.000 GB ) data transfer a month. To prevent possible breakdowns we are only using brand and effective hardware. In case of a hardware defect the system is analysed within shortest time and the defected parts replaced. The servers are controlling each other and report a fault immediately to the support, so that they can react in the quickest possible way.