May 15, 2019 at 12:30Frankfurt data center: Telehouse data center
In May, RUVDS opened a new airside in Germany, in the country's largest financial and telecommunications city, Frankfurt. The highly reliable data center Telehouse Frankfurt is one of the data centers of the European company Telehouse (headquartered in London), which in turn is a subsidiary of the global Japanese telecommunications corporation KDDI .
We have already written about our other sites more than once. Today we will tell you more about the Frankfurt data center.
Telehouse Frankfurt is connected to Europe’s second largest Internet Exchange Point, DE-CIX , which provides premium services and is the world's leading interconnect platform that delivers peak traffic at speeds of over six terabits per second. Collaboration with several hundred international Internet providers makes it an ideal tool for collaboration between fast-growing transnational corporations, small and medium-sized enterprises that need a reliable access point in the safest place near the largest center of the European economy. General official information about Telehouse Frankfurt can be found in the presentation.
As the theater begins with a hanger, so the data center begins with the "house" territory. Everything here is serious and in German concise. The object is surrounded by a seemingly insignificant fence, which is however equipped with a modern detection system. Video surveillance is conducted not only in the courtyard, but also outside the territories, and in the premises of the data center with constant recording and storage of records for three months.
Security systems use an on-site access authorization program, a biometric access control system (ACS), a 24-hour control center with round-the-clock working security personnel.
Telehouse occupies an area of 67,000 m 2 , of which 25,000 m 2 - is an affordable, fully equipped colocation space. It is a multi-tier data center to meet a wide range of customer requirements. In addition to providing colocation services with racks, cages and separate server rooms, it allows you to build a dedicated data center for customers on its territory. That is, Telehouse itself generally corresponds to the TIER 3 reliability level, but additionally has available (the company constantly focuses on this adjective, which is abundant in its information materials) local areas for the construction of private data centers corresponding to the TIER 4 level.
Telehouse Frankfurt operates the largest data center campus in Frankfurt - a city telecommunications hub with a large number of operators and providers. The campus includes 3 data centers that have access to DE-CIX, the leading online exchange in Central and Eastern Europe. In November 2013, the Telehouse Frankfurt data center became a partner of DE-CIX Apollon , offering customers direct access to their platform, making Telehouse Frankfurt the best choice for international operators who want to integrate data centers into their communication network. Which we took advantage of. Server hardware is installed in a 19-inch individually enclosed rack cabinet. Private space (up to 900 m 2) is enclosed in cages built to individual customer specifications.
The DE-CIX Apollon platform in Frankfurt is the first of its kind. It uses the ADVA FSP 3000 and Infinera CloudExpress 2 optical networks for the optical trunk, as well as Nokia's new generation service routers (formerly Alcatel-Lucent) for the 7950 XRS and 7750 SR series IP networks. The optical trunk has a total capacity of 48 terabits per second in the mesh topology and provides a transmission rate of up to 8 terabits per second per fiber. DE-CIX Apollon provides three-to-one redundancy: all four cores work, one for redundancy only. More information about the system can be found in the technical presentation .
DE-CIX is proud to be the first IX in history to introduce a fully automated robot patch: Patchy McPatchbot. This optical distribution frame (ODF) is used in place of the standard rack and patch panel and significantly improves customer interaction. Now the port can be deployed or upgraded in a few minutes without the need for physical intervention of a technical specialist. In 2018, more than 450 clients were transferred from one data center to another on the Frankfurt campus while working in real time. At the same time, about 15 kilometers of fiber optic cable were laid. More than 40% of all data traffic on the world's leading Internet exchange was carried forward without interruption.
You can watch Patchy McPatchbot in this video:
Connectivity options:
In a business continuity center with 300 workstations for backing up business operations, you can rent an office and storage rooms of various sizes, integrated into the general Telehouse security system.
Telehouse customers in Frankfurt can benefit from KDDI's technological expertise in the form of global advisory services in the field of information and communication technologies (ICT).
Telehouse uses two independent power supplies that are connected to two separate substations. Combined with its own uninterruptible power systems and emergency generators, Telehouse provides the highest levels of uptime and reliability.
Redundant power supplies are designed according to the scheme of UPS N + 1 with a backup battery. Uninterrupted emergency power up to 21 MVA. Power distribution is carried out in accordance with customer requirements with separate measurements. In the absence of electricity, the data center can remain fully operational for three days through diesel generators.
Telehouse Frankfurt meets the Tier 3 classification with additional multi-level highlighted areas. Certified according to IDW PS951 (German equivalent of the Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 70) and according to ISO 27001: 2005 (Information Security Management), ISO 50001, ISO 9001, ISAE3402, PCI-DSS.
The new RUVDS platform is designed to provide clients with virtual VPS / VDS server rental services, and VPS servicesin Frankfurt are available to customers at the same low prices. They are focused primarily on the corporate segment: government agencies, banks, exchange players. RUVDS also has its own TIER III level data center in Korolev (Moscow region), pressurized zones at Interxion data centers in Zurich (Switzerland), Equinix LD8 in London (Great Britain), and MMTS-9 in Moscow (Russia), Linxdatacenter in St. Petersburg (Russia), IT Park in Kazan (Russia), data center Yekaterinburg (Russia). All pressure zones meet a reliability level of at least TIER III, and the high speed and flexible tariff plans make the service attractive to customers.
We have already written about our other sites more than once. Today we will tell you more about the Frankfurt data center.
Telehouse Frankfurt is connected to Europe’s second largest Internet Exchange Point, DE-CIX , which provides premium services and is the world's leading interconnect platform that delivers peak traffic at speeds of over six terabits per second. Collaboration with several hundred international Internet providers makes it an ideal tool for collaboration between fast-growing transnational corporations, small and medium-sized enterprises that need a reliable access point in the safest place near the largest center of the European economy. General official information about Telehouse Frankfurt can be found in the presentation.
Security
As the theater begins with a hanger, so the data center begins with the "house" territory. Everything here is serious and in German concise. The object is surrounded by a seemingly insignificant fence, which is however equipped with a modern detection system. Video surveillance is conducted not only in the courtyard, but also outside the territories, and in the premises of the data center with constant recording and storage of records for three months.
Security systems use an on-site access authorization program, a biometric access control system (ACS), a 24-hour control center with round-the-clock working security personnel.
Infrastructure
Telehouse occupies an area of 67,000 m 2 , of which 25,000 m 2 - is an affordable, fully equipped colocation space. It is a multi-tier data center to meet a wide range of customer requirements. In addition to providing colocation services with racks, cages and separate server rooms, it allows you to build a dedicated data center for customers on its territory. That is, Telehouse itself generally corresponds to the TIER 3 reliability level, but additionally has available (the company constantly focuses on this adjective, which is abundant in its information materials) local areas for the construction of private data centers corresponding to the TIER 4 level.
Telehouse Frankfurt operates the largest data center campus in Frankfurt - a city telecommunications hub with a large number of operators and providers. The campus includes 3 data centers that have access to DE-CIX, the leading online exchange in Central and Eastern Europe. In November 2013, the Telehouse Frankfurt data center became a partner of DE-CIX Apollon , offering customers direct access to their platform, making Telehouse Frankfurt the best choice for international operators who want to integrate data centers into their communication network. Which we took advantage of. Server hardware is installed in a 19-inch individually enclosed rack cabinet. Private space (up to 900 m 2) is enclosed in cages built to individual customer specifications.
The DE-CIX Apollon platform in Frankfurt is the first of its kind. It uses the ADVA FSP 3000 and Infinera CloudExpress 2 optical networks for the optical trunk, as well as Nokia's new generation service routers (formerly Alcatel-Lucent) for the 7950 XRS and 7750 SR series IP networks. The optical trunk has a total capacity of 48 terabits per second in the mesh topology and provides a transmission rate of up to 8 terabits per second per fiber. DE-CIX Apollon provides three-to-one redundancy: all four cores work, one for redundancy only. More information about the system can be found in the technical presentation .
DE-CIX is proud to be the first IX in history to introduce a fully automated robot patch: Patchy McPatchbot. This optical distribution frame (ODF) is used in place of the standard rack and patch panel and significantly improves customer interaction. Now the port can be deployed or upgraded in a few minutes without the need for physical intervention of a technical specialist. In 2018, more than 450 clients were transferred from one data center to another on the Frankfurt campus while working in real time. At the same time, about 15 kilometers of fiber optic cable were laid. More than 40% of all data traffic on the world's leading Internet exchange was carried forward without interruption.
You can watch Patchy McPatchbot in this video:
Connectivity options:
- Independent of the operator, providing customers the freedom to choose a connection with access to several large local and international network operators.
- Optimal connection to the German Internet Exchange Hub (DE-CIX).
- Direct connection to the fiber optic ring in Frankfurt.
In a business continuity center with 300 workstations for backing up business operations, you can rent an office and storage rooms of various sizes, integrated into the general Telehouse security system.
Telehouse customers in Frankfurt can benefit from KDDI's technological expertise in the form of global advisory services in the field of information and communication technologies (ICT).
Efficiency, reliability and about the power supply system
Telehouse uses two independent power supplies that are connected to two separate substations. Combined with its own uninterruptible power systems and emergency generators, Telehouse provides the highest levels of uptime and reliability.
Redundant power supplies are designed according to the scheme of UPS N + 1 with a backup battery. Uninterrupted emergency power up to 21 MVA. Power distribution is carried out in accordance with customer requirements with separate measurements. In the absence of electricity, the data center can remain fully operational for three days through diesel generators.
▍Environment and air conditioning
- Redundant air conditioning and cooling systems at N + 1
- Room temperature maintained at 24 ° C
- Temperature in data centers is monitored using sensors
- Relative humidity 50% to 15%
- The bearing ability of a floor is from 5 to 15 kN / m 2
- Raised floor 300-700 mm
▍ Fire Detection and Extinguishing
- Visual / thermal fire alarm on two levels (ceiling and raised floor)
- Active inert fire extinguishing systems
- Option: Early Fire Detection (RAS System)
- Choosing between rooms with active or passive fire protection
▍Certificates
Telehouse Frankfurt meets the Tier 3 classification with additional multi-level highlighted areas. Certified according to IDW PS951 (German equivalent of the Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 70) and according to ISO 27001: 2005 (Information Security Management), ISO 50001, ISO 9001, ISAE3402, PCI-DSS.
The new RUVDS platform is designed to provide clients with virtual VPS / VDS server rental services, and VPS servicesin Frankfurt are available to customers at the same low prices. They are focused primarily on the corporate segment: government agencies, banks, exchange players. RUVDS also has its own TIER III level data center in Korolev (Moscow region), pressurized zones at Interxion data centers in Zurich (Switzerland), Equinix LD8 in London (Great Britain), and MMTS-9 in Moscow (Russia), Linxdatacenter in St. Petersburg (Russia), IT Park in Kazan (Russia), data center Yekaterinburg (Russia). All pressure zones meet a reliability level of at least TIER III, and the high speed and flexible tariff plans make the service attractive to customers.