Home /

Off-site Colocation Data Center

colocation1.png

This is a state-of-the-art facility with flexible capacity for future growth.

  • Facility is connected to the campus via a 20Gbps link.
  • Stable environment including redundant uninterrupted power, state of the art cooling and low disaster risk.
  • Powered by Hydroelectricity to meet campus future sustainability goals.

Request Service

 

Communications Building Data Center Migration

Information Technology Services has developed the Communications Building Data Center Migration project to evolve the university’s compute and data storage capabilities and services to meet the needs of the UCSC research, academic, and administrative communities. Read more about this initiative

Features and Benefits

Capacity

Provides flexible capacity to meet campus demand. Capacity is based on approved funding and can be modified as needed

Security

  • Dedicated perimeter fence physical barrier, distributed video surveillance and card access control.
  • UCSC cabinet space is locked in containment modules.
  • Access to this area requires approval by ITS Data Center Operations and facility hosts.

Cooling

  • State-of-the-art fresh air / free cooling using 95% less water than typical evaporative cooling systems.

Smoke Detectors and Fire Suppression Systems

  • Very Early Smoke Detection and Alarm (VESDA) system.
  • Fire suppression sprinkler systems installed throughout the facility.

colocation2.jpgOperations Support

  • On-site operators provide support for the server environment. Access to support can be coordinated through your ITS Division Liaison or the data center operations team.

Information Security

  • All systems hosted at this location are behind a firewall with custom rules. The hosted hardware will be provisioned on a network segment behind the firewall that enables appropriate protection and access. VPN services are provided for secure remote access to servers and services behind the Data Center firewall.
  • Data Center Network — The data center network provides high-availability network connectivity to hosted servers. Physical servers are provided with standard 1 Gbps service, with 10 Gbps service available. Custom options for higher performance are available when required. More information about Data Center Networks

Certification

  • ISO/IEC 27001:2013
  • ISO 27001 completed audit sites for CY2019
  • ISO 9001: 2015 Certificate