Facility / Campus
- Data Center facility is located 16 feet underground to provide the best protection possible from adverse weather events
- Exterior walls are 13” thick reinforced concrete with extensive water control systems on the exterior to prevent water intrusion from above
- Floor slab has waterproof barrier and additional subfloor slab to protect against water intrusion from below
- Facility consists of two Data Center pods with a capability of housing up to 220+ 42U racks total
- Campus has an on-site cafe, walking trails in a park-like setting, mens/womens locker rooms w/showers, ample free parking, 24x7 security with roving indoor and outdoor patrols, and a top-rated hotel in close proximity to the facility
Security
- SOC1 Type II audited facilities
- Biometric access control system at facility entrances
- All entrance / exit from the facility is logged and recorded
- All access to the facility is via TulsaConnect escort
- Security cameras record on motion and video is archived for 180 days
- All customer racks have locking front/rear doors
- Campus has 24 x 7 security on-site
Environmental
- Liebert 2N CRAC units provide precision environmental control and feature dual-source cooling
- Both chilled water and air-cooled cooling sources are utilized for cooling source redundancy
- Racks are arranged in a standard hot-aisle / cold-aisle configuration with hot-aisle containment system
- CRAC units are serviced quarterly. Spare parts are stored on-site
- Environmental monitoring, including temperature, humidity, moisture, and sound sensors
Power
- Campus has true dual-substation electrical feeds with automatic switchgear to switch between substations
- True "A" and "B" UPS configuration via reliable Eaton 9395 and Powerware 9315 systems with fully independant output feeds to customer equipment with no common / shared points of failure
- On-site 800KW CAT diesel generators will support the facility load in the event of a utility power failure
- ASCO 7000-series ATS w/bypass isolation feature allowing concurrent maintenance
- ASCO 7000-series MTS allowing selection of on-site or portable generator
- Generator tap on building exterior for portable generator hook-up in case of primary generator failure
- Should any of the on-site generators fail, TulsaConnect owns multiple portable, trailer-mount generators that can be brought on-site within 1 hour
Fire Suppression
- ECARO clean-agent gas fire suppression system throughout the entire Data Center space
- Multiple zones must register smoke before system is activated
Network
- Redundant 10-Gig-E Internet backbone connections from CenturyLink, Zayo, Cox, and Cogent
- Juniper M-series routers at used at the network edge, and Cisco carrier-class routing switches at the core and distribution layer (IPv6 ready)
- Multiple paths between distribution layer and core network, with OSPF and iBGP protocols for dynamic routing
- Wide selection of fiber providers, including CenturyLink, AT&T, Verizon Business, Zayo, Cogent, Cox, Paetec, MBO, Encore, BTC, Windstream, and more.
- Ability to provide both MPLS and Metro Ethernet connections directly to customer equipment
- 10-Gig fiber interconnects between East Tulsa, Downtown Tulsa and Oklahoma City for intra-DC traffic
Additional Features
- When VPN is not appropriate, high bandwidth point-to-point connections between your business locations and your Private Cloud or Co-located servers are available over Metro-E, MPLS, or several other methods of connectivity
- All of your equipment is connected to remotely manageable PDUs – control power to your equipment down to the individual power outlet level. Need to reboot a hung server at 3:00AM? No problem
- Cross-connects available to every rack at no additional monthly charge
- Our facilities are carrier neutral – use our multi-homed bandwidth or bring your own
- Out of town and need to re-image a down server? No problem – we can hook up an IP-KVM to your server on-demand, which includes virtual CD-ROM emulation over USB
- Going to spend some time in the Data Center working on your servers? We provide mobile work carts featuring LCD monitors, a USB keyboard and mouse in a convenient roll-around platform allowing easy access to your systems. In addition, our mobile parts carts contain a variety of rack, server, network cabling parts and tools which we make available to all customers.
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