Save money and consolidate data in one safe environment - Jisc Digital Festival 2015

The Jisc shared data centre…

…reduce costs, increase efficiency, consolidate data, collaborate, innovate.

» Driven by six anchor tenants» All facing issues with

› Real estate› Power stability/availability› Teaching space vs technical space› Refurbishment costs› Build vs co-locate

Development of the service

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Jisc Digital Festival, 9-10 March 2015, ICC Birmingham

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» Jisc framework› 5 + 5 +5

» Aggregated demand model» Full OJEU procurement» Designed for education and research

› Research and enterprise applications› Flexibility and scalability

The service

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» Higher education institutions and further education colleges in the UK and their purchasing consortia

» Establishments of the research councils and other organisations whose principal activity is the conduct of publicly or charitably funded research

» The Department of Health and arm’s length organisations including NHS England and their successor bodies for the purposes of research and education

» Privately funded research and development organisations to further their collaborations with any of the above

Eligibility

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» Partnered with InfinitySDC, the London data centre experts

» Full co-location service aimed at education and research

» Brand new tier 3+ data centre in Slough

» Connected directly to the core of the Janet network

The result

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The data centre

» Built: 2013 » Tech space: 9,200m2

» Area: 22,000m2

» Power: 34MVA» Power Feed: Dual 33kV » Office space: 2000m2


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Jisc data hall

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Data centre fly thru

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» Scalability:› of power (particularly in

support of research/HPC)› of rack space (up to 800

racks within the Jisc data halls overfive years)

» Availability:› of power› of connectivity

» Security:› of data› of equipment

» Connectivity› 2 x 100G connectivity to

the Janet core, scalable as necessary

› Access across Janet is chargeable

Technical details

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Power options


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» Lots of flexibility:› Rack rate and committed

rate› Smart hands› Goods receipt / dispatch› Secure storage› Shared work room› Office and meeting

space

» Power:› Pass through power

charges. Currently 10p/kwh *1.25

› Contractual committed PUE 1.25 (cannot increase)

Other features


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£360/m£90/kW/m

£850/m£85/kW/m

£1,700/m

£85/kW/m

£2,400/m

£80/kW/m

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Reducing costs4kW Tier III

Cat C10kW Tier III Cat C

20kW Tier III Cat C

30kW Tier III Cat C

£420/m£105/kW/m

£1,000/m

£100/kW/m

£2,000/m

£100/kW/m

£2,850/m

£95/kW/m

4kW Tier III Cat C

10kW Tier III Cat C

20kW Tier III Cat C

30kW Tier III Cat C


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» Reducing costs and increasing efficiency

» Space issues on campus» Ageing data centre(s),

not fit for purpose» Service and power

availability/stability» Projects needing

resources at short notice

Helping with challenges


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» Teaching space vs technical space» Refurbish existing data centre vs co-location» Build new data centre» Power – charges, stability, availability

Reducing costs

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» Security› of data› of equipment

» Server refresh» Virtualisation

Consolidate data


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» Shared services› Securely hosted by 3rd

party» Shared data» Increase availability

› Uptime› Network access

Collaborate


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» Distance/off-site learners› Reduce impact on

campus resources» Virtual desktop

environment› Reliability› Availability

» Disaster recovery/Business continuity

Innovate


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» Collaborative research projects› eMedlab› MedBio

» Primary or Secondary data centre

» Backup data centre» Research computing

› HPC

Real examples

Find out more…

Contact…Guy SudronData centre manager, [email protected] 822292

Save money and consolidate data in one safe environment - Jisc Digital Festival 2015

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