Carolina Blue Web Hosting: Plano Data Center

DataBank Data Center

256,000 sq ft building
38,000 sq ft data center
No advertising of DataBank name (plain wrapper)
Security managed 24/7 by permanently assigned staff managed by a third party security company.

Zoned access throughout Data Center

Biometric hand scanner requires ID card access and hand geometry measurements
Customer data center access and contacts managed via C-Cure management system.
Current government-issued picture ID required

Power

TXU fault tolerant electrical grid
3000 amps of 480v input power – Riser A
3000 amps of 480v input power – Riser B
800 KVA MGE UPS Systems - Riser A
800 KVA MGE UPS Systems - Riser B
2.0 megawatt generator (5000 gallon tank) Riser A
2.0 megawatt generator (5000 gallon tank) Riser B

Two utility feeds from independent substations

Diverse paths to the building
Feeds to building are encased in concrete
Fed from two independent substations
Separate transformers fed from both utility sources for redundancy

Network facilities - Main Node Room

Multiple fiber providers for diversity - provides diversity and redundancy
Each vendor can deliver additional bandwidth capacity with minimal turn-around time
Can be delivered using existing "lit" fiber
Fiber pathways into the Data Center are truly diverse
Fiber enters building in steel conduit from multiple points in the building

The DataBank network: AS13767

Our network architecture utilizes Foundry and Cisco carrier class routing and switching equipment to provide a Highly Redundant and Highly Available Multi-Homed Internet Aggregation Hub. We utilize Foundry RX16 and Cisco 6500 series switches and routers in our network to provide up to 3.84 Tbps of switching and routing capacity. This coupled with multiple Gigabit trunks from multiple Internet service providers makes DataBank’s IP Hub one of the most robust in the industry.

Network features include:

3.84 Tbps of switching and routing capacity designed for the needs of Enterprise and carrier-class customers
Multiple Gigabit Ethernet backbone trunks
Core network is designed for "zero" packet loss
Embedded sFlow per port supports scalable hardware-based traffic monitoring across all switch ports without impacting performance
Multi-Homed Internet Providers

Internet Service Providers

2 Gbps Direct Fiber – Level 3 AS3356
2 Gbps Direct Fiber – Savvis AS3561
2 Gbps Direct Fiber – Sprint AS1239
2 Gbps Direct Fiber – Time Warner AS4323
2 Gbps Direct Fiber - Broadwing AS16852