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The Jisc shared data centre…
…reduce costs, increase efficiency, consolidate data, collaborate, innovate.
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» 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 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