.: Colo-UK Network :.

UK Data Centres
All have fully redundant power and air handling systems, including N+1 close control down flow units, N+1 UPS power systems and standby diesel generator with sufficient fuel for 48 hours continuous operation, with local 4 hour refueling contracts for non-stop usage.

Facilities Specifications:
Power and air conditioning
 2 x 1700 kva Generator back-up @ N+1
 UPS system – redundant parallel formation @ N+1
 Close control downflow air conditioning units to guarantee stable temperature and humidity @ N+1
 2 independent AC systems DX & chilled water @ N+1
 2.5 MVA of UPS conditioned power @ N+1
 Diverse Power Supplies with diesel generator backup

Security
 Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus (VESDA) installed
 Smoke detection system
 FM200 fire suppression system
 CCTV system covering all entrances/exits and main areas
 24-hour video recording
 Full perimeter alarm
 PAC security card access system
 Visual verification of all persons entering the data floor

The facility itself is secured by a three meter manned and CCTV covered parameter fence, with photo recognition for each person entering the building. Security includes a 4-layer system; ensuring personnel who have entered the reception area can not travel any further without being identified by the proximity PAC-TAG reader system. Web based and digitally recorded CCTV capture all persons entering and leaving the data floor including a recording of any equipment bought to, or removed from site.

Network Presence:
Our PoP's (Points of Presence) are connected via our own fibre optic metro ring based in London docklands, with routing equipment located in each data centre, thus we are never dependant upon one data centre for connectivity, should power fail at any particular facility. We take connections from peers and providers at speeds no less than 1Gbit in capacity from two or more buildings, ensuring we always have spare redundant capacity available.

Network Hardware:
All of our network hardware operates in a redundant fashion, with dual power supplies, dual management cards and processors along with dual line cards for no single point of failure. We also lease diverse redundant capacity from our London Docklands hub to the BlueSquare data centre, giving us a total current capacity of some 20Gbits per second, one of the highest line rates in the industry.

We have extensive arrangements with most Teir-1 and Teir-2 European ISP's we have over 400 active peers with over 210,000 routes and are present in all major exchanges around the UK and across Europe including LINX, Xchangepoint, Level3, LIPEX, MCIX and AMSIX.

Advantages of Transit with Colo-UK:
Access to multiple networks without the costs and admin
No requirement for BGP management
No need for an AS number
No requirement for high cost expenditure on routers
Single leased line connection
Increase your network reliability
If an IP backbone fails, traffic is re-routed to an alternative network
Focus on your core business
Colo-UK selects and manages your multihomed connection, ensuring you the best selection of IP backbones.

Improved network connectivity:
Using multiple providers and direct peering agreements with 100's of ISPs ensures your traffic takes the fastest route available rather than being stuck to one backbone.

Support:
We have engineers on call 24/7 should you experience any problems. We also have regular points of contact so that you can discuss your requirements/issues with the same engineer rather than keep on having to re-explain your requirements to different members of staff.