Based on a 60-person office with 9 x servers, switches, patching, UPS, KVM and tape backup
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| Typical budget £10k to £20k |
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£3.5k |
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| Typical floor space 9 square metres |
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0.9 square metres |
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| Typical aircon electrical usage 3,000 Watts |
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101 Watts |
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| Fault tolerance driven by aircon |
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Greater reliability |
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Wholly reliant on dedicated room aircon
Servers overheat and shut down if it fails
Small body of room air = short overheat time
Restoration by specialist engineer call-out |
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Uses room air in open office, with aircon or not
Large body of room air = long overheat time
Simple, hot-swappable fan modules:
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much less complex than aircon |
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average life of service of fans is >8 years |
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Hold a spare fan module = instant up-time |
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| Deployment timetable 4 to 6 months |
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Deployment in 2 to 4 weeks |
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Internal resources needed for planning
Landlord approval drawings and timescales
Landlord can be a problem in old buildings
Construction disruption and lead time
Aircon machinery and ducting lead time |
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Typical lead times for NetShelter CX
Often available ex-inventory
Unpack-and-place delivery service is standard
Delivered fully built and plug-and-play ready |
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| Scalability |
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Scalability |
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Just add another NetShelter CX |
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| Zero portability |
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Full portability |
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Sunk cost not recoverable if you move.
Landlord requires restoration as-was. |
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You can take it with you when you move
Repeat above economies in your new building |
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