Data Centre Relocation: Didcot to Farnborough
Project Overview
Sunspeed were engaged by a public sector organisation to support their Data Centre Relocation from Didcot to a Data Centre in Farnborough. The client required the safe and secure relocation of 74 physical devices of business critical infrastructure.
- Project Management.
- Full site surveys at source and delivery locations.
- Full hardware and end to end cable trace audit.
- Enhanced infrastructure design.
- Supply of cable materials.
- Structured cabling installation.
- Pre-cable of delivery racks ahead of the relocation.
- Secure relocation on a de/re rack basis.
- Migration support to connect and dress all cables following the relocation.
- Handover support.
Spotlight: Enhanced Infrastructure Design
Sunspeed were responsible for the delivery site rack plan, patching schedule and structured cabling design. Having Sunspeed complete the in-rack design work alongside the structured cabling design ensured a smooth and efficient design process.
Using different teams/suppliers for the rack elevations, patching schedules and infrastructure cabling design introduces the risk of either over or under specifying for capacity and expansion. This can potentially cause unnecessary congestion to both cable pathways and rack entry points, resulting in the need to use unconventional workarounds in the future that are not inline with industry best practice or data centre standards.
This can potentially have an adverse effect on standards, performance and ongoing activities within the environment. It is also possible to over-specify your structured cabling capacity – potentially leading to wasted spend and increased complexity around future fault finding and issue rectification.
Testimonial
“I just want to reiterate how impressed we were with the work Sunspeed undertook as part of our IT relocation; it was nothing short of exceptional”
