Newport Data Centre Relocation

Overview

Sunspeed was engaged by a large telecommunications customer to conduct a Data Centre Relocation on behalf of one of their customers. The customer required Sunspeed to relocate 3 x racks and over 45 devices on an end-to-end basis. Our team implemented a solution that included conducting a full hardware and end-to-end cable trace audit, gathering the appropriate data to design the destination infrastructure with input from customer teams. A pre-cable was completed, where copper and fibre connectivity is pre-dressed into the racks, ready for devices to be installed on the day of the relocation; this allowed for reduced downtime and a more efficient Connect & Dress exercise. The end-customer was impressed with the level of service provided by the customer and Sunspeed’s partnership and engaged the customer to complete future works for them.

Data Centre Audit Engineer.

THE PROJECT

Infrastructure Design

Sunspeed assisted with the capture of base data to create the destination infrastructure plan including rack plans and patching schedule/cabling matrix.

Cable Supply

Sunspeed provided copper & fibre cabling from leading cable manufacturers to customer colour specification.

Extended Handover Support

Provision of overnight handover support to assist with layer 1 troubleshooting during testing & configuration sequence.

Hardware & End-to-End Cable Trace Audit

Sunspeed undertook a thorough audit of the source environment to capture the data to plan the migration and design destination infrastructure.
Physical Server Migration & IT Relocation
Handover Support
Sunspeed understands that alongside meticulous planning, the physical migration of critical IT infrastructure requires flexibility. We have built this requirement into our Data Centre Relocation process; once the final data connections are made, Sunspeed’s engineers will remain on-site to provide layer 1 support while your teams are managing the power-up and testing sequence. We can perform troubleshooting as-well as make amendments to connections or device positioning if required. All customers who engage Sunspeed for assistance with patching will receive 2 hours as standard, with the option to extend this as required. BT chose to build extended handover support into the project, guaranteeing layer 1 support and enabling their teams to complete the testing and configuration process before the migration window closed.

"The client also stated that the install, device positioning and implementation was the best he has ever seen put out in production from rolling out their solutions"

Sam
Business Development Manager

"Mission focussed and attacked the task professionally, great communication between the guys (and me) when anything needed to be checked. All eventualities were accounted for."

Laura
Project Manager

"The entire Sunspeed team demonstrated professionalism throughout and the standards achieved were high, exceeding my expectations, which were by no means low!"

Paul
IT Project Manager

"Thank you once again for your help, collaboration, and support throughout the entire project, while ensuring no impact to our stakeholders."

Martin
IT Project Manager

"The office clearance and Data Centre recovery went like clockwork. All work was carried out in an efficient and professional manner and no problems, great!"

Andrew
IT Project Manager

"Hi Sunspeed just wanted to say all delivered yesterday safe and sound. And big thanks to the team you guys are rock stars..."

Jackie
Solutions Centre Manager