Colocation

Data Center Colocation Services

SystemMetrics Data Center Colocation Services enable our business customers to take advantage of a superior data center environment while retaining control over their server hardware. They are a highly effective way to achieve business goals of continuity, disaster recovery, scalability, and optimal network performance and capacity at a fraction of the cost required to operate a private data center.

With our Colocation Services, customers maintain total control over their physical computing assets and network within their provisioned facilities on a 24/7 basis. Customer provisioning options range from a single rack unit (1RU) to a full cabinet, multiple cabinets, or private cages with multiple cabinets.

The SystemMetrics Colocation environment features stringent physical security; environmental control; fire suppression systems; redundant Uninterruptable Power Supplies with redundant generator backup; large capacity, multi-carrier bandwidth; and available technical services.

SystemMetrics Colocation Facility: ENDEAVOR

ENDEAVOR, our Class-A enterprise data center, represents the state of the art in commercial colocation facilities and services. Located in Honolulu, Hawaii, ENDEAVOR serves customers around the state, the nation and the world.

For most businesses, colocation is about more than simply renting rackspace and the power to operate it. That’s why ENDEAVOR provides our customers with a protected, full-service environment for physical colocation, virtual colocation, Internet services, offsite backup services, and 24/7/365 engineering support.

ENDEAVOR is a carrier- and vendor-neutral business environment that maximizes flexibility for our customers, whether they choose to employ a turnkey solution custom-designed by SystemMetrics or an à la carte solution using their own preferred carriers and vendors.

Facility Specifications

99.999% Uptime Guarantee via Service Level Agreement (SLA) on Power and Environmental Control
Geographically favorable location outside of flood and emergency evacuation areas
Colocation space located on second floor, increasing security and environmental protection

Physical Security

Most secure commercial colocation facility in Hawaii
Multiple guards and escort personnel patrol and monitor all persons entering, operating in, and leaving the facility on a 24/7 basis, providing financial-grade protection
Digital high-resolution video surveillance throughout entire facility and colocation space
Two-factor coded card keys and biometric iris recognition (featuring iris recognition on-the-move) on colocation entries
Customer picture identification verification on entry
Secured parking with surveillance and roving guard patrols
Secured loading dock with escorted security entry

Power Plant and Power Distribution

AC filtered power provided via redundant UPS systems (no customer UPS required in colocation areas)
Redundant UPS systems with 40-minute reserve load carry for Diesel Generator synchronization and load assumption (typically 15-20 seconds)
N+1 UPS and Generator Plant
DC power availability
Parallel, redundant power circuits to customer cabinets
5-day generator fuel reserve
Entire power plant is suspended above-ground for security and flood protection
Independent, redundant power feeds to each customer cabinet
Network-controlled power strips with remote outlet reboot capability, digital readouts, and SMTP alerting supplied in every cabinet
Customer cabinet automatic transfer switch availability for customer equipment with single power supplies

Environmental Controls

N+2 HVAC system utilizing a pressurized, raised floor system that ensures directed cooling to cabinet intake areas
Pressurized raised floor allows more precise directing of cooling, eliminating hot spots in customer colocation areas
N+1 cooling towers providing chilled water to HVAC systems
24/7 monitored and controlled temperature and humidity conditions
Contracted specialized facility cleaning and testing, ensuring colocation areas adhere to ISO 14644
Class 7 or better clean-room environment rating, limiting the amount of airborne particulate matter
Fire Suppression and Control
Sophisticated dry-pipe fire sprinkler system with multiple interlocks
Smoke detection above and below floor
Routine fire patrols in building with multiple security personnel to handle alarms

Amenities

Cafeteria access
Loading dock and freight elevator access
Customer workroom with computer, printer, phone, and Internet access
Secured garage parking

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All services include 24x7x365 support and service level agreement.

Network

Blended carrier Internet access through SystemMetrics or à-la-carte carrier Internet access
Managed Internet Exchange for intrastate network peering
Engineered Internet services available through SystemMetrics in a single turnkey solution

Virtual Colocation

Largest hosted virtualization (cloud) platform in Hawaii supported within facility
Highly redundant virtual platform with offsite protective measures
Customers may augment physical colocation with virtual servers and workstations
Rapid turn-up of virtual workstations and servers with no customer equipment requirements
Ability to convert physical machines to virtual machines quickly and safely
Redundant SAN storage platform supporting multi-tiered virtual colocation environment
Virtual colocation platform protected by facility protective features
Reduced power consumption and zero space requirement by customer
Ability to provide managed offsite backups of the virtual machines and restores of files, databases, or entire virtual machines

Full Cabinet Colocation

Full-cabinet or multiple-cabinet provisioning on demand for business customers
Independent, redundant power feeds to customer cabinet(s)
Network-controlled power strips with remote outlet reboot capability, digital readouts, and SMTP alerting supplied in every cabinet
Customer cabinet automatic transfer switch (ATS) availability for customer equipment with single power supplies
Cabinet power monitoring with proactive warning thresholds
Access via cross-connects to desired network and service providers
Specialized technical cleaning of cabinet interior on a routine basis
Customer has 24/7/365 access to facility and customer’s colocated assets
Loading dock availability and direct shipment reception

Fractional Colocation

Provides fractional cabinet colocation for customers with a minimal equipment set
Space is allocated by the individual rack unit or fraction of the total cabinet
Independent, redundant power feeds to customer equipment
Customer equipment power supplied via network-controlled power strips with remote outlet reboot capability, digital readouts, and SMTP alerting
Access via cross-connects to desired network and service providers
All cabinet environments maintained meticulously by SystemMetrics
Customer has 24/7/365 escorted access to customer equipment
Engineering support available on 24/7/365 basis

Custom Cage Colocation

Private cage colocation space with separate customer electronic card-key access to cage entrance
Minimum four-cabinet provisioning
Accommodates non-rack-mountable or independent free-standing customer equipment
Independent, redundant power feeds to customer cabinets or equipment within cage
Network-controlled power strips with remote outlet reboot capability, digital readouts, and SMTP alerting supplied in every cabinet
Customer cabinet automatic transfer switch (ATS) availability for customer equipment with single power supplies
Cabinet power monitoring with proactive warning thresholds
Access via cross-connects to desired network and service providers
Specialized technical cleaning of cage and cabinet interior on routine basis
24/7/365 access to facility and customer colocated assets
Loading dock availability and direct shipment reception
Engineering support available on 24/7/365 basis
Offsite backup service
Comprehensive state-of-the-art, high-capacity backup solution
Managed offsite backup capability of colocated assets
Backup services available for physical and virtual colocation assets
Highly efficient and reliable offsite backups
Backup storage grid in separate hardened facility

Colocation

Data Center Colocation Services

SystemMetrics Colocation Facility: ENDEAVOR

Facility Specifications

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