Seattle - Washington: SoftLayer Seattle is located in a private N+1 data center facility outside the Seattle fault and liquefaction zones. The facility is designed and constructed to sustain a seismic event while maintaining business functions and boasts low latency through superior connections to Seattle’s robust fiber optic loops, 55MW of existing electrical capacity, 45 on-site generators with .5-million gallons of on-site fuel storage, and a carrier vault system supported by more than 50 miles of embedded, secure conduits.
Physical Structure
- Square Foot: 10000
- Floor Load: +150 lb./ sq. ft.
- Elevators: Weight capacity 10,000 lbs.
- Ceiling Height: 9 feet
- Line of Sight: Clear line of sight in all directions
- Fiber: (2) fiber entry points
- Number of Fiber Conduits: (2) four inch conduits
- Number of Fiber Interducts: (2) four inch interducts
Environmental Controls
- Internal and external cooling units
- Chilled-water system with emergency backup water supply
- N+1 ambient air temperature of 68° (+/- 5°)
- Automatic humidity controls for 45% (+/- 5%)
- Internal air cleaning systems ensure data center is kept dust-free
- Building stands on "rollers" to minimize
- earthquake shock
- Hardened and secure structure
Security & Access
- 24x7 on-site technicians
- Multiple layers of 24x7 security cameras, proximity card readers, biometric access controls and key pads
- Double-locking mantraps at data center entrance
- Non-customers enter equipment area by escort only
- All cabinets, cages, and suites have locking mechanisms
- Facilities are monitored with 24-hour DVR systems and 14-day video storage
- 360-degree perimeter and roof
- surveillance
- Physical audit trails on all entry points
- Anti pass-back and tail-gating systems
- 24x7 break-in, smoke, heat and fire alarms monitored by police and fire departments for instant reaction, No signage, nondescript building, 24x7x365 Biometric fingerprint Datacenter Access
Fire Supression System
- Pre-action, dry-pipe sprinkler rated for telecommunication equipment/computer room
- Class "A" multi-plexed addressable building system
- Integrated smoke/heat detector system
Power Systems
- Compaq UPS with 120, 208, 220VAC available
- 100% diesel generator backup (regularly tested)
- Fuel capacity exceeds 24 hours
- Fuel delivery contract with 1-hour guarantee
- Custom-designed Power Distribution Units
Server Information
All of our new servers are multi-core CPU Enterprise Class Systems*:
- DELL/Supermicro Systems
- 8GB to 16GB of Memory
- RAID 10 Fault Tolerant Array
- Gigabit Network Connections