Newcastle Connect’s colocation service allows you to install servers, storage and network hardware within Newcastle’s newest and most reliable data centre facility backed by Newcastle Connect engineers.
Newcastle Colocation Benefits
- Control your own data and hardware, know where your data is stored.
- Improve the up-time and reliability of your applications (vs on-premise).
- Reduce costs – add storage, RAM and CPU capacity to your server without increasing your monthly spend.
- Reduce downtime by locating your equipment in a climate controlled, battery and generator backed up environment.
- Support available from Newcastle Connect engineers.
- Relocate your Sydney servers to Newcastle and regain control.
- Newcastle’s newest and most reliable data centre.
- Supports emerging technologies which require reduced latency between applications and the end user.
Data Centre Technical Features
- 24×7 access to your equipment
- Biometric access to the data centre and your rack (facial recognition & 2FA, no keys or pass needed).
- Dual power feed (A + B) direct to servers.
- Redundant UPS backup (A + B)
- Redundant Generator backup (A + B)
- Dual substation kiosks feeding data centre.
- Dual power fed direct from the Ausgrid network.
- Redundant cooling, climate monitoring and control.
- Early detection of smoke with VESDA detection.
- Fire suppression gas to extinguish fires without damaging equipment.
- Access to multiple major carriers.
- Access to multiple Dark Fibre networks across Newcastle.
- Free cross connects to other providers and other racks.
- Tier III certified
- Carrier Neutral
Inside the data centre
Data Centre Services
- Wavelength services (1, 10, 25, 40, 100, 200, 400G Ethernet, OTN, Fibre Channel, SDH).
- Uncompressed Broadcast formats over wavelengths or dark fibre (HD-SDI, 3G-SDI, 6G-SDI, 12G-SDI and ASI)
- Low cost ethernet connectivity (Fibre/Copper) from 1mbit to 40G to other data centres within Australia and worldwide.
- Up to 400gbps available between the data centre and your Newcastle business (via dark fibre)
- Up to 10gbps available between the data centre and your business Aust wide (via Metro Ethernet).
- Dark fibre available to many locations around Newcastle including radio towers.
- Newcastle Connect Smart hands available 24×7
- Direct cloud connect with Google Cloud, Amazon, Microsoft Azure, Alibaba Cloud and TPG Cloud.
- SDN connectivity with Megaport and Equinix.
- Direct access to SIP trunks over fibre cross connect.
- Existing 10gbps connectivity to Mt Sugarloaf.
- Existing 10gbps connectivity to Equinix SY1
- DDOS protection
- Ability to directly access data centre via direct microwave link (mounted on neighbouring property) for mission critical applications.
- Out of band console access to equipment in the event of total loss of NBN, fibre and cellular.
- Receive outage and other alerts independent of NBN, fibre and cellular networks via POCSAG, ideal for mission critical applications.