Milwaukee

Milwaukee site is outside of the 100-year flood plain

Redundant 800 Amp Power System:

  • Dual Powerware 350kVa UPS systems with dual battery units per UPS
  • Redundant transfer switches
  • Redundant maintenance bypass panels
  • Static transfer switch for hitless maintenance
  • Redundant Liebert 225 kVa power distribution units
  • 650 kW Cummins diesel power generator
  • 800 Amp transient voltage surge suppression protection system
  • Milwaukee facility is located outside of the metro-Milwaukee area on an upgraded portion of the WE Energies power grid (next to the Journal/Sentinel Burnham distribution center)
  • Our metro Chicago location is an excellent choice to provide data/virtual machine protection in the event of a disaster

Environmental Controls:

  • 140 Ton capacity A/B Carrier chiller system with redundant cooling units
  • Redundant “Precision Aire” air handling units
  • Pre-installed, hot spare air handling units
  • HVAC wired for redundant power from the generator

Fire Suppression:

  • Fenwall FM-200 or Fike clean agent, dry fire suppression system

Network:

  • Redundant, multi-homed fiber network with multiple upstream providers connected via diverse fiber paths
  • The Red Anvil Burnham Data Center is connected to a 37-mile fiber ring in southern Milwaukee County with connectivity to a western ring traversing the Waukesha County area
  • Network extends into metro Milwaukee to the Red Anvil POP in the 324 E. Wisconsin Ave. carrier hotel
  • Redundant backbone routers using carrier-class Juniper Networks equipment as the core routing platform
  • Highly redundant Ethernet aggregation in the data center using redundant carrier-class Foundry Networks high capacity metro-Ethernet switches
  • Multiple metro & wide-area network carriers available including ATT, Time Warner Cable, Verizon, Level3, Sprint, Charter Business, TDS, WINs, and others

Security:

All entrances monitored 24/7 by digitally recorded video surveillance and the data center does not adjoin any exterior walls.

Access process:

  • Biometric (fingerprint) information captured and photo-style ID badge created at time of visitor enrollment
  • ID badges maintained at Red Anvil and checked out/in at the time visitor entrance and exit to the facility
  • Visitor access rights and identity double-checked at each point of entry
  • Visitor activity logged by biometric controllers located at all data center access points
  • Only authorized Red Anvil personnel have access to the data center
  • No other individuals are allowed access without prior authorization and an appropriate escort