VISI understands the importance of your data. That's why we built state-of-the-art Data Center facilities in Eden Prairie and St. Paul, Minnesota. You can rest assured that your servers are supported by a world-class infrastructure engineered from the ground up to support just about any kind of contingency.
Eden Prairie Data Center Specifications
Coming in December 2009
- Raised floor
- Fire suppression system
- Secure access card
- Uninterruptible power supply
- Backup generator
- Digital cameras
St. Paul Data Center Specifications
Facility
- Approximately 11,000 sq. ft. raised floor
- Technical staff is onsite 24x7x365
- Staging area for customer's staging of equipment prior to installation
- On-site storage available
- Conference rooms are available for customer use
- SAS 70 Type II Certification
- Biometric Handscan for security
Telecommunications
- Redundant Internet backbone connections with three Tier 1 carriers
- Redundant building fiber entrances
- Cross-connnects to other carriers also available
Building Power, Generator and UPS Systems
- Building service feeds from three Xcel Energy transformer vaults
- One (1) 2.25MW Caterpillar generator dedicated to the VISI Data Center
- Two (2) 1.0MW Cummins generators for both the VISI Data Center and building power
- Three (3) below-ground diesel tanks totaling 25,000 gallons of generator diesel fuel
- Four (4) UPS Systems totaling 775kVA of power capacity
- Five (5) days of of fuel onsite for generators, if necessary
Fire Suppression
- Halon 1301 fire supression with above- and below-floor smoke and ionic sensors for early detection.
Cooling and Climate Control
- Building chiller loop provides a cooling capacity of 2,750 tons
- Thirteen (13) CRAC units provide 250 tons of cooling capacity to the VISI Data Center and are backed up by our generator in the event of power failure