Oracle Data Center

Austin, Tx, USA

 

 

 

 

ADC Stats

 

·   More than 12,000 operational servers

·   3.0 petabytes (3,000 terabytes) of Disk Storage

·   355 servers on average installed every month

·   The Largest Dell/Linux installation on earth

·   The Largest NetApp installation on earth

·   Hundreds of mission-critical customers' apps hosted on the premises

 

Oracle's high availability Data Center in Austin, Texas USA hosts its Oracle Outsourcing customers as well as internal production and new development systems. The Austin Data Center recently completed the Phase Two expansion to fully utilize its entire space.


· Site Overview
· Electrical System
· Mechanical System
· Security
· Data Network


Site Overview

The Austin Data Center (ADC) is a state-of-the-art facility that has multiple areas of resiliency and redundancy to support Oracle's technology.

·   Custom designed to house a state-of-the-art corporate computing center

·   82,000 square feet (SF) of raised floor

·   2280 19-inch racks

·   Fully redundant infrastructure - UPS, generators and telecommunications network

Electrical System

The Austin Data Center is certified by the EPA as a Green Power Partner, with 25 percent of the energy used coming from renewable sources such as wind, landfill and solar.

·   Two active utility feeds to dual utility switchgear with failover capability

·  5 pairs of unit sub-stations with motorized tie breakers for automatic failover between utility source power

·   Seven 2-Megawatts (MW) diesel backup generators (14 MW)

·   80,000 gallons of fuel storage, enough for 72 hours at full load

·  6 multi-module, fully parallel redundant (2N) UPS

·   Twenty four 750 kVA UPS modules - 9 MVA fully redundant UPS power

·  Dual transformer/dual feed static switch PDUs

·   Diverse A & B UPS power to every rack

·   104 Watts/SF UPS to entire raised floor

·   170 Watts/SF to 17,500 SF high density/enhanced cooling raised floor

Mechanical System

·   Six 600-ton chillers

·   Fifty two 30 ton and thirty four 40 ton CRAC units

·   Two 25,000-gallon make-up water storage tanks onsite - enough for 72 hours runtime at full load

Security

The Austin Data Center uses state-of-the-art security technology to protect systems and staff.  The building perimeter is protected vehicle proof perimeter fencing, Electronic Intrusion Detection Systems, vehicle verification gate & bollard system and 24x7 armed security protection unit.

·   Biometrics & retina scanner

·   CCTV system for automatic camera call up (interior and exterior)

·   Digital Video Recording systems

·   Global anti-passback (in/out) card readers

·   Single point of access via mantrap - weight and dual biometric verification system

·   Glass protected by "BlastGard" window film

·   Employee background checks

·   Package and mail bomb X-ray detection equipment

·   Metal detectors

Data Network

Oracle has a solid, high-speed resilient network with bandwidth to provide continuous connectivity. Oracle's network has increased network resilience through carrier and route diversity, hardware redundancy, and dual links for network hubs.

·   Diverse cable entrance paths serving the Austin Data Center

·   Major fiber carrier cable infrastructure in close proximity to site

·   2,592 miles CAT5 Copper cable

·   1,445 miles Fiber cable

·   > 50K Fiber ports

·   > 26K Copper ports

 

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