We design and implement data-centre environments for enterprise applications, operational platforms, databases, analytics workloads, virtualised infrastructure and private cloud.
The core platform on which enterprise applications, databases, analytics workloads and private cloud run. Its power, cooling, network and recovery design set the availability ceiling for everything above it.
Our scope can cover greenfield facilities, capacity expansion, technology refresh, consolidation, migration and brownfield modernisation.
Six infrastructure layers are designed together, because compute sizing, storage performance, network throughput and recovery objectives constrain one another.
Server platforms are matched to the workload — database, application, virtualisation host or accelerated compute — rather than standardised on one form factor.
Storage tiers are chosen by access pattern, latency target and retention period, with replication and expansion paths defined up front.
Cluster design determines how much capacity must be held in reserve so that a host failure restarts workloads rather than exhausting the cluster.
Backup is designed from recovery objectives backwards: what must be restored, in what order, how fast, and to which point in time.
Fabric, management and storage networks are separated so that a fault or maintenance activity on one does not take down the others.
Rack layout, power distribution and cooling are planned alongside the equipment list, so that density and airflow are verified before delivery rather than discovered at installation.
These sixteen inputs are gathered before sizing begins; an unanswered input is recorded as an assumption and carried into the design review.
The data-centre design process should address:
High availability should be engineered across multiple layers:
The architecture must identify single points of failure and determine whether each one should be removed, tolerated or operationally managed.
Capacity planning should consider:
Sizing should not be based only on current consumption.
It should account for expected growth and degraded operating modes.
Existing data centres often contain:
A brownfield modernisation programme should begin with discovery and dependency mapping before migration or replacement decisions are made.
Describe the requirement, the locations involved and where the project stands. We will respond with the technical questions that need answering first.