Sungard's Availability Services division opened a 120,000 sq ft data center in Philadelphia.

The disaster recovery data center has two power sources as well as a back up generator and has been built around energy efficiency best practice, the company said.

Full Specification:

Size: 1,080,544 Sq/Ft

• AS Leased Space: 123,356 Sq/Ft (61,000 Sq/Ft planned expansion)

• Raised Floor: 19,000 Sq/Ft (Phase I)

• Floor load: 120-300 lbs per Sq/Ft

• Elevators: 8,000 lb weight capacity

• All areas handicapped accessible by ramps for ease of movement of

materials and equipment

• Customer work stations and conference room

• One (1) Network Operations Center

Power management

• Redundant Utility Feeds (2N)

• Two (2) Automatic Transfer Switch - Diverse routing to sub stations.

• Two (2) Diesel Generators (2,000 kw per unit)

• (2) 4000 gallon fuel tanks

• Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) System (85% NOx emissions

reduction)

• Two (2) Liebert 1500 kVA UPS systems (N +1)

• Twelve (12) Liebert 225 kva power centers

• Monitoring system: Electrical monitoring to include Branch Circuit

Monitoring (BCM); Mechanical monitoring; Fire system monitoring

Environmental Controls

Protected b • y Fire Control system

- Pre-action sprinkler system

- VESDA

- FE 25 extinguishing systems in sub-floor

• Return plenum HVAC solution for more efficient heat removal

• HVAC: (28) Liebert air conditioning units with ICOM Controls (N + 20%)

• 16 of 28 units are EC Motorized Impellers with 360 degree delivery

system and variable speed motor

• 500 ton chillers - N + 1

Physical Security

• Integrated closed circuit TV and card reader/biometric security system

• Man Trap security access for raised floor areas

• Exterior security cameras

• 7x24 Security Service

Connectivity
• Meshed, Multi-Vendor Internet Transit Connectivity

• Diverse Path Long Haul Access (Public and Private)

• Diverse Fiber Entry and Intra-Building Fiber Paths

• Redundant Internal Network Distribution Platforms

• Dual Customer Physical Handoffs (Copper, Single-Mode and Multi-Mode

Fiber)

• Private Production and Recovery MPLS Backbone Access Dedicated to

SunGard Subscriber Traffic

• Recovery-Centric On-Demand Network Service Suite Supporting a Broad

Range of TDM and IP services

• Integrated Monitoring and Management Systems for Comprehensive

Fault Identification and Remediation