The datacentre facility: Reynolds House, Manchester Techno Park
As the largest datacentre outside of London, Reynolds House is a purpose-built colocation facility with a capacity of approximately 2,000 cabinets and 2-3Mw power availability. Conveniently located for companies with operations based in the north of England, it is also ideal as a data replication or risk distribution facility for companies with primary servers based elsewhere in the UK.
Datacentre tour: you can view the key features of the facility in this graphical tour.
Key features and benefits
- High resilience power, temperature and network: UPS fail-over power (100% SLA), dual fibre networks (99.95% SLA) and 99.97% SLA on cooling to maximise your online performance. More about our Service Level Agreement.
- Secure datacentre: perimeter security fencing with 24 hour security guards and motion detection CCTV.
- Secure network: extensive digital security from fail-over border firewalls.
- Remote mains control available on all colocation packages.
- Flexibility and ease of access: maintain your equipment on-site whenever you need to with our free, 24/7/365 automated access control system.
- Per-quarter-cabinet unique combination keys to ensure maximum security.
- Specially designed individual 1/4, 1/2 and full 1000mm deep cabinet enclosures with seperate doors, front and back.
- Free network monitoring and alerts: we monitor our networks from our operations centre in South Cheshire.
- Optimal environment: fully air conditioned through pressured under floor design, with true hot and cold corridors for maximum heat disipation.
- First visit orientation and installation assistance free of charge.
- Dedicated account manager coupled with free telephone and managed ticket support.
Plan details and pricing
Colocation space is available in single U and private quarter cabinet, full cabinet or multiple cabinet arrangements:
| Per U pricing | 1/4 cabinet | 8A full cabinet | 10A full cabinet | 16A full cabinet | |
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| Monthly fee | £55 | £299.99 | £899.99 | £999.99 | £1399.99 |
| Setup fee | £50 | £150 | £900 | £900 | £900 |
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| Allocated power | 0.5A | 2.5A | 8A | 10A | 16A |
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| 6-way 13A mains distribution with digital ammeter |
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| UPS architecture | N+1 | N+1 | N+1 | N+1 | N+1 |
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| Dedicated bandwidth and network: | |||||
| Initial free monthly allocation* | NA | 2Mbits/sec (worth £88.00 pcm) |
5Mbits/sec (worth £210.00 pcm) |
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| 0.5Mbits/sec dedicated | £30 pcm | NA | |||
| 1Mbit/sec dedicated | £45 pcm | NA | |||
| 2Mbits/sec dedicated | £88 pcm | NA | |||
| Overusage rate | £45.00/Mbit/sec | £44.00/Mbit/sec | £42.00/Mbit/sec | £42.00/Mbit/sec | £42.00/Mbit/sec |
| Network connectivity | Dual routed Gbit fibre, copper Gbit backup | ||||
| IP addresses | Unlimited (assigned by RIPE) | ||||
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| Maximum U space | 1U | 10U | 47U | 47U | 47U |
| Cabinet depth | 1000mm | 1000mm | 1000mm | 1000mm | 1000mm |
| Cabinet width | Standard 19" | Standard 19" | Standard 19" | Standard 19" | Standard 19" |
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| 24/7/365 free access | Accompanied visits only |
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| Combination locks | NA | |
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| Emergency out of hours support | Full 24/7/365 by arrangement | ||||
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| Daily tape rotation | £250.00/Mth | £250.00/Mth | £250.00/Mth | £250.00/Mth | £250.00/Mth |
| Weekly tape rotation | £90.00/Mth | £90.00/Mth | £90.00/Mth | £90.00/Mth | £90.00/Mth |
*Outside of the initial free allocation, additional dedicated bandwidth (IP transit) packages are available on request. We can meet requirements ranging from: 1Mbit/sec to 1Gbit/sec. Please contact us for further details.
Why 1st Easy for colocation?
- Work with an established company of 9 years, with a proven track record of delivering commercial-level colocation solutions.
- Benefit from the expertise and strategic relationships of a company which enjoys part ownership of one of the largest network providers in the Reynolds House datacentre.
- Read more about the 1st Easy difference.
Next steps and ordering
If you are interested in finding out more, we would be delighted to help: you can contact us online or call 01260 295 222 to discuss your requirements further.
Help, advice and ordering
- Tel: 01260 295 222
- Online enquiry
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