VSNL is India's
largest Datacenter
and ISP in terms of
Bandwidth and
subscriber base.
VSNL's main gateway
centres are located
at Mumbai. The
international
telecommunication
circuits are derived
via Intelsat and
Inmarsat satellites
and wide band
submarine cable
systems e.g. FLAG,
SEA-ME-WE-2 and
SEA-ME-WE-3.
India's
International
Bandwidth
totalling to over
800 Mbps comes
through VSNL. VSNL
has peering
arrangements with
other ISPs and
Datacenters in India
& Internationally
for their bandwidth.
This makes VSNL the
most suitable
datacenter for
hosting content in
India since it
allows the content
to be closest to all
users in India.
The Mumbai Data
Centre, has an
capacity to
accommodate 3000
rack mounted Servers
and has following
features :
Security
The data centre is
guarded with
Security persons for
24 hours a day and
365 days a year. A
very high security
is maintained inside
and outside the data
centre premises of
VSNL Mumbai.
Fire Control
The data centre is
equipped with fire
detection and
suppression system
and is equipped with
FM200 (or
equivalent) gaseous
extinguishing
systems, to provide
rapid discharge and
flame suppression in
the event of a fire,
while minimizing
damage to equipment
and reducing danger
to personnel.
Air Conditioning
Equipment
performance and life
span can be
significantly
improved by housing
the system under
optimum
environmental
conditions.
Typically, it is
maintained to be
around a constant
68° F., plus or
minus 3° F., with
humidity at a
constant 45%-50%, as
per international
data centre
standards.
Power
Specifications and
UPS
Main power to the
Internet data center
is supplied by the
regional electric
power utility.
Two-fold resilience
is provided in the
form of
uninterruptible
power supplies (UPS)
to each area.
Additionally, diesel
generator backup
also starts
automatically within
seconds after a main
power source
failure.
