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General Facility Attributes
- Masonry Construction
- Low Profile Building with No Building
Signage
- All Building, Climate Control, Fire Protection,
Security Systems and Computer Systems are protected by an auto
switching, natural fuel, Generac Backup Generator.
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Climate Control
The climate control system maintains the temperature
inside the vault areas within a range of 67 – 72 degrees with
a relative humidity of 40%. This is midrange in the ANSI standards for
storage of magnetic media.
- The system is designed to heat, cool, humidify
and dehumidify.
- The conditioned air is circulated 24/7/365.
- The vault maintains a positive air flow. That
is, when the doors are opened, air rushes out of the vault. This keeps
the vault from being contaminated with dust particles.
- All climate control systems are monitored by
our ADT system for temperature deviations of +- 10 degrees.
Fire Detection &
Suppression
The DataCenter incorporates
a complex control system designed to protect magnetic media.
- 17 heat/smoke detectors distributed throughout
the vault.
- Detectors are designed to detect heat,
smoke, and the pre-flame chemical make up of the air, thus detecting
most pre-flame conditions.
- The control system is connected to 610
lbs of compressed HALON 1301. The HALON is used for complete
suppression of any open flame. The HALON is a residue free agent
that displaces oxygen in the air thus eliminating fuel for any
open flame. Other agents are currently on the market (FM200,
etc) but HALON is still regarded as on of the best agents for
magnetic media.
- As an organization concentrating on disaster
recovery and protection of client information, The DataCenter
recommends to never sprinkle media with water. Exposure to fire
is detrimental to magnetic and paper media, but suppressing
the flame with water is adding damage to the media.
- The HALON fire suppression system is connected
to our ADT monitoring system and the Generac backup Generator.
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Security
The DataCenter’s facility has multiple
layered security built into our systems. Security can be thought
of as both physical and logical. The security systems and methodology
we employ is designed to make intrusion difficult and of any information
time consuming and near impossible.
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Examples of some of our Securities (but are not limited to):
- ADT alarm system with central station
monitoring and direct connection to police and fire offices.
- Multiple closed circuit cameras viewing
and taping all access points to the building, including docks,
all main doors, reception, man-trap, parking lot, interior vault
spaces.
- Steel Vault doors.
- Card-Key Access and Monitoring systems.
- Door Contacts and Motion Detectors.
- Building has no signage.
- Recommend that no client data be displayed
on media. All items are bar-coded and recognized in the software
systems by the bar-code.
- Clients are allowed to determine the level
of security/authorization granted to each client employee. Clients
are issued authorization cards that are required in every transaction
(requests, recalls, etc)
All security systems are on a regular preventive
maintenance schedule with ADT and have backup power supplied by
our Generac backup Generator.
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Water Detection
Even though our facility is not located in any
flood areas, The DataCenter incorporates water detectors into our vault
protection. These are located in strategic areas throughout the facility
to notify vault personal of any moisture concerns prior to having water
issues.
The water detectors are connected to our ADT system
for monitoring.
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