Our company is based and hosted in the Cork Internet Exchange data centre in Cork City. With our own cabinets and servers, Beecher Networks is well placed to serve your websites efficiently and affordably.
First conceived in 2006 by Adam Beecher, Jerry Sweeney, Tom Raftery and Sascha Luck, CIX started accepting customers in mid-2007, and offered full power and connectivity just six months after that.
Technical Specification Sheet
| Capacity |
Current |
Planned |
| Data Centre Raised Floor |
3,000 sq. ft. (276 sq.m.) |
6,000 sq.ft. (562 sq.m.) |
| Raised Floor Height |
2ft 8in (800mm) |
2ft 8in (800mm) |
| Customer Racks |
46 |
246 |
| Services Area |
5,000 sq. ft. (459 sq.m.) |
5,000 sq. ft. (459 sq.m.) |
| Total Facility Size |
16,000 sq. ft. (1,469 sq.m.) |
16,000 sq.ft. (1,469 sq.m.) |
| Power |
Current |
Planned |
| Maximum Import Capacity |
500kW |
1.0MW |
| Transformer |
1 x 10kV, 1MW Transformer |
2 x 20kV, 1MW Transformer |
| Diesel Generator Backup |
FG Wilson 350kW / 400kVA |
1.2MW |
| Minimum diesel storage |
96 hours |
96 hours |
| UPS |
2 = 200kW GE Purepulse |
8 x 200kW GE Purepulse |
| UPS Uptime |
> 20 minutes |
> 20 minutes |
| Design |
A and B power to every rack from separate UPS systems and separated sub distribution boards. |
| Carrier Neutral Connectivity |
Current |
Planned |
| Telecoms Mast |
24m |
30m (subject to planning) |
| Fibre Duct |
2 x eNet 1 x Eircom |
2 x eNet 2 x Eircom 2 x BT 2 x UPC |
| Duct entry separation |
35m |
35m |
| POPs |
Cogent, Smart, Tiscali, Verizon, eNet |
As required |
| Node |
BT |
| Mesh Bandwidth (minimum 3 providers) |
Juniper Routers – J6350’s Juniper Firewalls – SSG320’s Cisco Switches – 4948’s |
| Security |
Current |
Planned |
| Fire Detection |
Honeywell |
Honeywell |
| Fire Suppression |
Nitrogen |
Nitrogen |
| Camera Recording |
14 Cameras x 10 Days |
32 Cameras x 60 Days |
| Manned Presence |
17 hours x 5 days |
24 hours x 7 days |
| Air Conditioning |
Current |
Planned |
| Chillers |
2 x 300kW Free-cooling Climaveneta |
3 x 300kW Free-cooling Climaveneta |
| CRAHs |
4 x 120kW Edpac |
8 x 120kW Edpac |
| Design |
Chilled water x two circuits, cold aisle containment, dynamic set-point chillers. |
| BMS |
Echelon |
