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We’ve simplified and enhanced our bandwidth offers even further, with great deals for all colocation customers regardless of type.

Full Rack / Half Rack

• 5MBit free until January 2010

Then either:

• 5Mbit dedicated for just £50 per month!
• Pay-As-You-Go for just £0.25p per Gigabyte.

Shared Racks (single server slots)

• UNLIMITED inclusive bandwidth.*  40Mbit connection to the rack, use as much as you like, no limits.
• 5Mbit dedicated for just £50 per month.
• Pay-As-You-Go for just £0.25p per Gigabyte.

*The only caveat with the Unlimited Inclusive Bandwidth, is all servers in the rack have access to the same connection, if you require dedicated guaranteed bandwidth, or reporting on throughput, go for Dedicated or PAYG.

These new fantastic bandwidth options are open to both new and existing customers, for more information check out the pages at http://www.sheffielddatacentre.com/colocation/ or email sales@hahosting.com for more info.

… not our words, but the words of Now Then, a local Sheffield magazine which last month featured the Sheffield Data Centre in it’s “traders” section of their well circulated free magazine.

They write “These guys have a 100 Mb/s connection. That’s faster than public transport.”

… faster than a bendy bus I suppose.

They go on to write “In short, the Sheffield Data Centre is well located and equipped with all the mod cons. It provides high speed access in a secure and controlled environment, ideal for businesses with internet presence, retailers, manufacturers and online companies.”

After talking to us, the producers of the magazine are now looking to move their hosting away from their current provider to the Sheffield Data Centre, so next time you read their magazine while on a bus, think of us!

The full article is available here (click for larger image):

Now Then magazine SDC article

- Stuart.

The latest update to the Sheffield Data Centre website is now live at:  http://www.sheffielddatacentre.com

We’ve included options for 16A and 32A full racks, 8A half racks, and single servers up to 4U.  We’ve also simplified our pricing for extra power and bandwidth, with extra power at only £22 per month per Amp, and extra bandwidth at only £33 per month per synchronous Megabit.

The current lead-time for half racks and full racks is around 5 working days, and lead-times for single servers are as quick as next day subject to space.

The response to our go-live has been fantastic, with potential clients already queueing to come and see us.  If you’re interested in visiting us give us a call on 0114 228 0022 or email sales@sheffielddatacentre.com

We’ve also got some advertising going live next month into some local Sheffield publications, as below.

Sheffield Data Centre Now Open advert

It’s with delightful pleasure we announce the first customer has moved servers into the Sheffield Data Centre.  A local web hosting company occupied “Rack 3″ yesterday and their kit is now live on the Internet.

We are now accepting orders and inviting customers to colocate kit with us.  Current lead-times on half and full racks are around 5 working days.  Single rack servers can be moved in immediately.

• Full rack (up to 16A):  £575 per month.
• Full rack (up to 32A:  £700 per month.
• Half rack (up to 8A):  £295 per month.
• 1U single server (1A):  £27 per month.
• 2U single server (1A):  £36 per month.
• 3U single server (1A):  £45 per month.
• 4U single server (1A):  £54 per month.
• Tower server (1A):  £35 per month – lead time July 2009.
• Extra power available at £22 per Amp per month.
• IP addresses up to a full class C (254 usable) available.

(All prices are ex-VAT)

Another 8 racks were delivered yesterday, with another 4 due either today or Monday.  Cabling works on these racks will begin straight away.

Our VMware Dedicated Server platform (www.hahosting.com), and our Web & hosted Exchange platform (www.thevirtualcloud.com), will be moved from the current colocation providers to the Sheffield Data Centre in early July.

The construction of the Sheffield Data Centre is split over 3 phases, with phase 1 is now complete.  The next phase will see the backup generator installed; final project plans for this will be drawn up in July.  Phase 3 (FM200 fire suppression) will be later in the year.

The web site will be updated over the weekend, but you can take this as official that we are open for business.

Contact us on 0114 228 0022 or sales@sheffielddatacentre now!

We’ve had lots of enquiries regarding half racks – and I’m pleased to announce the Half Rack Specification and pricing is now available for colocation in The Sheffield Data Centre.

Tier:           2
Lead time:      June 2009
Redundancy:     N+1
Space:          18U usable in 800mm (w) x 900mm (d) racks
Access:         24hr with own key fob and rack keys
Power:          1150W (5A) @ 230VAC included
IP Addresses:   Up to 16 included
Bandwidth:      3Mbit FREE until 2010
Network ports:  Up to 2 per server 

Half racks will cost £295 per month + VAT, and will be available when The Sheffield Data Centre opens in June. 

Extras:

• If you need more power than the 5A included, this is available up to 12A at additional cost.
• If you need more bandwidth than the 3Mbit included, this is available up to 50Mbit at additional cost.
• If you need extra IP addresses than the 16 included, these are available up to 64 addresses at additional cost (more may require justification to RIPE).

The full specification for Half Racks can be found at the newly updated Sheffield Data Centre website:

http://www.sheffielddatacentre.com

Further build updates and announcements will be posted as they become available.  If in the meantime you’d like to know more about our half racks, full racks, or single server colocation – give us a call on 0114 228 00 22 where we’ll be happy to help.

- Stuart.