Specifications include, but are not limited to: The colocation facility shall deliver technical space, power, cooling, fire protection, security and connectivity to ensure a fail-safe 24/7 computing site with site support. This data center will serve as a hot site with live production systems that run CMHA’s virtual environment and file storage. CMHA will also review and consider proposals that include additional services that can be performed upon phone or email direction from CMHA. Those additional services are described in the Section below titled, “Optional Remote Hands Services”. The colocation facility will provide one lockable cabinet. Access to the cabinet area must be secured by a key card or biometric system (backed up with physical key) that also secures access to the general colocation facility. At the time of implementation, CMHA’s cabinet will require approximately 25kW of power available over a normal monthly billing cycle the cabinet of servers, network and storage equipment. Each cabinet will have 5kW capacity with 30A/208v 3PH power. 1.1. Architecture CMHA intends to move and/or install 1 cabinet worth of equipment including the following types of equipment: • Rack mount servers • Rack mount NAS and SAN storage • Network switching equipment 1.2. Minimum Facilities Requirements 1.2.1. Location 1.2.1.1. A Tier 2 or higher rated Colocation facility that is located within 10 miles of 1627 Western Ave Cincinnati, Ohio 45214 1.3. Building and Grounds 1.3.1. The building must meet all applicable municipal, state and federal codes. It is CMHA’s preference that the facility must be certified to meet the Uptime Institute’s Tier III or “Concurrently Maintainable Site Infrastructure” rating. This means the data center has redundant capacity components and multiple independent distribution paths serving the computer equipment. During normal operation, only one distribution path is required to serve the computer equipment at any time.
