Smart Shelter: modular, secure IT Rooms

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Smart Shelter modular, secure IT Rooms

• November 2006

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Fire and Water effect in conventional Data Centers
Water flooding Risk ceiling is not water proof.
Water Steam emitted by wet materials walls
(gypsum and brick walls RF120)gt 1.1 gallons of
water / ft3 of concrete wall
EMI/RFI
Temperature rises gt 572F Rel. Humidity up to
100 Nothing survives within the Data Center
(HW, tapes,...)
Water condensation in plenum gt shortcircuits

• Environmental Contamination (human hazard) 2
  Lbs PVC burned (at 572ºF) causes 205.000 ft³ of
  acrid gas.
• 80 of Fires affecting Data Centers, come from
  the outside.

Fire will affect 0.5 of Data Centers and water
flooding a 2. Source Swiss RE
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Fire effect in Smart Shelter HIGH SECURE DATA
CENTERS
NO Water flooding Risk concrete ceiling is not
water proof, but Secure Data Centre is.
NO Water Steam emitted as wall materials are dry
(no wet material).
Emitted steam remains out of the Smart Shelter.
Temperature rises lt 125 F (max 165ºF as per EN
1047-2 and UL72) Rel. Humidity up to 85 (max.
85 as per EN1047-2 and UL72) Hardware operates
normally. Tapes and disk preserved.
EMI/RFI shielded
NO Water condensation in plenum Sealed Room.
Flames gt 2000ºF
HIGHLY SECURE DATA CENTER structure (Fire
resistant 120 min.)

• NO Environmental Contamination (NO human
  hazard) NO burning possible as internal
  temperature is below 165oF

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Data Center thermal stability critical for IT
equipment Temp. limits established by EN 1047-2
and UL for hardware survival in case of Fire

• Max. Relative
• Humidity RH
• (absolute/
• Actual Smart Shelter)

Max. Temp (absolute/ Actual Smart Shelter)
85 / 65
165ºF 90ºF
Hardware
125ºF 90ºF
Tapes, Disks and magnetic support
85 / 65
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SMART SHELTER EN 1047-2 60 min. Thermal
Stability Test Results
AST Fire Resistance Methods
Average temperature registered inside SMART
SHELTER during 60 minutes of fire exposure. Below
125 ºF increase Vs. ambience temp.
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Internal Temperature
acc. EN1047-2 176ºF for I.T. equipment
acc. UL 72 150ºF for Tapes
acc. UL 72 125ºF for Disks
Internal SS temperature
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Internal Humidity Result
acc. EN1047-2 85
acc. UL 72 85 for Tapes
acc. UL 72 80 for Disks
Internal SS humidity
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Smart Shelter secure solution for Small -
Medium Business
200 sq ft Smart Shelter installed within office
space The Company which suffered fire and
flooding keeps accounting and tax records for
hundreds of Companies.
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Smart Shelter BENEFITS (i)

• 1. BETTER SECURITY
• Fire proof and thermally stable according to EN
  1047-2
• and UL 72.
• Water and Humidity tightness (NEMA 12)
• Hurricane and Tornado acc. Fujita Scale from F0
  up to F6.
• Gas and dust tight
• Flexible location possibilities
• Office area (up to 31dB noise attenuation)
• Warehouse
• Indoors, Outdoors
• High Mechanical resistance.
• EMI/RFI shielded (20dB)

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Smart Shelter BENEFITS (ii)

• 2. EASY, FLEXIBLE AND CLEAN INSTALLATION
• Full modular
• Fast deployment
• Clean installation
• Shipped as kit (all parts pre-machined)
• No size limitations.
• Allows retrofitting of existing computer rooms.
• Allows re-use of room in case of relocation.
• Standardized, pre-engineered components.
• Nation-wide and International delivery and
  installation.

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Smart Shelter BENEFITS (iiI)

• 3. FASTER ROI
• Allows easy expansion (Pay as you Grow model)
• Efficiency increases in 30 for Air Conditioning
  which results in Power Cost savings (among
  others)
• It is not Real State because SMART SHELTER is
  moveable/portable
• Pay less taxes
• Faster Depreciation
• 4. EXPERIENCED AND TESTED SOLUTION
• Over 300 Smart Shelter rooms deployed.
• Certified performance

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Smart Shelter modular, secure, IT room for any
size and application.

• 7000 sqf Smart Shelter at IBM

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Smart Shelter self-standing room.

• 1400 sqf Smart Shelter at a large Utility.

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• Some AST Customers

EDS
Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi
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• THANK YOU
• AST North America
• Executive V.P. Joseba Calvo
• joseba_at_ast-global.com
• Cell [phone]
• T [phone]
• F [phone]
• Akron, OH 44313
• www.ast-global.com