Global Switch in Ultimo, Sydney, Australia is one of the largest data centres in the Southern Hemisphere. Built on Tier III specifications and offering N+1 redundancy on power, it houses servers for the Australian Department of Defence, along with Australia's leading telecommunications, government and finanaical institutions, which gives us great confidence in hosting our servers there.

The data centre offers network redundancy via Vocus, Pacific and Pipe, and provides a high quality internal network with backup routers and switches. Power is sourced outside of the CBD and power failure is catered for via an on-site diesel generator.

Global Switch's network comprises multiple main production servers, backup servers, as well as administrative, spare and dedicated servers.

• 2 x diverse 20MVA feeds feeding from the National Grid
• Highly efficient DRUPS installation supported by up to 22 no-break Rotary Diesel UPS sets
• Diverse A+B+R supply, distributed via 11kV rings within the data centre

• On-site diesel tanks (6 x 60,000 litres) support 24 hours at full capacity with 24x7 fuel delivery
• A third 20MVA feed will be on stream in 2011