The nuts & bolts of Pipe Ten
Pipe Ten operates its servers from various locations both internationally and locally through close partnerships and associations with leading data centres.
Servers
Pipe Ten's hosting packages are hosted on award winning Dell Servers, offering maximum redundancy and uptime unlike many hosting companies, who use unbranded hardware, or merely lease cheap machines from other UK or US hosts. Typical Shared Server Configuration is:
- Dell PE2850/Dell PE2950 Server Chassis or better
- Dual Intel Xeon 3GHz or better
- 4Gb DDR ECC Redundant RAM or better
- Dual Hot Plug PSU
- RAID 5 SCSI or better
Sheffield Data Centre, UK
Built with Pipe Ten's requirements in mind this facility offers excellent reliability and value.
Network and building fibre- Cisco core network
- Diverse Fibre - MetroNAP
- Diverse Fibre - Telewest
- Diverse Fibre - Level3
- HSRP local switching
- Triangulated layer-2 core
- Triangulated layer-3 core Building
- 2x28KW AC units
- Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus (VESDA)
- Three point fibre duct entrance
- 2x28KW AC units
- Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus (VESDA)
- Three point fibre duct entrance

Derby Data Centre, UK
A world class data centre, fully N+1 to the switch.
Network and building fibre- Diverse Fibre Rings - London
- Diverse Fibre Rings - Manchester
- Full N+1 Distribution
- Multiple Tier 1 carriers
- Building
- Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus (VESDA)
- FM200 Fire Suppression
- Diverse fibre duct entrance
- 5 x N+1 200kVA UPS
- 3 x N+1 Generators
- N+1 Cooling & Conditioning
- BMS monitoring software for all data center infrastructure
- Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus (VESDA)
- FM200 Fire Suppression
- Diverse fibre duct entrance
- 5 x N+1 200kVA UPS
- 3 x N+1 Generators
- N+1 Cooling & Conditioning
- BMS monitoring software for all data center infrastructure

