MANOC
MANOC (Manchester Network Operation Centre) is the home to UKFast's servers and network.
MANOC I & MANOC II originally started as facilities within data centres owned by Manchester University. MANOC I was located in the Computer Building on Oxford Road. After Manchester University realised they did not have sufficient power to grow or maintain the facility if it grew much larger, a new MANOC (MANOC II) was established again with the University of Manchester, this time in the Science Park.[1] It’s the UK’s second biggest internet hub and a nerve centre for the North West: almost all of Manchester’s net traffic goes through here.[2]
[edit] History and Plans
MANOC's largest customer UKFast hosts over 2500 rack servers in its facility and as a result of UKFasts growth a new facility was acquired in August 2009 in central Manchester to keep up with the demand in a deal worth £9.6m,[3]
MANOC III is expected to be live and running commercially before the end of 2009[dated info] and it has enough rackspace and power to host another 2500 servers. It is the first intelligently green data centre in Manchester[citation needed] and it utilises equipment that saves power in the way it cools the building.
[edit] References
- ^ "New data centre acquired". Manchester Evening News. http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/business/s/1061163_data_deal_brings_double_benefits.
- ^ "The UK’s second biggest internet hub". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2006/08/18/180806_manchesters_brain_feature.shtml.
- ^ "£9.6m Data Centre Deal publisher= Venture Magazine". http://www.venturemagazine.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=6309&issueid=219.
