Network & Datacentre
Premium UK Hosting Network for the best web hosting experience
Our web servers are housed in our own datacenter in Manchester, UK. The M247 Ltd Datacentre features world class resilient infrastructure including multiple levels of 24/7 security, stable high-capacity power supplies, fire protection and environmental controls.
Our network is fully redundant and has been built using the latest Cisco routing hardware along with HP and Dell switching equipment. Utilising HSRP (Hot Standby Redundancy Protocol) on our routers and rSTP (Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol) on our switches, which along with duplicating all core infrastructure provides hitless failover in case of a hardware failure to ensure world-class uptimes.
The importance of having your website hosted inside the same Country as your target audience is critical for your web success. Firstly, your visitors are going have as little latency as possible which means that your site is going to load as quickly as it can for them. Secondly, being on UK hosted servers will improve your UK search engine rankings with search engines such as Google. Google will look at the UK IP address and determine that your website is relevant to the UK audience which can help improve your web traffic.
Datacentre Pictures
Below are some pictures of our facility, please click on an image to view a larger version.
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UK Datacentre Features
| Datacentre Specification |
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| Location | M247 Ltd Datacentre, Manchester. England. |
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| Site Area | Two-building dedicated campus with 450 rack capacity |
| Staffing | 24/7 on-site qualified technical support personnel |
| Power | Dual dedicated 6,600V (HV) connections via diverse feeders from primary substation |
| Two dedicated HV substations on-site within secure plant compound | |
| N+1 diesel stand-by generators with 7 day on-site fuel supply at full load, with 4hr fuel resupply agreement with local fuel depot | |
| 2N diverse UPS systems | |
| Cooling | 2N high efficiency Air Exchange system and CRAC cooling |
| Connectivity | Dual fibre entry through dedicated private ducts |
| Resilient dark fibre connectivity with over 8 European locations | |
| Dark fibre, managed DWDM wavelengths, MPLS backhaul circuits, and local BGP connectivity with multiple on-site independent carriers | |
| Security | 2.4m security fence around full perimeter |
| Perimeter and internal digital IP ICCTV system with digitally controlled motion sensors and flood lighting | |
| Proximity access locks on all external and internal doors | |
| Environment | Outside the flood plain of any rivers or coast, and outside any Environment Agency Flood Warning Area |
| Management | Comprehensive centralised intelligent Building Management System (BMS), covering all Power, Cooling and Environmental systems detailed above |
| Hosting Suite Specification |
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| Datacentre Flooring | 600mm x 600mm heavy duty anti-static raised flooring with under-floor void |
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| Power | Power delivery to equipment via A+B power distribution system at 230V |
| BMS monitoring of power draw and power factor, and central reporting and alerting on breaker trip status | |
| Contained cold aisle design for high efficiency cooling | |
| Management | BMS monitoring of air flow, temperature and humidity status, and central reporting and alerting on any down flow unit fault alarms |
| Fire Suppression | Fire protection to all hosting suites |
| Double knock zoned fire detection system | |
| Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus (VESDA) | |
| FM200 gas-based fire suppression systems | |
| Security | Proximity access locks on all internal doors |
| Internal CCTV coverage of hosting suites |