IBM said that it has been selected by WesTrac, an industrial machinery supplier, to design and implement a Portable Modular Data Centre (PMDC) offering to provide the company with a data centre to meet its business needs and support future IT growth.
IBM said that the project, due to be completed in February, will allow WesTrac to avoid the cost associated and time and space required with building a new facility.
The PMDC will consist of two containers, one purpose built for IT equipment, using Rear Door Heat Exchanger cooling doors and overhead cooling and the other for services infrastructure including uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and batteries, chiller unit, cooling fan coils and electrical and mechanical distribution gear and a configured 400kVA engine generator.
In addition, IBM will also build a concrete slab on which the PMDC containers, generator and second chiller unit will be installed. An early warning fire detection system, fire suppression system, fingerprint access system and video surveillance provide security for the offering.
According to IBM, the PMDC can support multiple technology vendors and multiple systems in an industry standard rack environment, and can be shipped and deployed into any environment. It can be moved or relocated to any of WesTrac’s Australian locations and can be expanded by extending to multiple containers and be reprovisioned as a disaster recovery facility.
David Yip, site and facilities services business executive at IBM Australia, said: IBM is delighted to work with WesTrac to design and deliver a PMDC solution to provide them with a quickly delivered, cost-effective and flexible data centre alternative. The PMDC offering, part of the IBM Data centre Family of modular solutions, is designed as a flexible option for companies requiring remote or temporary data centre capacity to support their business growth.
