Gyron Blog » LHC http://blog.gyron.net Purveyors of fine quality datacentre services since 2000. Tue, 11 May 2010 16:56:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 New contact address details for Gyron http://blog.gyron.net/news/new-contact-address-details-for-gyron/ http://blog.gyron.net/news/new-contact-address-details-for-gyron/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:15:03 +0000 Robin Balen - Gyron http://blog.gyron.net/?p=482 Following the opening of Gyron’s new Centro datacentre facility in Hemel Hempstead, our administrative staff have relocated to our new on-site offices. As such, please update your records with our new postal address, to be used for all correspondence (including cheque payments and legal documents):

Gyron Internet Ltd
3 Centro
Boundary Way
Hemel Hempstead
HP2 7SU

All other contact details, including phone numbers, remain the same. We also continue to operate a 24/7 NOC at our on-site offices in the LHC, in London Docklands, to support our customers there.

Please note that the Registered Office for Gyron Internet Ltd has also been updated to the above address.

If you have any queries regarding this change please contact our accounts team on billing@gyron.net or 0845 888 6900 during office hours.

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Snow near the LHC datacentre

Snow near the LHC datacentre

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]]> http://blog.gyron.net/bloggery/snow/feed/ 0 Brief photo tour of the LHC http://blog.gyron.net/bloggery/brief-photo-tour-of-the-lhc/ http://blog.gyron.net/bloggery/brief-photo-tour-of-the-lhc/#comments Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:52:00 +0000 Robin Balen - Gyron http://blog.gyron.net/?p=35 A few customers have asked for some more pictures of our facilities at the London Hosting Center, so I’ve uploaded some here.

Exterior of the LHC

Exterior of the LHC

Comprehensive digital IP CCTV system

Comprehensive digital IP CCTV system

View through the door to the G1 hosting suite

View through the door to the G1 hosting suite

Computerised fire control panel

Computerised fire control panel

Close up of FM200 gas cylinder

Close up of FM200 gas cylinder

Overhead data cabling

Overhead data cabling

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]]> http://blog.gyron.net/bloggery/brief-photo-tour-of-the-lhc/feed/ 0 Gyron relocates 300 servers and key network infrastructure for Titan Internet to new colocation space http://blog.gyron.net/news/gyron-relocates-300-servers-and-key-network-infrastructure-for-titan-internet-to-new-colocation-space/ http://blog.gyron.net/news/gyron-relocates-300-servers-and-key-network-infrastructure-for-titan-internet-to-new-colocation-space/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:52:43 +0000 Ben Miller - Gyron http://blog.gyron.net/?p=28 Last weekend, we completed a server and infrastructure relocation project for Titan Internet, an existing colocation customer who has taken a significant amount of expansion space in our new colocation suite in the LHC.

Titan produced this time-lapse video taken from their old colocation site, which they’ve kindly let us post here:

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Between 11PM Friday and 6AM Saturday, and 11PM Saturday and 6AM Sunday we relocated 300 servers and dozens of switches, routers and firewalls from their existing colocation space to our new suite. Servers were moved by own our team of 10 highly trained engineers, plus 3 Titan staff, and were moved in batches to ensure that no individual server was off-line for more than 4 hours.

We’re pleased to announce that the average period of downtime per server throughout the move was 2 hours, and the move was completed without a single instance of hardware failure.

If you would like more information on our range of managed datacenter services, including infrastructure relocation projects, please contact our sales team!

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]]> http://blog.gyron.net/news/gyron-relocates-300-servers-and-key-network-infrastructure-for-titan-internet-to-new-colocation-space/feed/ 0 Pictures of new G4/G5 hosting suite http://blog.gyron.net/news/pictures-of-new-hosting-suite/ http://blog.gyron.net/news/pictures-of-new-hosting-suite/#comments Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:03:26 +0000 Robin Balen - Gyron http://blog.gyron.net/?p=19 As promised, now that the rack deployment has been completed, I’ve uploaded a few images of the new suite:

One of 6 redundant downflow air-conditioning units, with FM200 gas fire supression bottles

One of 6 redundant downflow air-conditioning units, with FM200 gas fire suppression

Two additonal DFUs

Two additional DFUs

APC 42U NetShelter SX racks, with overhead cable management ladders and troughs

APC 42U NetShelter SX racks, with overhead cable management ladders and troughs

Looking the other way

Looking the other way

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G4/G5 Technical Poster

G4/G5 Technical Poster

The M&E fit-out has now been completed on-schedule by our contractors and the area is now ready for our engineers to install the APC racks, power bars, overhead cable trays, fibre interconnects and structured cabling which will turn the area in to usable space for our customers.

G4/G5 new hosting suite, awaiting rack installation

G4/G5 new hosting suite, awaiting rack installation

I’ll upload a few more pictures once the rack fit-out is complete.

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]]> http://blog.gyron.net/news/details-of-new-g4g5-hosting-suite/feed/ 0 Gyron announces availability of more than 60 additional rack footprints in the London Docklands http://blog.gyron.net/press-releases/gyron-announces-availability-of-more-than-60-additional-rack-footprints-in-the-london-docklands/ http://blog.gyron.net/press-releases/gyron-announces-availability-of-more-than-60-additional-rack-footprints-in-the-london-docklands/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:36:21 +0000 Robin Balen - Gyron http://blog.gyron.net/?p=8 Gyron Internet Ltd, a leading wholesale and managed services provider for medium sized UK businesses, has announced availability of 16 high specification rack footprints today, with a further 45 footprints availabile within 8 weeks.

See also:
- Gyron colocation services

The racks have been made available by expanding one of Gyron’s current hosting suites in the London Hosting Centre, and by commisioning a new 120 square meter suite. These racks have been provisioned at the high specification of 16A per footprint, with dedicated N+1 cooling and UPS systems.

These new racks will be supported by Gyron’s existing 24/7 on-site Network Operating Centre engineers, with a wide range of managed services and connectivity solutions available.

Notes for Editors:

About Gyron

Gyron Internet Ltd is a privately owned company founded in 2000, which provides connectivity and outsourced managed hosting for the critical business infrastructure of around 100 small and medium companies, as well as an extensive range of wholesale services to the ISP industry.

Gyron operate their own London metro dark fibre ring, which is capable of delivering over 300Gbps of diverse connectivity. Their main hosting suites and 24/7 NOC are at Telstra’s London Hosting Centre, with additional POPs in all of the major London hosting facilities.

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]]> http://blog.gyron.net/press-releases/gyron-announces-availability-of-more-than-60-additional-rack-footprints-in-the-london-docklands/feed/ 0 Time-lapse video showing LHC 2nd floor rack fit-out http://blog.gyron.net/news/time-lapse-video-showing-lhc-2nd-floor-rack-fit-out/ http://blog.gyron.net/news/time-lapse-video-showing-lhc-2nd-floor-rack-fit-out/#comments Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:37:56 +0000 Robin Balen - Gyron http://blog.gyron.net/?p=11 We recently fitted out around 2,200 sq ft of new datacenter space at the London Hosting Center.

After the core plant equipment (e.g. air conditioning down-flow units, FM200 fire suppression etc) was installed, the IP CCTV cameras went up and we were able to grab images to make the following time-lapse movie showing all 68 APC NetShelter enclosures being installed over a 4 day period:

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Thanks to all of our techs on-site and our fit-out contractors for the hard work getting this new suite online!

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]]> http://blog.gyron.net/news/time-lapse-video-showing-lhc-2nd-floor-rack-fit-out/feed/ 5 Gyron selects Telstra Europe as Facilities Partner http://blog.gyron.net/press-releases/gyron-selects-telstra-europe-as-facilities-partner/ http://blog.gyron.net/press-releases/gyron-selects-telstra-europe-as-facilities-partner/#comments Wed, 06 Sep 2006 14:34:19 +0000 Robin Balen - Gyron http://blog.gyron.net/?p=7 Gyron Internet Ltd, a leading wholesale and managed services provider for medium sized UK businesses, has signed a long-term, multi-million pound contract with leading business telecoms service provider, Telstra Europe, to run its main hosting facilities in Telstra’s datacentre in London’s Docklands.

See also:
- Light Reading
- Telstra Europe press release

Gyron’s primary objective in changing supplier was to stabilise operational expenditure for both space and power and ensure availability of additional technical space to support anticipated growth. It also required a datacentre with enough on-site office space for its team of Network Operating Centre engineers, who are on call 24 hours a day.

Telstra was selected because of its impressive state-of-the-art Docklands datacentre, its competitive pricing, its strong reputation for hosting and the strength of its account management and technical teams, all of which set it apart from its competitors.

Gyron Internet Ltd was so impressed by Telstra’s datacentre facility that it took over 200 square metres of technical space in November 2006 – three times its original requirements, in anticipation of future growth. The company has since acquired several new customers and is adding another 95 square metres of space, with further capacity for more servers should the expansion continue.

Robin Balen, Director of Gyron commented, “We were frustrated with the price hikes, lack of expansion room and inconsistent account management with our previous supplier. Telstra offered an excellent long term commercial deal providing us with the stability we required in order to expand our business”.

“The support provided by Telstra’s dedicated team of account and facilities managers was also second to none throughout the initial consultation and fit-out period. This high standard has been maintained now that we are live. Nothing is ever a problem – even when we had a query at 10pm on the Sunday night before we moved into the datacentre they were happy to help us”.

Simon Vye, CEO, Telstra Europe, added, “The demands for hosting, co-location and business continuity services have rapidly increased. The market has become increasingly more competitive and is showing no signs of slowing down. However, there is no excuse for hosting providers to fail on the service levels they provide, or to charge extortionate pricing. We are delighted to have been selected by Gyron on the strengths of our facilities, account management and commercial proposition and look forward to many years of successful partnership”.

Media Contacts:

pr@gyron.net

Notes for Editors:

About Gyron

Gyron Internet Ltd is a privately owned company founded in 2000, which provides connectivity and outsourced managed hosting for the critical business infrastructure of around 100 small and medium companies, as well as an extensive range of wholesale services to the ISP industry.

Gyron operate their own London metro dark fibre ring, which is capable of delivering over 300Gbps of diverse connectivity. Their main hosting suites and 24/7 NOC are at Telstra’s London Hosting Centre, with additional POPs in all of the major London hosting facilities.

About Telstra Europe

Telstra Europe is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Telstra Corporation Limited (ASX:TLS). Operational in Europe for over 14 years, Telstra offers an extensive range of voice and data services including total managed network solutions using Global IP-VPN (MPLS), Internet, ATM, Frame Relay, Private Lines, hosting and co-location services and enhanced voice solutions to medium sized business and multinational corporations in the UK. Additional value added services include fully managed CPE, network reporting, consulting, planning, project management, service tools, which enable customers to monitor and view their network status 24/7 and customer support seven days a week.

Delivering connectivity business solutions, value-added services and complex managed IP solutions, Telstra Europe’s portfolio is complemented by its independently-owned and managed switched network. Switches are located in London, Birmingham and Manchester working alongside 14 co-location points throughout the UK. Additionally, state-of-the-art, resilient datacentres are located in London, Docklands and Cambridge.

Parent company, Telstra Corporation Limited, is a full service global telecommunications company.

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