Computer Centre, IIT Kanpur

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur 

Data Centre Details

The new Data Centre at CC, which is expected to be operational by November, 2012, consists of three server rooms with state-of-the-art precision air conditioning and fire safety features. This Data Centre is built under the initiative of high performance computing (HPC) and it is fully supported by the Institute. Many other infrastructural installations related to this Data Centre, such as new high-capacity electrical transformer, new DG sets, UPS systems, electrical cables etc have also been put in place. CC would be in a position to host substantially bigger and more number of HPC clusters and other high-end servers once this Data Centre comes into operation.

Out of the five server rooms in this Data Centre:

  • Data Center 0 will be used for hosting Web services, Network services, Mail services and Mail storage.
  • Data Center 1 will be used for hosting HPC clusters of CC.
  • Data Center 2 will be used for hosting clusters of Project PIs and Departments.
  • Data Center 3 will be used for keeping Utility Servers of CC, OA and other Sections/Facilities.
  • Data Center 4 will be used for hosting and NSM HPC Machine.

The usage policies of these server rooms have been finalized by the HPC Advisory cum Management Committee of CC in its meeting on September 26, 2012.

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The details of the said policies are available below on Intranet.

For the policy of use of "DATA CENTER 2" of New Data Center in CC for keeping "CLUSTERS OF PROJECT PIS / DEPARTMENTS" . Click Here
For the policy of use of "DATA CENTER 3" of New Data Center in CC for keeping "UTILITY SERVERS OF CC, OA AND OTHER SECTIONS / FACILITIES" . Click Here
To view the design of "PRECISION AIR CONDITIONING (PAC) SYSTEM" of the New Data Center in CC. Click Here
To view the design of "FIRE SAFETY, ACCESS CONTROL, BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (BMS) AND OTHER RELATED SYSTEMS" of the New Data Center of CC. Click Here