Shared data centre initiative

Category : Computing

Feasibility study reference : FS8

Lead institution : University of Salford

Scope of the feasibility study

To investigate the potential to provide a shared services facility for three institutions (the Universities of Derby, Salford, and Sheffield Hallam), involving the sharing of data centre space, hosting facilities, associated power and cooling infrastructure and technical support services for Unix and Wintel-based systems, network and storage services.

Total funding : £75,000

Submission of outcome report : March 2008

Outcome report (Feasibility study) (Adobe PDF 476K)

Outcome report (Business Plan) (Adobe PDF 675K)

Contacts

Main contactHEFCE lead contact
NameMartine Carrassik, Associate Director Information Systems, Information Services DivisionPramod Philip
InstitutionUniversity of SalfordHEFCE
AddressThe Crescent
SALFORD
Greater Manchester
M5 4WT		Northavon House
Coldharbour Lane
BRISTOL
BS16 1QD
Tel0161 295 23160117 931 7380
E-mailm.carrassik@salford.ac.uk p.philip@hefce.ac.uk