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1225 W Burnside Street, Suite 310 Portland, OR 97209 // www.opusinteractive.com // 503.972.6677 // ©Opus Interactive 2012 //Data Center Checklist COMPANY PROFILE 1 2 3 Publicly held or venture backed Multiple data centers Multiple service locations Reputable reference accounts Core competency – designs, engineers and delivers data center products and services Provides a 100% uptime SLA Offers modular data center products and services Offers enterprise-grade “private cloud” Infrastructure as a Service Standardized data center hardware Offers software optimized data center infrastructure Meets ultra-high security requirements Tier III Design Certified by the Uptime Institute ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS & LOCATION Earthquakes Tornadoes Hurricanes Tidal flooding River flooding Tsunami Blizzards/Hail storms Located in flood plain Located in flight path Adjacent to highway with hazardous shipping Adjacent to railroad tracks Easily accessible from airport/highway Distance from street (# feet) Major delivery services available CORE POWER 1 2 3 Total capacity available at data center (# MW) On-site substation If yes, is substation dedicated to provider’s use? Diverse high voltage feeds from utility If yes, what is capacity (in kV/KVA)? CRITICAL POWER # backup generators on-site Total backup capacity currently available (# MW) # gallons diesel fuel stored on-site How long at full load? (# minutes) Proximity to diesel fuel filling station (# miles) Battery backup capacity at load (# minutes) UnInTeRRUPTIbLe ConDITIoneD PoweR Concurrently maintainable design UPS currently available (# Mw) Total UPS available at site (# Mw) Diverse UPS manufacturers Diverse PDU manufacturers Power density across entire data center (watts UPS/SF) Spot densities per square foot (# Watts) Color-coded power cabling Hand-sewn, wax string used Overhead cabling DaTa CenTeR STRUCTURe 1 2 3 LeeD Certified Steel reinforced concrete Square footage # stories on-site office space # freight elevators # truck/shipping bays Burn-in staging center available Secure storage Managed shipping and receiving COMPLIANCE AVAILABLE 1 2 3 SAS 70 / SSAE 16 PCI HIPPA List of providers 1 ____________________________ 2 ____________________________ 3 ____________________________ PROVIDERS PROVIDERS ENERGY EFFICIENCY LED lighting Motion activated lighting Ultrasonic humidification Variable frequency drive chillers Variable frequency drive pumps Variable frequency drive cooling towers Variable frequency drive air handlers Sealed cabinets Insulated roof

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Company profile 1 2 3publicly held or venture backed

multiple data centers

multiple service locations

reputable reference accounts

Core competency – designs, engineers and delivers data center products and servicesprovides a 100% uptime Slaoffers modular data center products and servicesoffers enterprise-grade “private cloud” infrastructure as a ServiceStandardized data center hardwareoffers software optimized data center infrastructuremeets ultra-high security requirementsTier III Design Certified by the Uptime Institute

environmental threatS & loCation earthquakestornadoeshurricanesTidal floodingRiver floodingtsunamiBlizzards/hail stormsLocated in flood plainLocated in flight pathadjacent to highway with hazardous shippingadjacent to railroad trackseasily accessible from airport/highwayDistance from street (# feet)major delivery services available

Core power 1 2 3total capacity available at data center (# mw)on-site substation

If yes, is substation dedicated to provider’s use?Diverse high voltage feeds from utility

If yes, what is capacity (in kV/KVA)?

CritiCal power# backup generators on-sitetotal backup capacity currently available (# mw)# gallons diesel fuel stored on-sitehow long at full load? (# minutes)Proximity to diesel fuel filling station (# miles)Battery backup capacity at load (# minutes)

UnInTeRRUPTIbLe ConDITIoneD PoweRConcurrently maintainable designUPS currently available (# Mw)Total UPS available at site (# Mw)Diverse UPS manufacturersDiverse PDU manufacturersPower density across entire data center (watts UPS/SF)Spot densities per square foot (# watts)Color-coded power cablinghand-sewn, wax string used

overhead cablingDaTa CenTeR STRUCTURe 1 2 3LeeD CertifiedSteel reinforced concreteSquare footage# storieson-site office space# freight elevators# truck/shipping baysBurn-in staging center availableSecure storagemanaged shipping and receiving

ComplianCe availaBle 1 2 3SaS 70 / SSae 16

pCi

hippa

list of providers1 ____________________________2 ____________________________3 ____________________________

proviDerS proviDerS

energy effiCienCyleD lightingmotion activated lightingUltrasonic humidificationvariable frequency drive chillersvariable frequency drive pumpsvariable frequency drive cooling towersvariable frequency drive air handlersSealed cabinetsinsulated roof

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aCCeSS ControlTraffic bollards/car trapsDigital video surveillanceCustomer defined access listsvisitor trackingBiometric screeningmantrapslocking cabinets, cages, suites and modulesprivate access control systems allowed24x7xforever customer access without delay

environmental ControlS 1 2 3Discreet plC system automationredundant controllers

hSSD smoke detectioninterlocked, multi-zone, pre-action dry pipe and clean agent gas fire suppressionrope-style leak detectionSingle point grounding systemUL approved perimeter lightning protection system

effiCienCy 1 2 3thermal energy Storage (teS) option available% of time free cooling can be used

network CarrierS 1 2 3at&tabovenetaCS alaskaCogentComcastglobal Crossinghe.netintegra telecomlevel 3lS networkspaetec (windstream)SilverStar telecomverizon Business Spectrum networkstata

tw telecom

Xo

Zayo (360 networks)

network ConneCtivityfree cross-connectsCarrier-neutralon-site meet-me-room# diverse fiber entry vaults# network providers on-site with gateway accessenterprise-grade internet bandwidth w/minimum10gB connections to each providerprivate data transport between data centersDark fiber availablewireless service available

SUPPoRT SeRvICeSComplimentary remote hands24x7 on call engineersmanaged Services options

proviDerS proviDerS

heat rejeCtion 1 2 3# of compressors/chillers# evaporation towersCapacity of chilled water plant (#tons)Bi-directional, welded, valved chilled water loop

waterDiverse water mains# gallons water stored on-siteDomestic well on-site

air hanDlingConcurrently maintainable design# modular Crah unitsCapacity of Crah units (kw or tons per unit)High-efficiency raised floorHigh-efficiency chilled water systemvariable speed plug fans