To continue our network upgrades, we have ordered upgrades of our metro ethernet circuits, and IP Transit feeds. This will bring our metro ethernet rings up to a minimum of 10Gbit/s per segment. It will also increase our external connectivity to multiples of 10Gbit/s. Lead times for 10Gbit/s upgrades… Continue reading
We will be performing network upgrades across our entire network (Manchester, Bolton, and London) shortly. We will begin with the Bolton and Manchester networks during March 2018. This work will involve replacing our entire switching network with new Cisco switches operating at both Layer 2 and Layer 3 modes. This… Continue reading
We have been notified today by Virgin Media that they will be performing maintenance on 20th October 2017 between midnight and 6am UK local time which will affect one of our fibre circuits that forms our metro ring. Although the maintenance window is 6 hours long, the anticipated circuit outage… Continue reading
IXManchester (A LINX peering point) is performing maintenance on 15th September 2017 between midnight and 6am UK local time. To prevent any disruption to routing, we have administratively shutdown all connections over this peering point overnight. We will re-establish the connections after the maintenance window has completed. Connectivity will re-route… Continue reading
As a follow-on to our UPS Service recently, Riello recommended a battery replacement of our BOL23 UPS system as they are nearing their recommended lifespan of 5 years. (They’re in their 4th year) Although the batteries tested fine in a load test, we have taken their advice and will have… Continue reading
As a follow-on to our UPS Service recently, Riello recommended a full overhaul of our BOL8 UPS system as it has reached its recommended lifespan. Although no parts were identified as failing, we have taken their recommendations and will be having the BOL8 UPS system completely overhauled on Wednesday 23rd… Continue reading
After a satisfactory 3 Week Soak Test, we brought the Virgin Media fibre circuit back into service tonight @ 17:33.
3 Week Soak Test, commenced 17-07-2017 During this test phase we have monitored a sustained stable connection,with all relevant protocols present, over the ‘sandboxed’ fibre circuit from Virgin Media. We intend to bring the fibre circuit back into service on Wednesday 09-08-2017 @ 17:30. We do not anticipate this to… Continue reading
Riello have completed our UPS Servicing for both BOL8 and BOL23 units (separately). Both UPS units are in good health with no issues reported. Both systems also had a load test to test battery capacity. Riello have suggested a full overhaul of our BOL8 UPS system purely due to… Continue reading
Riello will be carrying out their routine maintenance of our UPS systems in our BOL8 and BOL23 datacentres on 12th July 2017 between 8am and 6pm UK local time. They will only service one datacentre at a time for added resilience. During the servicing, the UPS will be taken out… Continue reading