Data Center

The Data Center Group operates the data centers Green IT Cube, RZ1 and BG2 of FAIR and GSI.

Tasks of the Data Center Group:

  • Operation of the data centers
  • Operation of the Digital Open Lab (DOL) real-world laboratory
  • Operation of infrastructure monitoring systems
  • Operation of the central asset and data center management systems
  • Monitoring of the technical infrastructure and coordination of operation and maintenance with external service providers
  • Optimization of energy efficiency of the data center
  • Planning, procurement and installation of further systems in cooperation with the respective specialist groups
  • Repair and RMA Processing for Servers
  • Support and collaboration with external research centers, scientific partners, and external companies within the framework of the Digital Open Lab
  • Development and testing of components together with DOL partners for data centers

If you have any questions or problems, you will find instructions or documentation on the various topics on our website.

You can also open a ticket in our ticket system via e-mail:

Green IT Cube

  • Innovative and energy-efficient: The "Green IT Cube" in the form of a cube measuring 27×30×22 m with six floors and an adjacent technical building including cooling towers.
  • In the expansion stages 1 and 2, the Green IT Cube has a cooling capacity of 8 megawatts, which will rise to 12 megawatts in the final expansion phase. The water cooling used in the rear doors of the server cabinets is highly efficient and requires less than 7% of the electrical power of the IT equipment.
  • It houses a mirror (RZ-1 and Green IT Cube) of the important basic IT services, as well as the servers, computing nodes and storage units for the experiment data.
  • A time-lapse video about the construction of the Green IT Cube can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j93R0kORA9c

  • The Green IT Cube is powered by 100% green electricity and uses two completely independent power feeds from the overland grid for redundant supply

  • KPI for the Green IT Cube in 2023:
    PUE 1.06
    WUE 2.07
    CER 15.7

RZ-1

  • Conventional data center with the central network node, mirror data center for the important basic services, and central location of the magnetic tape library.

BG2

  • Location of the second (backup) magnetic tape library at an independent location

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