Hurricane Sandy and our NYC/NJ datacenter

We maintain a datacenter right outside New York City in Clifton, NJ. Like most people on the eastern seaboard, we’ve been monitoring the progress of Hurricane Sandy. Given the possible severity of Hurricane Sandy, we have rolled our a hurricane response plan and will be fully operational throughout.

Like all the datacenters we use, the facility has fully redundant power systems including UPS and generator backup. The datacenter is sufficiently inland to not be at risk from any storm surge and the building is hurricane resistant but there is possibility of losing grid power as a result of the hurricane.

With this in mind, we’ve undertaken a number of precautions:

• Generators, already tested on a regular basis, have been re-tested for readiness.
• Generators, UPS and transfer systems have had an extra maintenance check. This is in addition to the regular scheduled checks.
• Extra diesel fuel is on site to fuel the generators for up to a week. Refueling contracts are (and always have been) in place.

For those in the path of the storm, stay safe. Our thoughts are with you.