The Brief
Kelly Services needed to relocate their European data centre at short notice. However the office to which they were relocating was still under refurbishment. Downtime could only occur out-of-hours so core equipment had to be reinstated and running at the end of each downtime ‘window’ before office hours began.
The Solution
Zero One conducted a full audit of Kelly Services’ data centre to establish all the equipment which needed to be relocated. Kelly Services provided a number of ‘downtime windows’ within which core equipment could be taken offline. Zero One then produced a comprehensive Project Plan detailing timings and sequence of equipment moves, labour required, shelving and racking required, provision of power and air conditioning. Before any equipment could be moved, Zero One had to build a temporary server room to house core equipment while the refurbishment of Kelly’s new offices was completed. All the migration and transport of equipment was handled by Zero One and the project was delivered on time and within budget.
Customer Comment
“I wanted to take the time to congratulate you and your team for the excellent service provided for our Kelly comms room move. I was very impressed with the professionalism, organisation and efficiency of the team responsible for this task. The team was well informed, swift and extremely safety-minded whilst on the job, all of which I personally appreciated. I also have to send my sincerest thanks for sending the same team for all three of the moves, this avoided the need for repeated site familiarity so each day became more efficient than the last.
In particular, please pass on my thanks to Lindsey, who not only supervised the move, but also offered to a wealth of resources for any technical issues and stayed until each server was running.
All in all, a job very well done!”
Regards,
Paul Aldred
EMEA 2nd Line Support Manager
Kelly Services (UK) Ltd.