Aerodisk will help build the Kavkaz data center

2021: Plan for the creation of the Kavkaz data center

The company Aero disk"" on December 19, 2021 announced that it would take part in the project, " constructionsdata center "Caucasus implemented under the auspices. Ministry of Digital Development

The project, implemented in Vladikavkaz, is designed to provide the North Caucasus Federal District with the necessary IT infrastructure necessary for the large-scale digitalization of the constituent entities in the region.

It is assumed that the data center will meet the requirements of the Tier III Uptime Institute standards, and when creating it, it will be used mainly Russian solutions in both hardware and software components.

At the current stage, participants "" are involved in the project: Skolkovo companies Norsi Trance"" and Graviton"" supply, servers"" Thionyx- systems, and virtualizations Aerodisk provides supply. storage systems

For data center Kavkaz, the company will supply flagship two-controller DSS ones from its line. AERODISK EAST Their configuration is optimal for the storage and processing tasks data that arise in a large data center.

The project was launched based on the results of technical testing of domestic components within the framework of an experimental stand, where the developments of these vendors were combined into a single solution that showed high results of performance and fault-tolerant work.

According to the results of the tests, the project approved a loan with a reduced interest rate under the condition of using more than 70% of the components of Russian suppliers in it.

The implementation of the first stage of the project is scheduled for the first quarter of 2022. It is planned that the data center will provide services to both public and private customers.

This project is another confirmation of the effectiveness of the import substitution policy in IT. Many years of industry efforts produce tangible results, and we are pleased to be directly involved in this process. We have been cooperating with other project participants in the Russian IT market for a long time and have accumulated enough experience in implementing joint projects to assess the prospects of the Kavkaz data center as positive as possible, "said Vyacheslav Volodkovich, General Director of Aerodisk.

The project is a starter in the chain of similar initiatives in other regions of the country: investors, authorities and manufacturers have now developed a unified vision for the development of the data center industry in Russia, which has found its expression in the Kavkaz data center project, Vyacheslav Volodkovich added.