Sify has world-class Level 3 IDCs at different locations with its flagship IDC at Vashi, Navi Mumbai. These IDCs are equipped to address and support a wide spectrum of applications, databases and networking infrastructure. Keeping the scalability and cost requirements of customers’ businesses in mind, these IDCs cater to every budget type and growth path.

Infrastructure

Domestic Data Center : Facilitates hands-on physical access in India. You save on exorbitant costs which would otherwise be incurred for a ‘pair of hands’ if hosted abroad.

Rack Space : Sify’s 1000 racks can host up to 6600 servers – this provides almost unlimited scalability to match your business growth.

Power Supply : Two feeder lines enter any IDC that help in maintaining a redundant supply of power. Additionally, power is backed-up by gensets and UPS. This, in turn, allows us to maintain a 99.6 % guaranteed uptime.

Precision Air Conditioning : 150 tons of air-conditioning provides a high performance environment for mission-critical applications to be up and running 24x7x365.

Dust Filtration up to 5 microns prevents damage to servers and ensures quality performance.

FM 200 inert gas-based fire control systems eliminate risks associated with water-based fire control systems.

Security

Within the IDC a combination of physical security, surveillance systems and privileged access systems make for a highly impenetrable security arena.

Physical Security

	Zone One – Dedicated security personnel (manned security 24x7x365) and CCTV surveillance.
	Zone Two – CCTV surveillance and proximity cards.
	Zone Three – Pin-based access cards and biometric scanning.

Redundancy

A high level of reliability is maintained with the help of a number of redundant subsystems that include multiple fiber trunks coming into the IDC from multiple telecom providers. There is fully redundant power on the premises, along with multiple back-up generators.

Managed Firewall

Firewalls act as a first level of security for networks and systems, protecting what is inside, and at the same time, providing outward access and exposure to the Internet. The Sify Firewall uses Next Generation (NG) Switched technology to offer complete security for a host of applications.

The Switched Firewall is a multi-component solution managed as a single system. It does policy checking for every new connection request, manages the connection table and specifies the rules for handling subsequent packets in a session. The following features highlight the robustness of the Sify Firewall:

	Up to 3.2 Gbps throughput
	Up to 500,000 concurrent connections
	Up to 32,000 connections/second

Managed Firewall Services

	Formulation of firewall policies as per requirements of customers
	Application of firewall policies
	Audit of the policies every two months
	Change Management of policies
	Configuring firewall alerts as per customers’ requirement
	Monitoring and communication of alerts to the customer
	Monthly Firewall log report
	On request Firewall log analysis/review

Intrusion Detection

Sify’s intrusion detection system recognizes and thwarts attempted breaches and attacks. 24x7 monitoring services make sure your Internet applications are well guarded.

Vulnerability Analysis

Vulnerability assessment solutions provide tools and services to automate the detection and correction of common machine and configuration errors and vulnerabilities. Such errors can expose a machine or network to attack from either internal or external sources. A dedicated security team at Sify conducts vulnerability analysis on a scheduled basis.

LAN

The LAN at Sify is divided into two parts, and thereby is able to provide separate access to browsers coming in through the Internet and clients who need to access their applications for updates or maintenance. This assures faster access by ensuring that bandwidth is not clogged and also facilitates easy control and management.

WAN

The Sify WAN has high-speed connectivity through DS-3 links and STM1 to NIXI (National Internet Exchange). This is a great advantage for Hosting customers as their servers can be reached with a minimum number of hops from domestic locations. Sify also has multiple E-1 links to VSNL.

Level 3 IDC