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Datacenter relocation project

How to move servers to a datacenter in Barcelona

Criteria and stages for moving owned hardware out of the office, calculating space, power and connectivity, and controlling the downtime window.

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The starting point

Moving production servers involves much more than reserving rack units. This page covers the decision and relocation project: dependencies, communications, change window, testing and responsibilities. The colocation and housing service page describes the hosting options Seintec provides; the datacenter page documents the facility and its role within our own infrastructure.

What we usually find

  • An improvised server room with heat, dust or uncontrolled access.
  • Power cuts that shut down production servers.
  • Office connectivity insufficient to publish services.
  • Recent hardware that still has useful life and warranty.

Which companies it fits

Companies considering moving equipment out of the office or preparing an office relocation that need to plan the transition before procuring housing space.

We review equipment, dependencies, communications and the change window, then prepare a verifiable relocation plan.

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What the solution includes

  • Rack space

    Equipment placement by rack units and power draw, in our facility.

  • Connectivity

    Network access with the bandwidth and addressing agreed in the project.

  • Controlled access

    Logged entry by appointment, coordinated with our technical team.

  • Optional services

    Remote hands, monitoring, backup or system administration where contracted.

How it is deployed

  1. 1Review of the equipment to be hosted and its requirements.
  2. 2Definition of space, power and connectivity.
  3. 3Planning of the move and the downtime window.
  4. 4Installation, cabling and service testing.
  5. 5Operation and subsequent access under contract.

Real-world scenarios

An office server room that has outgrown itself

Many companies keep servers in a side room with a domestic air conditioner and a small UPS. As equipment grows, heat, noise and power draw stop being acceptable. Moving the hardware to a datacentre solves power, cooling, physical security and connectivity without replacing any of it.

Relocating the office without stopping systems

Moving premises normally means moving servers and accepting several uncertain days. If the infrastructure already sits in the datacentre, the move only affects workstations and the local network: systems keep running and staff reach them from the new address as soon as the line is live.

What the datacentre provides and what stays yours

The datacentre provides rack space, protected power, cooling, physical security with access control and connectivity. The hosted hardware remains the client's property and its maintenance depends on what is contracted, from plain hosting through to full operation of the systems. Remote hands tasks, access hours and response times are set out in the contract. Where a client prefers to delegate administration as well, colocation is combined with managed services on the same equipment.

What is at stake if it is left unaddressed

  • Power backup that is not real

    An office UPS lasts minutes, not hours, and is rarely tested. A prolonged outage causes unclean shutdowns and data corruption.

  • Uncontrolled physical access

    A server room that doubles as a storeroom makes it impossible to know who entered or when equipment was handled.

  • A single connection

    Publishing services from the office over one line makes clients and branches dependent on the availability of that link.

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Frequently asked questions

Where is the datacenter?
In Sant Miquel de Balenyà, Osona, Barcelona province. It is Seintec's only own physical location.
Can we access our equipment?
Yes, by appointment and with access logging, under the agreed terms.
Can it be combined with cloud servers?
Yes. It is common to keep owned hardware hosted and add cloud resources for growth or for backups.
Can services be published to the internet?
Yes, with the addressing and security measures defined in the project.
Can we physically access our own equipment?
Yes. Access is arranged with prior request, identification and logging, which is standard practice in any datacentre. Most interventions do not require a visit: the Seintec technical team can perform remote hands tasks as agreed in the service contract.
What connectivity do hosted systems have?
Business connectivity from the datacentre itself, with the addressing and publishing rules each client requires. The network design is defined with the company: which services are published, from where they are reachable and how the company's sites connect to the hosted equipment.
Can this be combined with cloud services?
Yes, and it usually is. A frequent arrangement is keeping still-depreciating hardware in colocation while using managed cloud infrastructure for growth, backups or standby environments, with both connected and operated as one.
What happens when the hosted hardware reaches end of life?
Either replacement or a move to managed cloud infrastructure is proposed, depending on cost and criticality. The transition can be gradual, keeping the older equipment in place while services migrate, because both environments sit in the same datacentre and on the same network.
How is the move of existing equipment organised?
With an inventory of what is being moved, a check of rack space and power requirements, and a window agreed with the company, normally outside working hours. Systems are shut down cleanly, transported, racked, cabled and brought back up in a defined order, with connectivity tested before users return. Anything that can be migrated in advance to avoid downtime is identified during planning rather than on the day.

Plan the relocation

We review equipment, dependencies, communications and the change window, then prepare a verifiable relocation plan.

Plan the relocation