Why Bristol server + storage work has its own profile
Bristol's DC cluster supports a mixed workload portfolio — Temple Quarter fintech, NHS BNSSG, Filton aerospace, Aardman creative, universities. One reference architecture doesn't cover all of them.
Low-latency storage for Temple Quarter fintech
Pure FlashArray //X and //XL with NVMe-oF for the low-latency profiles BS1 / BS2 fintech needs — designed against actual workload.
25 / 100 / 400 GbE fabric for South West DCs
Arista 7060X / 7050X, Cisco Nexus 9300 / 9500, NVIDIA Spectrum — fabric design that handles east-west traffic at Bristol customer scale.
HCI for NHS BNSSG + WECA
Nutanix Cloud Platform and VMware vSAN ESA for BNSSG-affiliated trusts and WECA + Bristol councils — pre-validated, supported.
AI / GPU clusters for University of Bristol + UWE
NVIDIA DGX B200 / GB200 NVL72, Supermicro HGX H100 / H200, Dell PowerEdge XE9680 for Bristol + UWE research IT.
What Servnet builds in Bristol
Server design + supply
PowerEdge R260-R960; ProLiant DL360-DL580 Gen11; ThinkSystem SR250-SR950 — sized against workload.
Storage — Pure, NetApp, HPE Alletra, Dell PowerStore
All-flash block, scale-out NAS, hybrid file/object, NVMe-oF, ransomware-immutable snapshots.
HCI — Nutanix, vSAN ESA, Azure Stack HCI
Nutanix AOS on AHV or ESXi for regulated estates, vSAN ESA for VMware-loyal, Azure Stack HCI for Microsoft-centric WECA + BCC.
AI / GPU infrastructure
NVIDIA DGX B200 / B300 / GB200, Supermicro HGX H100 / H200 SXM5, Dell PowerEdge XE9680 / XE9640.
DC racking + cabling
Engineer attendance for racking at Telstra Bristol, Pulsant BRS, Vorboss.
Lifecycle support + warranty consolidation
Multi-vendor warranty consolidated into one Servnet contract, EOSL / post-warranty cover when vendor TPS ends.
Bristol infrastructure customers
- ▸Temple Quarter fintechBS1 / BS2 fintech, Hargreaves-class — Pure //X or Alletra MP X for trade store, Arista 7060X fabric, MiFID-aligned capture where required.
- ▸Filton aerospace + defenceAirbus, BAE, Rolls-Royce supply customers — secure-by-design infrastructure, NCSC-aligned hardening, SC-cleared engineer attendance.
- ▸NHS BNSSG ICB + trustsBNSSG-affiliated — Nutanix or HPE SimpliVity HCI, DSP-Toolkit-aligned controls, clinical workstation hardware.
- ▸Aardman + Bristol creativeAardman, Channel 4 Bristol, BBC Bristol — high-throughput SAN/NAS for animation / production workflows, colour-managed workstations.
- ▸University of Bristol + UWEBristol + UWE — research compute clusters, GPU nodes, lab storage for engineering / sciences.
- ▸WECA + BCC + 3 authoritiesBCC, WECA, North Somerset, South Glos — HCI for council estate, CCS-framework supply.
How a Bristol server / storage project actually runs
Design workshop + sizing week 1
Workload review with application owners — turned into sized design with like-for-like comparison across 2–3 vendors.
Procurement → delivery → DC racking
PO raised, factory build lead time tracked, delivery direct into the Bristol DC. Engineer attends for rack-in, cabling, power-up.
Configuration + handover
Cluster config, storage provisioning, fabric configuration, integration with customer DNS / NTP / monitoring / backup.
Support contract activates day one
Servnet support live from production go-live — 4-hour engineer + parts on Bristol SLA, smart-hands available.
Bristol servers + storage — common questions
Can you rack into Telstra Bristol or Pulsant BRS?
Yes — standing access at Telstra Bristol, Pulsant BRS, Vorboss. Our engineers know the DC-specific protocols.
What do you spec for a Temple Quarter trading floor storage refresh?
For most Temple Quarter fintech we land on Pure FlashArray //X — NVMe end-to-end, sub-100µs latency, NVMe-oF over 100G or 25G, ransomware-immutable snapshots, replication to a second South West DC.
Do you do AI / GPU clusters for University of Bristol research?
Yes — NVIDIA DGX B200 / B300 / GB200 NVL72 and Supermicro HGX H100 / H200 builds. Including 400G InfiniBand fabric and power / cooling sanity check.
Can you do a Nutanix design for a BNSSG trust?
Yes — Nutanix on AHV is a frequent design choice for BNSSG-affiliated trusts, particularly post-Broadcom.
Who supports the kit after install?
Servnet — under a Servnet support contract that runs alongside vendor warranty and replaces vendor TPS at end-of-life.
How do you price against South West integrators?
On hardware and licence typically 4–9% under list. On services we're faster, more technically specific. Trade-off is brand recognition on £1m+ multi-year managed deals.
Other services we deliver in Bristol
Sizing a Bristol server, storage or HCI project?
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