Why Nottingham server + storage work has its own profile
Nottingham's DC cluster supports an unusually corporate-heavy workload portfolio — Boots, Experian, Capital One, E.ON HQ estates — plus NHS NN, BioCity life sciences, and 8 Notts authorities.
High-throughput compute for Experian + Capital One data
Dell PowerEdge R760 and HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen11 for Experian credit-bureau data, Capital One banking-grade compute, financial-services-aligned infrastructure.
HCI for NHS NN trusts + BioCity
Nutanix Cloud Platform and HPE SimpliVity for NHS NN-affiliated trusts and BioCity life sciences tenants — pre-validated, DSP-Toolkit + GxP-aligned.
25 / 100 GbE fabric for East Midlands DCs
Arista 7060X / 7050X, Cisco Nexus — fabric design for east-west traffic at corporate-HQ scale.
AI / GPU clusters for Nottingham + Trent universities
NVIDIA DGX B200 / GB200 and Supermicro HGX H100 / H200 for University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University research.
What Servnet builds in Nottingham
Server design + supply
PowerEdge R260-R960; ProLiant DL360-DL580 Gen11; ThinkSystem SR250-SR950.
Storage — Pure, NetApp, HPE Alletra, Dell PowerStore
All-flash block, scale-out NAS, hybrid file/object.
HCI — Nutanix, vSAN ESA, Azure Stack HCI
Nutanix AOS on AHV or ESXi for regulated estates.
AI / GPU infrastructure
NVIDIA DGX B200 / B300 / GB200, Supermicro HGX H100 / H200.
DC racking + cabling
Engineer attendance for racking at Pulsant NTG, Synergy NTG, Stellium EM.
Lifecycle support + warranty consolidation
Multi-vendor warranty consolidated into one Servnet contract.
Nottingham infrastructure customers
- ▸Boots / Experian / Capital One / E.ON HQCorporate-HQ infrastructure — production-grade compute + storage at scale, multi-site WAN, regulatory-aware design.
- ▸NHS NN ICB + 3 trustsNUH, SFHFT, Notts Healthcare — Nutanix or HPE SimpliVity HCI, DSP-Toolkit-aligned.
- ▸BioCity life sciencesBioCity tenants — GxP-aware infrastructure, validated-environment design, lab-grade compute.
- ▸Nottingham + Trent universitiesUniversity of Nottingham, NTU — research compute clusters, GPU nodes, lab storage.
- ▸Lace Market techLace Market tech startups — scale-up infrastructure, cloud-bridge design.
- ▸NCC + 7 Notts authoritiesNCC + Notts CC + 6 districts — HCI for council estate, CCS-framework supply.
How a Nottingham server / storage project actually runs
Design workshop + sizing week 1
Workload review with application owners.
Procurement → delivery → DC racking
PO raised, delivery direct into the Nottingham DC. Engineer attends for rack-in.
Configuration + handover
Cluster config, storage provisioning, fabric configuration.
Support contract activates day one
Servnet support live from go-live.
Nottingham servers + storage — common questions
Can you rack into Pulsant NTG or Synergy NTG?
Yes — standing access at Pulsant NTG, Synergy NTG, Stellium EM.
What do you spec for an Experian credit-bureau data storage refresh?
For Experian-class high-throughput data workloads we land on Pure FlashArray //X or //XL — NVMe end-to-end, NVMe-oF over 100G fabric, immutable snapshots.
Do you do AI / GPU clusters for University of Nottingham research?
Yes — NVIDIA DGX and Supermicro HGX builds for University of Nottingham, NTU research.
Can you do a Nutanix design for an NHS NN trust?
Yes — frequent design choice for NHS NN-affiliated trusts post-Broadcom.
Who supports the kit after install?
Servnet — under a Servnet support contract.
How do you price against East Midlands integrators?
On hardware and licence typically 4–9% under list.
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