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Server Migration in Espoo

Server migration in Espoo means moving servers and network equipment between racks, rooms or facilities. Reboot Monkey can run the whole physical move or work alongside your own team, with the split of tasks agreed for each project before work begins.

Server Migration

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Plan your server migration in Espoo

Send the equipment list, the source and destination, and the target window. Prices are quoted on request.

In depth

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Server Migration in Espoo

Equinix HE6 - Helsinki, Sinimäki stands on Sinimaentie in Espoo. A migration touching equipment in or near this part of the Helsinki region is a physical project: servers are powered down in a planned order, disconnected, unracked, moved, racked again, recabled and tested. Reboot Monkey defines server migration as moving equipment between racks, rooms or facilities, and that definition sets the scope of the work described on this page.

Reboot Monkey is a third-party datacenter services operator. It does not own or run the buildings where migrations take place. The facility operator owns and runs the building, including its power, cooling and access policy, and Reboot Monkey engineers work under the operator's site rules. Your project plan therefore has to fit the operator's rules, and Reboot Monkey builds the move around them rather than the other way round.

A migration in Espoo can be a move within one facility, from one hall or rack row to another, or a move between two facilities. Either way, the work is sequenced so that dependencies between systems are respected and each stage has a defined owner.

Datacenter Facilities in Espoo

Data centres in Espoo, ordered by the number of networks present:

  • Equinix HE6 - Helsinki, Sinimäki (Equinix, Inc.), Sinimaentie 12, 02630 Espoo: 26 networks; carriers Arelion, Blix, Cinia Oy, DNA, Elisa Carrier Business and others
  • Innopoli (Technopolis), Tekniikantie 12, 02150 Espoo: 16 networks; carriers DNA, Elisa Carrier Business, RETN and euNetworks
  • Equinix HE7 - Helsinki, Sinimäki (Equinix, Inc.), Sinimäentie 8, 02630 Espoo: 13 networks; carriers Blix, Cinia Oy, DNA, Elisa Carrier Business, Global Secure Layer and others
  • IP-Only Espoo (GlobalConnect Group), Techniikantie 14, 02150 Espoo: 8 networks; carriers Cinia Oy, Elisa Carrier Business, RETN and euNetworks
  • Elisa Espoo Säterinportti (Elisa Oyj), Säterinkatu 2, 02600 Espoo: 3 networks; carriers Cinia Oy and Elisa Carrier Business
  • Elisa Espoo Tapiola (Elisa Oyj), Ahertajantie 2, 02100 Espoo: 2 networks; carriers Elisa Carrier Business
  • atNorth FIN02, Sinimäentie 6, 02630 Espoo; carriers Cinia Oy
  • atNorth FIN03, Kutojantie 2, 02630 Espoo; carriers Cinia Oy

Our Server Migration Services

A migration project is split into physical tasks, and each task has a named party responsible for it. Reboot Monkey can run the whole physical move or work alongside the customer's own team. Who disconnects, reconnects and tests the equipment is agreed per project, so a customer that wants its own administrators to handle power-down and acceptance testing can keep those steps while Reboot Monkey handles the rest.

The work a migration can include, depending on what is agreed:

  • Disconnecting servers and network equipment and removing them from the source rack.
  • Transport of the equipment to the destination rack, room or facility.
  • Mounting and cabling at the destination, with Reboot Monkey engineers installing and patching the cabling in the customer's rack.
  • Reconnecting and testing the equipment, either by Reboot Monkey or by the customer's team, as agreed.
  • New network capacity at the destination: Reboot Monkey orders the cross connects and carrier circuits from the facility operator and the carriers present in the facility.

Why Reboot Monkey

Reboot Monkey works as a vendor-neutral operator inside data centres that other companies own and run. It is not a hosting company, so a migration is not an upsell to a hosted platform: the aim is to land your own equipment, intact and tested, in the place you chose. For every customer site, a second, briefed Reboot Monkey engineer is named as backup. If the engineer assigned to your move is unavailable, the backup already knows the site and the plan, which keeps a dated migration window from slipping on a staffing gap. Coverage matters when a migration crosses borders. A move from Espoo to another country, or into Espoo from abroad, can be planned under one project rather than split across separate contractors. Prices are quoted on request and depend on the customer and the size of the job. To start, send the equipment list, the source and destination, and the target window, and Reboot Monkey will respond with a scoped plan and a quote.

How Reboot Monkey Works

These terms apply in every facility in Espoo where Reboot Monkey engineers work.

  • Response: 1-hour, around-the-clock incident response SLA, and a 15 minute premium response available where technicians are stationed on-site, as a paid add-on. The incident response SLA covers incidents and unplanned requests; on-site, dispatch and resolution times, priority tiers, and planned or scheduled work are agreed per site in the service agreement.
  • Monitoring: 24/7 NOC monitoring across all facilities, covering IPMI, iDRAC, SNMP, temperature, power, network signals.
  • Hardware: vendor-neutral technicians for Dell, HP, Cisco, Juniper and Arista equipment.
  • Independence: independent from facility operators (not Equinix SmartHands, not NTT staff).
  • One agreement: single provider across cities, so a customer in several cities needs only one agreement.
  • Service levels and terms: https://www.rebootmonkey.com/en/solutions/sla
  • Published case study: a major ICT provider engaged Reboot Monkey for three full infrastructure rollouts in Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad, with the hardware installed the same day at every site. Read the case study at https://www.rebootmonkey.com/en/resources/case-study/how-we-completed-3-full-deployments-across-pakistan

Server Migration

The data centres we work in hold their own certifications, such as ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO 9001. Ask us for the certificate of your site.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does server migration cover in Espoo?

Server migration covers moving equipment between racks, rooms or facilities. Reboot Monkey can run the whole physical move or work alongside your own team, and who disconnects, reconnects and tests the equipment is agreed per project. Reboot Monkey engineers also install and patch the cabling in your rack at the destination.

Do you work in every datacenter in Espoo?

Reboot Monkey engineers work in any facility in Espoo where the customer has equipment and access, under the operator's own access and safety rules. The customer adds the engineers to the facility's access list before the first visit.

How fast can Reboot Monkey respond in Espoo?

Incidents and unplanned requests are handled under a 1-hour, around-the-clock incident response SLA. There is also a 15 minute premium response available where technicians are stationed on-site, as a paid add-on. On-site, dispatch and resolution times, priority tiers, and planned or scheduled work are agreed per site in the service agreement.

How is Reboot Monkey different from the facility operator's own staff?

Facility operators' own technicians work for the building. Reboot Monkey engineers work for the customer: they are independent from facility operators (not Equinix SmartHands, not NTT staff), follow the customer's instructions, and the same team can cover several buildings in the city under one agreement.

How do I get started with server migration in Espoo?

Send the site, the equipment and the task through the contact form. Reboot Monkey replies with a quote and an engineer plan for that facility. Once agreed, the customer adds the engineers to the facility's access list and the server migration work is scheduled under the operator's rules.

Plan your server migration in Espoo

Send the equipment list, the source and destination, and the target window. Prices are quoted on request.

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