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«We are very satisfied with the quality of the R&M solution.»
Frans Ruijsestein, Senior Service Delivery Engineer at Iron Mountain Data Centers
And while they were doing so, the team came
across the ODF from R&M. They gained an
initial impression in the R&M Roadshow truck
which happened to be on site at that time.
Then, R&M gave the team an opportunity to
get to know the ODF in a live environment
on customer premises.
Successful start
After this exchange of experience, Iron Mountain
was convinced and had R&M provide the
desired configuration. That was the beginning
of a new, successful partnership.
The first joint project was the configuration
of the ODF for Hall 9, which was completed
in late 2020. R&M helped with the design –
incredible value added for the customer as
their team was relieved of a number of tasks.
The installation experts from the company
Bestconnection assembled the cabinets to
R&M’s specifications with an R&M technician
helping them on site.
Frans Ruijsestein, Senior Service Delivery
Engineer at Iron Mountain Data Centers,
confirms: «The collaboration with R&M is
outstanding. We received all the technical
and sales support we needed.» He also
finds the logistics support provided by R&M
compelling: «Before the ordered products are
delivered, R&M gives us a heads-up and lets
us know when and in what way the products
are being delivered to us. And then they ask
us if there is anything else we need. That is
a major plus.»
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Everything in one cabinet: Fiber trunks, splice and breakout cabling in the ODF-SCM cabinets from
R&M. This is how Iron Mountain centralizes fiber optic management in the meet-me rooms at the
AMS-1 data center campus near Amsterdam.
After the installation of 500 connections in
the ODF from R&M, he concludes: «There
have been no failures so far, we are very satisfied
with the quality.» Iron Mountain Data
Centers will be continuing the collaboration.
ODFs are also required for the meet-me
rooms in future campus expansion plans.
R&M solution for Iron Mountain
The configuration of the Optical Distribution
Frames with a capacity of 2,304 optical
fibers each consists of
– ODF SCM modules and cable management
– LC Duplex connectivity
– Mixed splice and breakout cabling,
designed to suit customer requirements
– Glass doors that provide a view of the
entire fiber optic and patch management
The company
Iron Mountain Data Centers operates a
global colocation platform that enables customers
to build tailored, sustainable, carrier
and cloud-neutral data solutions. As a proud
part of Iron Mountain Inc., a world leader in
the secure management of data and assets
trusted by 95 % of the Fortune 1000, the
company is uniquely positioned to protect,
connect and activate high-value customer
data. The company leads the data center
industry in highly regulated compliance, environmental
sustainability, physical security
and business continuity. Iron Mountain
Data Centers collaborates with 1,200+
customers in order to build and support
their long-term digital transformation on
an area of 3.5 million square feet spanning
3 continents. More information:
www.ironmountain.com/data-centers.
Frank van Kessel | R&M Netherlands
frank.vankessel@rdm.com
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