Our Infrastructure
Suburban Cloud runs on infrastructure that we operate in Nigeria: a Data Centre in Abuja, Nutanix hyper-converged clusters and a network designed to serve users in Nigeria locally.
Abuja Data Centre
Our primary facility is located in Abuja. It houses the compute, storage and network equipment on which all Suburban Cloud services run. The specifications listed are being verified with the facility operator and will be updated as each item is confirmed.
| Location | Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria |
|---|---|
| Operator | Suburban, a Nigerian company |
| Design standard | Tier III |
| Power | Dual utility feeds with N+1 redundant UPS |
| Standby generation | Diesel generation with on-site fuel reserves |
| Cooling | Redundant precision cooling |
| Connectivity | Multiple diverse fibre carriers |
| Physical security | Controlled access, CCTV surveillance and on-site security staff |
Nutanix Hyper-Converged Platform
Compute and storage run on Nutanix AHV clusters. Hyper-converged infrastructure combines processing, memory and storage in each node and manages them as a single pool, which provides resilience and consistent performance as capacity grows.
- Every node contributes processing, memory and NVMe storage to a shared resource pool
- Data is replicated across nodes to protect against the failure of an individual node
- Workloads on a failed node are restarted on the remaining nodes in the cluster
- Snapshots and volumes are managed through the Suburban console and API
| Hypervisor | Nutanix AHV |
|---|---|
| Storage | NVMe, distributed across cluster nodes |
| Workloads | Virtual Machines, virtual desktops, App Engine and managed databases |
| Node count | To be published |
| Replication factor | To be published |
| Nutanix partner status | To be confirmed |
Network and Connectivity
Hosting in Abuja places applications close to users in Nigeria. Suburban peers at the Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN), so that traffic between Nigerian networks and your services can remain in the country. Our target round-trip time for users in Lagos and Abuja is under 10ms, and measurement results will be published with their method and test date.
Networking Services
- Private networks (VPCs) to isolate environments and internal services
- Security groups to control inbound and outbound traffic for each resource
- Load balancers to distribute traffic across application servers
- Floating IP addresses that can be reassigned between resources
Arrange an Architecture Review
Enterprise and government customers may arrange an architecture review with our engineers and a visit to the facility.