In the Europol Headquarters (HQ) there are two extra equipment rooms, the ICT Lab and the Data Forensic Lab (DFL). Both rooms are supplied with 2 Paramount racks based on the same rack- and cabling infrastructure as the MERs. However, the Schleifenbauer PDUs are 16A but the PDUs are also provided with black and grey outlets. Each rack is labelled at both front and back with label <location>-<row>- <rack>. 

## 7.3.2. Disaster Recovery Site (DR) 

The external Disaster Recovery Site (DR) is situated in a country in Europe on two separate secure locations on the same compound. 

• At location A, 15 Paramount racks (51U) are placed in 5 rows of 3 racks. 

• At location B, 2 Paramount racks (51U) are placed in one row of 2 racks. 

For both Data Centres of the DR site, the same structured cabling concept, PDU’s and rack concepts are used for standardization requirements. The racks have internal cable management. Each rack is equipped with 2 switched and monitored Schleifenbauer PDU’s 16A 2P + E. The black PDU (A-feed) and grey PDU (B-feed) outlets are positioned on the rear left and right side of the rack. Each PDU has a temperature sensor connected to a gateway. Each rack is labelled at both front and back with label <location>-<row>- <rack>. 

All racks have an Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS) in combination with a 19” rackmount PDU with 8x Schuko connections. 

AKCP monitoring is used for temperature and humidity control in the cold and hot aisle. 

Where needed, racks are provided with 19” 1U vented fixed shelves. 

Compose Click ‘n Go structured cabling is used in all racks. Based on this concept, a mix of copper and fibre modules is provided on a small amount of Rack Units (RU’s). Type of fibre cable: OM3 Multimode Fibre 50/125μ; Type of fibre connector: LC female; Type of copper connection: S/ FTP round CAT 6A; Type of copper connector: RJ45 female. 

In the DR locations several specific security configurations are developed to avoid unauthorized access of the rooms and racks. Both DR locations are equipped with Pan Tilt Zoom (PTZ) domes and fixed domes which are connected via the local Europol network to a local Digital Video Recorder (DVR). The streaming videos are stored at the DR site and can be viewed via a remote client connection of the supplied WinPak system at Europol Security Operations Centre (Europol ICT Operations team) in the Europol HQ. 

All 17 racks have slide handle locks on front and back doors of the racks which can only be opened based on a command from Europol ICT Operations team. Those slide handle locks and all entrance doors of the rooms and other alarms are connected to 2 separate Intelligent Controllers. Both are connected via the private Europol network to the Winpak Server at Europol HQ. The doors and alarms are monitored and operated using a remote WinPak client at Europol HQ. A floor plan shows Europol ICT Operations team operators which rack is approached and a camera turns automatically and immediately to that position and sends the streaming video to the operator in Europol ICT Operations team. 

## 7.3.3. Remote Sites (RS) 

