Peon Technologies operates two carrier-grade data centres in Namibia, providing full redundancy for all production workloads.
| SWK DC1 | WDH DC2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Swakopmund, Erongo | Windhoek, Khomas |
| Role | Primary DC | Disaster Recovery / Secondary |
| Racks | 3 × 42U (A1, A2, A3) | 3 × 42U |
| Devices | 41 physical | 35 physical |
| VMs | VMware vSphere 8 + Kubernetes | Proxmox VE 8 |
| Internet | SEACOM 10 Gbps (primary) | Telecom Namibia 10 Gbps |
| Backbone | 100 Gbps to WDH | 100 Gbps to SWK |
| PBX | Sangoma FreePBX HA core | PBX DR node |
| RTO | N/A (primary) | 4h target — 3h 22m achieved ✅ |
The main datacentre, co-located at the SEACOM EASSy cable landing station access point in Swakopmund. Houses all production infrastructure, the BGP routing core, and the primary VoIP PBX cluster.
┌─────────────────┐ ┌─────────────────┐ ┌─────────────────┐
│ RACK A1 │ │ RACK A2 │ │ RACK A3 │
│ Core Network │ │ Production │ │ Dev / DR │
│ │ │ │ │ │
│ sw-core-01/02 │ │ srv-prod-01..10 │ │ srv-dev-01..03 │
│ Cisco Cat 9300 │ │ Dell R750 │ │ Dell R550 │
│ │ │ (VMware ESXi) │ │ │
│ rtr-01/02 │ │ │ │ srv-dr-01..04 │
│ Cisco ASR1001X │ │ nas-01/02 │ │ Dell R750 │
│ (BGP routers) │ │ Synology 3621 │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ srv-test-01..05 │
│ fw-01/02 │ │ sw-access-01 │ │ Dell R550 │
│ FortiGate 100F │ │ Juniper EX4300 │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │ sw-access-02 │
│ lb-01/02 │ │ pdu-a2-a/b │ │ pdu-a3-a/b │
│ F5 BIG-IP 2000s │ │ APC AP8841 │ │ APC AP8841 │
│ │ └─────────────────┘ └─────────────────┘
│ console-01 │
│ Opengear IM7200 │
│ │
│ pdu-a1-a/b │
│ APC AP8841 │
└─────────────────┘
⚠️ Active Alarm: rtr-02 fan tray at 71°C (threshold 75°C). Fan tray PN ASR1001X-FAN sourced. Maintenance window: March 12, 01:00 SAST.
| Component | Details |
|---|---|
| Core switches | 2× Cisco Catalyst 9300-48P (HA pair) |
| BGP routers | 2× Cisco ASR 1001-X |
| Firewalls | 2× Fortinet FortiGate 100F (HA) |
| Load balancers | 2× F5 BIG-IP 2000s (HA) |
| Console server | Opengear IM7200 (OOB management) |
| VMware cluster | 10× Dell PowerEdge R750 (srv-prod-01..10) |
| NAS | 2× Synology RS3621xs+ |
| Power | Dual-feed, dual-PDU, APC AP8841 |
Secondary datacentre in Windhoek, running Proxmox VE 8. All production workloads replicate continuously from SWK DC1. DR failover tested quarterly.
WDH-Proxmox-DR Cluster
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ │
│ web-dr-01/02 app-dr-01/02 db-dr-01 │
│ pbx-dr-01 mon-01 backup-01 (Veeam B&R) │
│ dns-01/02 (PowerDNS auth) ntp-01 (Chrony GPS) │
│ │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Last DR test: March 20, 2026
Target RTO: 4 hours
Achieved RTO: 3h 22m ✅
Issues found and resolved:
✅ db-dr-01 replication was 47min stale → Veeam schedule fixed
✅ HAProxy VIP failover required manual step → automated with keepalived
Next DR test: September 2026
| VM | Role |
|---|---|
| web-dr-01/02 | DR Nginx frontends |
| app-dr-01/02 | DR application servers |
| db-dr-01 | DR PostgreSQL |
| pbx-dr-01 | PBX disaster recovery node |
| mon-01 | Prometheus + Grafana monitoring |
| backup-01 | Veeam Backup & Replication (2 TB) |
| dns-01/02 | PowerDNS authoritative (ns1/ns2.peon.tech) |
| ntp-01 | Chrony NTP stratum 2 |
Every rack uses dual-feed, dual-PDU design — no single point of failure in the power path.
SITE MAIN DISTRIBUTION BOARD
│
┌──────┴──────┐
Feed-A Feed-B
(primary) (redundant)
32A / 230V 32A / 230V
│ │
▼ ▼
PDU-A PDU-B
APC AP8841 APC AP8841
│ │
├─ Server PSU1 └─ Server PSU2 (dual-PSU servers — split feeds)
├─ NAS PSU1 └─ NAS PSU2
└─ Switch PSU (single PSU → PDU-A only)
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Total PDUs | 42 (2 per rack, 21 racks) |
| Total power feeds | 42 A/B feeds |
| PDU outlets | 1,008 |
| Feed voltage/amperage | 230V AC / 32A single-phase |