INF.01
Server & compute
Dell PowerEdge, HPE ProLiant, Cisco UCS, Lenovo ThinkSystem. Sized against real workload data — IOPS, memory pressure, CPU pinning — not a vendor template.
Infrastructure · KSA & GCC
Infrastructure Services
Enterprise infrastructure across servers, storage, network, virtualisation, data-centre and monitoring — vendor-neutral, capacity-planned, NCA-ECC and PDPL aligned from the rack diagram up.
Six domains. One reference architecture.
Compute, storage, network, virtualisation, data-centre, and observability — the six pieces every enterprise estate has to get right, picked workload-by-workload, not vendor-by-vendor.
INF.02
Storage
All-flash, hybrid, object. NetApp, Pure, Dell PowerStore, HPE Alletra, Huawei OceanStor. Tiered against access patterns — hot, warm, archive.
INF.03
Network
Cisco, Arista, Juniper, Fortinet, Aruba. Spine-leaf, SD-WAN, micro-segmentation. Designed for the traffic flows you actually have, not the ones the brochure assumes.
INF.04
Virtualisation
VMware vSphere, Nutanix AHV, Hyper-V, Azure Stack HCI, Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization. Pick by skill base and exit cost — not feature checklist.
INF.05
Data-centre design
Tier-rated facility design, power, cooling, cabling, rack & stack. On-prem, colocation, or hybrid — NCA-ECC ready and PDPL-aware from the floor plan up.
INF.06
Monitoring & observability
Prometheus + Grafana, Datadog, Zabbix, vRealize. Capacity tracking, anomaly alerting, and dashboards that an on-call engineer actually uses.
Four shapes the estate can take.
On-prem, colocation, hybrid, or fully managed. The shape depends on residency, capex appetite, and how comfortable the team is with rack-level work.
01
On-prem
Your facility, your gear, your team — with NAS design, deployment, and optional managed services on top.
02
Colocation
Your gear, third-party Tier-III/IV facility. We design, rack, and operate from inside the colo. KSA-resident options included.
03
Hybrid most common
Sensitive workloads on-prem, burst capacity in cloud, single operating model across both. The most common shape for KSA regulated estates.
04
Managed-DC
NAS-managed data centre operations — physical access, power, cooling, monitoring, patching, capacity. You see a monthly scorecard and an open ticket queue.
Three blueprints. Picked by workload shape.
Most engagements end up landing on one of three reference architectures — classic 3-tier, hyperconverged, or hybrid edge-to-cloud. Vendor-neutral, scaled per workload, with named exit costs.
Pattern · 01
Classic 3-tier
The textbook shape. Separated web/app/db tiers on dedicated compute, SAN-backed storage. Predictable, well-understood, audit-friendly.
- Best for · regulated workloads, ERP, banking core
- Scales · vertically per tier
- Exit cost · low (commodity)
- Operational complexity · medium
Pattern · 02
Hyperconverged (HCI)
Compute, storage, and network virtualised on shared-nothing nodes. Linear scale-out, single management plane. Nutanix, VxRail, Azure Stack HCI.
- Best for · VDI, mid-size virtualised estates
- Scales · horizontally per node
- Exit cost · medium (vendor lock)
- Operational complexity · low
Pattern · 03
Hybrid edge-to-cloud
Edge sites for latency-sensitive ops, core DC for steady-state, cloud for burst and DR. Most common for retail, telecom, and multi-site enterprises.
- Best for · distributed orgs, OT/IT split
- Scales · per tier independently
- Exit cost · varies per tier
- Operational complexity · high
Tracked monthly. Not just in a crisis.
A typical capacity scorecard we keep live for managed-infrastructure clients. Trend it, not just spot-check it. Buying decisions are made against the curve — not the moment.
Capacity Scorecard · May 2026
Client · Saudi Telecom · Riyadh DC
Live tracking · 90-day forecast · refreshed monthly
Compute · vCPU
340 vCPU provisioned67%
Green
Memory · vRAM
1.4 TB provisioned79%
Watch
Storage · usable
120 TB AFA + 480 TB hybrid52%
Green
Network · core utilisation
2 × 100G uplinks42%
Green
Power · UPS load
2N redundant · 120 kW88%
Order now
Cooling · rack thermal
21–24°C target22.4°C
In range
Three SLA tiers. Choose per workload.
Different workloads carry different value at risk. We let you tier — Bronze for non-critical, Silver for business-critical, Gold for mission-critical — so the SLA matches the budget, not the brochure.
Standard
For non-critical workloads — dev/test, internal tools, batch processing. Reliable, but not 24/7-life-or-death.
99.5%
~ 4 hours / month downtime
- First-response time < 4 h
- MTTR target < 24 h
- Patch cadence Monthly
- Coverage Business hrs
Business-critical
For ERP, CRM, line-of-business apps. The middle tier — most workloads live here, most engagements default here.
99.95%
~ 22 minutes / month downtime
- First-response time < 15 m
- MTTR target < 4 h
- Patch cadence Bi-weekly
- Coverage 24/7 · NAS hubs
Mission-critical
For core banking, healthcare critical systems, regulator tier-1. Active-active or hot-standby with sub-minute detection.
99.99%
~ 4 minutes / month downtime
- First-response time < 5 m
- MTTR target < 60 m
- Patch cadence Per change
- Coverage 24/7 + on-site
Four phases. Design to ongoing operate.
Assess, design, deploy, operate. The last phase is the longest one — every infrastructure programme is judged on how well it ages, not on the deploy day.
- 01
Assess
Current-state inventory, workload profile, growth forecast. Right-sizing against measured data — not the vendor sizing guide.
- 02
Design
Reference architecture pick, vendor selection, capacity sizing, network design, BOM. Signed off with the BoQ before any procurement.
- 03
Deploy
Rack & stack, cabling, firmware baselining, virtualisation, network config, monitoring stand-up, security baseline. UAT, then production.
- 04
Operate
Monitoring, patching, capacity reviews, lifecycle planning. The phase that runs for 5 years; the one that decides whether the build was worth it.
Vendor-neutral. Credentialed across the field.
Dell TechnologiesTitanium Partner
HPEPlatinum Partner
CiscoGold Provider
FortinetAdvanced Partner
NetAppStar Partner
Pure StoragePremier Partner
VMwarePrincipal Partner
NutanixPioneer Partner
LenovoPlatinum
Outcomes powered by this service.
What infrastructure done right enables.
Foundation · Outcome
A floor that holds while the business runs
Same infrastructure practice, framed as the operational posture: an estate that runs without daily attention, scales with demand, ages on a planned curve, and gives the auditor what they need without a scramble.
Read the outcome pageCommon questions.
Q.01Are you tied to a specific vendor?
No. We hold credentials with Dell, HPE, Cisco, Fortinet, NetApp, Pure, Nutanix, and others — and we recommend against any of them on the days the workload and the data say we should.
Q.02Do you handle physical data-centre work?
Yes — design, rack & stack, cabling, power, cooling. We work in your facility, in a colocation site, or in our partner facilities in Riyadh, Cairo, and Muscat.
Q.03Can you do hyperconverged?
Yes. Nutanix, VxRail, and Azure Stack HCI are common picks. We size HCI honestly — there are workloads it suits and ones it doesn't, and we name both before the order goes in.
Q.04What about 24/7 monitoring?
Standard with any managed-infrastructure engagement. Prometheus/Grafana or Datadog, capacity tracking, anomaly alerting, and an on-call rota out of Riyadh and Cairo.
Q.05Can the infrastructure stay inside KSA?
Yes. We design and operate KSA-resident infrastructure across on-prem, colocation, and KSA-region cloud — under NCA-ECC and PDPL controls by default.
// 10 · Engage
Ready to scope an infrastructure build?
2-week design sprint. We assess the workload, name the reference architecture, and come back with a sized BOM and a deployment plan.
Playbook · PDF
Infrastructure design handbook
How NAS designs estates: reference architectures, sizing, vendor selection, lifecycle planning. Free to download.
Download the handbook EvidenceSee it shipped
Redacted case studies of designed-and-operated infrastructure estates — what the BOM looked like, what it cost to run.
Case studies