State-of-the-art data center
Blog
9/16/2025
The relocation of the Wildegg data center to Schlieren was followed in late summer 2025 by a second move from Lenzburg to Lupfig—the state-of-the-art infrastructure offers Finstar and its customers maximum independence, redundancy, and reliability.
Redundancy. Independence. Reliability.
This step became inevitable because the data center at Hypi's headquarters no longer met current requirements: there was not enough space, and major investments in cooling and power supply were imminent. Another reason was a planned hardware change. These factors made it the ideal time for the second move — the new solution at green offers Finstar maximum independence, redundancy, and reliability.
Unreservedly positive
The provider green is a well-established Swiss firm that meets all of Finstar's security and certification requirements. Previous experience with the provider during the first relocation was positive, and the choice of location also allows the redundancy strategy to be implemented. The applications continue to run distributed across the two data centers. All lines, network, and storage components are redundant. Capacities can be flexibly shifted between the locations. Last but not least, the proximity between Lenzburg, Schlieren, and Lupfig offers massive advantages in terms of hardware maintenance and the physical transfer of backup tapes for off-site storage.
Deadline: August 31
Planning began in October/November of the previous year, with concept phases and hardware evaluation running in parallel. At the beginning of March 2025, setup began in the new data center, including installation of the preconfigured network components. The project team consisted of four specialists from the hardware provider and Finstar's managers responsible for the network, storage, backup, etc. The migration was complex, required careful planning, and was implemented step by step. Development and test systems were migrated during the day, with critical applications following at night. Virtual machines had to be restarted, which meant that the move was not possible without brief downtimes. The deadline was August 31, when the old systems were then finally taken out of service.
Maximum security
Today, Finstar has 38 physical servers (hypervisors) with around 1,400 virtual machines available 24/7. Each hypervisor is equipped with two INTEL CPUs, most with 32 cores. This results in a total of over 1,800 cores with a computing power of 2.8–3.9 GHz and 2 TB of memory each, and the available storage space is around 2.4 petabytes. Every network card, every storage controller, and every central component is redundant. With the new setup, Finstar achieves maximum security, speed, and availability, especially for business-critical applications such as e-banking and OpenBanking APIs. Optimal conditions also apply to the power supply. The current data center has multiple secure power lines and powerful emergency power generators. The network connection has also been massively expanded: instead of 10 Gbit/s as in the past, Finstar is now connected at multiple 100 Gbit/s between the Lupfig and Schlieren data center locations.
Perfectly positioned
With the move, Finstar has not only modernized its hardware, but also optimized its processes. Support and operations are now more clearly regulated, cost structures have been improved, and there is sufficient space for further growth. Plans for the future include continuous development and regular modernization of the systems. The modular design allows additional capacity to be added as needed. This means that Finstar and its customers are perfectly positioned for the coming years in terms of both performance and availability.
(Translation with deepl.com; the German version is authoritative).