Financial services IT spans the highest-stakes infrastructure in enterprise IT: ultra-low-latency trading where microseconds matter, regulated archive storage for SEC 17a-4 / FINRA / SOX retention, and PCI-DSS-aligned card-processing infrastructure. Pro Disk Network supplies all three layers.
Low-Latency Trading Hardware
Servers: Dell PowerEdge R650/R660, HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen10/Gen11 with Xeon Gold 6342 (24c @ 2.8 GHz, 3.5 GHz turbo) — high single-thread performance critical for quant calculations. NICs: Mellanox ConnectX-5/6 25/100GbE with kernel-bypass DPDK + Onload. Sub-5μs latency. Solarflare X2552 alternative. BIOS tuning: pre-configured Performance profile, C-states disabled, hyperthreading off, NUMA optimized — we ship pre-tuned for trading workloads. Co-location facilities: NJ2, LD4, CH4, TY4. We coordinate matched-spec deployments across locations.
Compliance Archive Storage
SEC 17a-4 / FINRA: 3-7 year retention. Dell EMC PowerScale / Isilon with WORM (Write Once Read Many) policies. Pure Storage FlashBlade for immutable file storage. SOX: 7-year retention. Veeam V12 Hardened Repository on Linux + XFS reflinks for ransomware resilience. AML / KYC: 5-year retention post-relationship. All deployments include audit-trail logging integration (Splunk, ELK).
PCI-DSS Aligned Card-Processing Infrastructure
Segmented network (Cisco Catalyst 9300 with multiple VLANs + firewall isolation between cardholder data environment and rest of network). Encryption at rest (Dell SED, HPE LDS drives). HSM (Hardware Security Module) for cryptographic key management — Thales Luna, Utimaco. FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic modules.
Disaster Recovery + Business Continuity
Dual-site replication via dedicated 10/25 GbE links. Hot-standby site infrastructure with hourly sync. RPO 0 (synchronous replication) for critical OLTP, RPO 1 hour for less-critical workloads. Failover testing infrastructure.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you supply pre-tuned trading servers?
Yes — Dell R650 with Xeon Gold 6342, Mellanox ConnectX-5 25 GbE NIC, BIOS pre-tuned for Performance profile (C-states off, HT off, NUMA optimized) ready for DPDK / Onload deployment. Refurbished pricing typically $4-6K vs $12-18K new.
Do you offer FIPS-validated hardware?
Yes — we stock FIPS 140-2 Level 2 (Dell SED drives, HPE LDS) and Level 3 (Thales HSM). Most enterprise hardware supports FIPS-compliant configurations via the right firmware + driver combination.
How do you handle audit-trail logging for compliance?
All deployed hardware supports SNMP + syslog forwarding to your SIEM. We can pre-configure rsyslog forwarding to your central log collector before shipping. Standard practice for financial services deployments.
