Welcome back to the Data Center Standards blog, today we will learn on how to choose the right data center for your business. We will also be learning the potential risks and rewards of using the services of a data center.
Here, we made it simple by showing you 7 tips to look for the right data
center.
Data Centers are critical for businesses today. To ensure data center operate
at peak performance, you need to perform data center audit to inspects all key elements of your data
center comply with TIA-942 standard.
Before you start selecting a data center for your business,
there are a number of criteria you should take into consideration to house your
mission-critical infrastructure outside your organization’s base.
For the first parts, here's 4 criteria to take note of before
committing to a data center
Location
Location is one of the most important factors that influence your
decision. There are a few factors to contemplate, for instance, the ease of
getting your employee to the data center in case of emergencies, facilitating
upgrades or equipment service, disaster-proof from natural occurrences such
as hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, etc.
A stable supply of interruption power source, cooling and IT systems should
also be taken into account. Next we will look at the issue of scalability.
Scalability
Different data centers offer different levels of
flexibility in terms of meeting your current and future needs as some will
provide out of the box solutions that sometimes succeed or fail in providing your
business’ expansion needs. Therefore adaptable scalability is what you need to
look into; in terms of additional space, power and connectivity. Don’t choose a
data center provider that can’t scale over time.
Reliability
Besides location, and scalability, we will also look at reliability. Data center reliability is measured by its up-time in the
world and a reliable one should have the five 9s, that is, they should have a
proven reliability record of 99.999% up-time. Other factors contributing to
high reliability include staff certifications, customer feedback and on-site
support.
Security
Security is important. Your data center should provide security measures that your
organization is comfortable with, that includes security surveillance, pass
code entry to servers, security checkpoints, unauthorized data access
prevention, malicious attack response, etc. Ensuring that your selected data
center is professionally certified and industry-compliant is definitely a
positive indicator as well.
Should you have any
questions about the various data center related issues, you are most welcome to find out more here.
Stay tune for Part 2, we will walk you through the remaining 3 tips on how to choose the right data center for your business.
Have a nice day.
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