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Data Center Planning | All You Need To Know | MSPL Group

07 Sep 2023
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Do you need a Data Center for your business? Did you know Data Centers are the Backbone of any Business?

 

They are an important part of today’s digital society. Within the spectrum of difficulty of building site selection, planning, design, and construction, Data Center ranks near the top along with large industrial manufacturing facilities and hospitals

 

 

What is Data Center? 

 

A data center is a place where computers and other electrical equipment are housed to store data. Its where a piece of information is processed and made available. 

 

It is a technical facility that houses the organization's IT operations and equipment and where it stores, maintains, and distributes its data. All the information that we produce, whether it's from a retailer or a service provider, needs to be stored somewhere. That's where data centers role comes in.

 

Data Centers usually contain several interconnected computer systems, storage devices, and networking equipment. It comes in all shapes and sizes, with some being massive server farms for Manufacturing Industries, Hospitals, Banking sectors, Educational Institutions, and others just one room full of computers for Home, small businesses. 

 

Data Centers require a significant amount of facilities infrastructure to keep the hardware and software up running for smooth business functioning, this includes Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS), backup generators, Cooling systems, cabling, etc to connect all the external network operators. Data centers are normally found near cities with lots of power, high-speed internet, and a low risk for natural disasters, such as hurricanes or earthquakes and other natural calamities. 

 

What are the different types of Data Centers?

 

With the amount of data being created every day, more and more companies are looking to build their own data centers. There are four major types of Data Centers 

 

- Enterprise Data Center 

Enterprise Data Center is used by Large Enterprises. It is a private facility and is typically constructed for the sole purpose of supporting a single company for its internal purposes. An Enterprise Data Center is well suited for organizations with unique network requirements or those that make huge revenue such as Google and Facebook who uses Enterprise Data Center. This type of Data Center supports business-to-business transactions within their network and the services can be accessed over private WAN links or secure VPN connections only.

 

- Colocation Data Center

Colocation Data Centers are used by Midrange to Large Enterprises. It is a large facility that rents out rack space to businesses for their servers and other network devices, so essentially, it is a kind of rental property where the space, power, cooling of the Data Center is made available to the businesses willing to rent it. It costs much less for a business to rent a colocation data center rather than building their facility which requires a huge amount of investment and the businesses can also select the location of the data center that is nearest to their customers. 

 

- Cloud Data Centers

Cloud Data Centers can be used by Organizations of any size. Cloud data centers are distributed and are sometimes offered to customers with the help of a third-party managed service provider. It allows businesses to run applications and manage data with a virtual infrastructure running on cloud servers such as Amazon (AWS), IBM, Google, and many more. Using cloud services has several advantages, as the company only pays for the number of hardware resources they use and they don’t have to worry about server updates, cooling costs, etc. 

 

- Managed Services Data Center

Managed Services Data Centers are used by Midrange to Large Enterprises. These Data Centers are managed by a third party (service provider) on behalf of a company. This type of Data Center can be either completely or partially managed. A partly managed data center allows organizations to have some level of administrative power over the data center Whereas in an entirely managed data center, the bulk or all of the back-end data center administration and management is prepared by the third party.

 

Importance of Data Centers

 

In 2023, our lives depend on technology, and adapting to new technology is crucial for the survival of Business. Data Centers are important to the business world because they would ease the workload and help businesses conduct their day-to-day operations. It has become more important in both the present and the future of business.

 

Here are some of the many benefits of Data Centers that every Business should know:

 

  • As the number of cyber-attacks on businesses has increased, Data Centers have proved to be a much secure option for data storage.
  • They make it possible for big data companies to manage the huge amounts of information that they store on a day-to-day basis. 
  • It helps to keep the data stored and protected that the company produces. The more secure your data, the more valuable it is to you.
  • -Data Centers are more secure than traditional data storage methods as it provides reliable storage without any glitches.
  • With the help of Data Center, one can have the access to any resources from any place in the world

 

 

3 important considerations to take into account when choosing a Data Center

 

Choosing a data center is an important decision. There’s a lot to consider when making this decision as you’ll be investing in the infrastructure that will power your business for years to come and choosing the right data center for your Business can be a challenging task. 

 

Here, are some key points to consider when choosing a data center for your business.

 

1- Security 

Physical security for a Data Center is just as important as network security. It is important to keep the data secured from theft and unauthorized access. Along with physical security, having a proper critical security system is critical to a data center because it houses all the data and applications and any neglect could mean disaster for your business. 

 

2- Location

Location is one of the most important considerations because you want it to be close enough so that the IT team can easily access it to perform maintenance and upgrades without wasting any time traveling. Along with that, it is also important to make sure that you should not build a Data Center so close that it puts your data at risk for natural disasters. 

 

3- Reliability

Ever thought about how your data center impacts your business? It’s not something you can just ignore. When you’re looking for a data center for your business, you need to consider reliability. Reliability is measured in terms of the uptime of a data center, and a reliable data center should have 99.995% uptime. 

 

Here’s why you should choose us for your Data Center Planning

 

We are the FIRST POWER SAVING AND BACKUP SOLUTION providers in Mumbai. Thanks to our 26+ year-long experience working with more than 9000+ Satisfied Customers and a PREMIUM partner of APC by Schneider Electric for more than 25 years. We can proudly admit that after working with all kinds of segments like Hospitals, Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, Online, etc our expertise in this area is built on solid grounds. We have the right data center solutions for you

 

Conclusion:

 

This blog post discusses how to plan for a data center to make it as efficient as possible. The success of a company relies on its data center. It’s important to get your data center planned out early, as it can be difficult to make changes later.

Want to know more about which type of Data Center is suitable for your Business.?

 

All you have to do is follow any one instruction from the below points and our team will get in touch with you.

-Email us at marketing@msplgroup.com

-Call on +91 96960 86262/ 022-40991100     


 


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