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5 Steps for Preparing Your Data Center for a Natural Disaster

05 Sep 2023
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Natural disasters can be devastating for businesses. They risk downtime, service interruption, and customer loss. Other than that, natural disasters also pose a threat to the data center.

 

Even smaller, more common events, like thunderstorms, car accidents, or power outages, can also cause damage to the Data Center. The data center is one of the most important parts of every business. It needs to be available, reliable, and secure at all times.

 

Data centers need to be able to withstand severe weather and maintain a high level of performance.

 

In this blog post, we'll go over the best steps for preparing your data center for natural disasters.

 

Here are 5 ways to prepare your Data Center for Natural Disaster

 

1-Establish Backup

 

Protecting your critical data is the biggest priority for any business, no matter its size. Many businesses don't realize how much they depend on this infrastructure. When a data center goes down, most businesses will lose their connection to customers, suppliers, and partners. And if they don't have a plan for backup in place, there’s a good chance that your business could also get lost in the shuffle when other businesses who have a backup plan will be saved from losing their data and will profit the most as compared to business who do not have a proper backup plan. Therefore, it is extremely important to keep in mind that when a disaster strikes, your business needs to have a backup plan.

There are several ways to do this:

-make sure you have a secondary location for data storage and information safety

-invest in redundancy systems such as an Uninterruptible Power Supply also known as UPS Systems

 

2- Perform a risk assessment

 

As Data Center connects people to information, power businesses, and they store some of our most sensitive data therefore, keeping Data Centers safe is an important responsibility for any Business. And to do this, the best and the most widely used method is to perform a risk assessment on your data center. All the organizations need to perform a risk assessment on their data centers to ensure that they are following best practices and to identify the risk for breaches in any areas that may be vulnerable and can determine how to best protect them.

 

3- Take Physical Precautions

 

One of the most important aspects of running a successful data center is ensuring that physical security is maintained. The costs of downtime for a data center can be enormous. It can cost thousands of dollars per hour for lost revenues and productivity when systems go down or are slow. To prevent these types of losses, one should take physical precautions to protect their data centers and other IT infrastructure from physical damage, theft, or intrusion. There are many different ways to do this: installing security cameras, adding alarms, using biometrics, and having a 24-hour security team.

 

4- Be ready to improvise

 

When it comes to the Data Center, you need to be prepared for almost everything. This is because when it is just a matter of minutes or hours that can make the difference between recovering a lost business opportunity and turning a disaster into an expensive mistake.

 

To prepare your Data Center for any situation, you will need to identify your risk factors. For example, if you are located in an area with heavy flooding, then your Data Center should be located on higher ground. If there are earthquakes in your area, then you should install seismic devices to monitor movement and install watertight doors and windows.

 

The key is to plan as much as possible so that your Data Center can withstand the forces of nature.

 

It is the responsibility of Data Center Managers to be aware of what steps they can take in different scenarios and how to prepare for each one during any last-minute emergencies.

 

5- Develop Disaster Checklists

 

No one can predict a Natural disaster, it can occur anytime and when that happens it may disrupt your business operations. The best and the most important way to save your business from losses is to create a disaster checklist when an uncertain situation occurs.

 

Here are some things you can put on your checklist:

- Availability of the IT staff

-Have a backup system ready

- Installing fire alarms

- Testing UPS systems beforehand

- Location of the Data Center should be at a distance

 

These are some of the basic but the most important things to be taken care of while planning to prepare your Data Center for Natural Disasters.

 

Conclusion:

 

If your business has been through a major disaster before, you know how important it is to have a plan before it happens.

 

And if it still hasn’t happened. Then NOW is the right time to take action to prepare your data center today so that it's ready for any emergency.

Having an emergency plan in place and knowing what you need to do before, during, and after a storm can help you avoid unnecessary damages.

 

As it is said that-  “It’s always better to be safe than sorry”.

 

As data centers are incredibly important and every day, we take more and more steps to protect our digital data. The health of your data center is paramount to the success of your enterprise. More and more organizations are recognizing that a strong data center can be the backbone of an entire company. But with that position comes special responsibility.

 

If there’s anything that your business needs help with Data Center Solutions, then now is the right time to do so.

 

And to do that, please feel free to contact us on the below-mentioned details OR you can fill out the form below 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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