How to select your data center

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How to select your data center
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1.Understanding Your Datacenter Needs
Before moving forward to look for a new data
center, it's much important to recognize the type
of IT environment a company has relative to their
infrastructure and applications -- in other words
"what are the application they run and on which
Operating system. So, idea is you are going to
look for a data center that best matches your
Organization, relative to the types of hardware
and software the outsourcer supports and the
types of IT infrastructure on which you run at
your company level. In adding together, you
also need to get a hold on your data
requirements. Many organizations hire consultants
to help them to formulate this assessment and
find the perfect match. Subsequently, you need
to understand what kind of services you require
from the offsite data center. 
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2.Data Center Security
First, think about the physical security
involved. You can have a look for different
reports available on data security by various
organizations. All the time review the last audit
conduct at the data center to assess their
performance.
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3.Accessibility of Data center
Just as security has multiple parts, so does
accessibility. The physical location of the data
center matters is it close to your IT staff?
However, just as important is the electronic ease
of access of your servers. Remote access is
essential, mainly in the case of a server crash.
Does the data center offer low-level access to
the server, which is still functional even if the
Operating System is offline? Finally, consider
the ease access of the support team. Are they
accessible on weekends or holidays? Do they have
an intensity of skill you feel comfortable with?
Are they going to be able to solve issues you
arent known?
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4.Data Center Connectivity and Service
Key to connectivity is a carrier neutral data
center. Consider requirements for bandwidth to
the Internet, satellite locations, and other data
centers. Facilities with many ISPs or NSPs, is
cost effective for access, MPLS networks,
point-to-point R1s, and PRIs for PSTN termination
and carrier cross connection. Would redundant
Internet paths be cost effective?  Those familiar
with internet protocols and implementation know
requirements to configure and support that
technology are not cheap. Does the center provide
NSP style services and a redundant pair of copper
or fiber optic drops, allowing you egress points
to redundant ISPs?
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5.Understanding Your Datacenter Needs
One of the most fundamental considerations is
that the data center won't run out of power and
will have plenty of HVAC capacity to cool the
center to ensure that hardware performs at
optimal levels. You should talk about power
cooling density, a metric that indicates how much
square footage the center can cool at maximum
capacity. Also query about backup alternate power
supplies is an emergency, as for example diesel
generators, and how frequently those diesel
generators must be used.
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6.Data Center Support should be 27x7x365
Is support accessible in 24x7x365 (by trend
staffs) and physical access in case maintenance
is required during off hours? Contact support
number of time before you sign a contract to see
how accessible they actually are. Some data
centers offer extended support (remote hands) on
service while others offer only basic support
(reboots).  Find out all service levels you
require, skillfulness level and certifications of
staff, and the cost per hour for operation. 
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7.SLAs and Contracts
Before finalizing to anything, evaluate the
contracts and service level agreements very
carefully. With thousands of data centers to
select from in the U.S., these can vary a great
deal. One sign of a company that stands by its
promises is if they agree to penalties for not
meeting certain service levels. As with any
organization you do business with, you also want
to make sure that the data center you choose is
run by a decent company. "You want to understand
that the company running the data center is
financially solid and not going to get bought by
another company in the next few days.
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