SIX ESSENTIAL FACTORS TO CONSIDER FOR BUILDING A DATA CENTER

Establishing a data center is a daunting task and requires a lot of hard work, planning and investment. Attention needs to be paid to every minor detail as any negligence can cost a fortune. Here are some important factors to consider for building an effective data center.

Here are few essential factors to consider:

1. Reason - Before investing your hard-earned money and time in building a data center, it should be clear in your mind what purpose facility will serve. It will be primarily used for business data or consumer information. What kind of profit you are expecting from it?

2. Location - Next important thing to consider is location for the data center. Find out different sites and identify the best location that suits your needs. Are you aiming to build a domestic center catering to Indian enterprises and meeting increasing IT needs or an international one that will be primarily used for storing consumer information for U.S. based clients. It is important to select an appropriate location for the facility by keeping these factors in mind.

3. Costs - Another thing that is important to consider is budget, how much will be the approximate cost for setting up a Data Center as a Service. What will be the maintenance cost for this data center? You need to allocate your budget very carefully, in order to set up a valuable data center.

4. Equipment - Determine the kind of equipments and other hardware required for the data center. Buy reliable and durable equipments, it should be able to provide key features such as dedicated servers, automated backups, full range hosting, security monitoring etc. Do not compromise on the quality of equipment, as this will give you return and high profit in the end.

5. Network Connectivity - To avoid any network latency, make sure your facility provides high network speed and connectivity. Hire services from a good network provider, so that your network has the capability to provide 99% up time that ensures you will be able to provide around the clock network availability to end users.

6. Power and cooling - The other two key factors to consider are power and cooling requirements. In order to drive optimal performance from your newly build data center or soon to be build data center it is important to consider cooling conditions to keep your servers cool and running. Also, consider power efficiency of the facility or if required how can you improvise on this efficiency. Consider innovative and cost effective alternatives for cooling and power options.