Data Migration Checklist: The Definitive Guide to Planning Your Next Data Migration Coming up with a data migration checklist for your data migration project is one of the most challenging tasks, particularly for the uninitiated. To help, I’ve compiled a list of […]
Published on May 8, 2017 Edward van Leent Chairman & CEO at EPI Group of Companies Article 1 | Uptime vs. TIA-942: Introduction, why this series of articles? During a recent one month tour throughout the USA and Asia I had the […]
Every data center needs to define its policies, procedures, and operational processes. An ideal set of documentation goes beyond technical details about application configuration and notification matrices. These top 10 areas should be part of your data center’s standard operating […]
Business Challenge: A major academic based health system in Philadelphia required migration services consisting of relocating nearly 600 servers and related technology equipment from the primary data center to the new “designated data center”. ComSource needed to develop a data […]
This section of our two part series on tier 3 data center specifications deals with the power supply aspects. As the most critical part of business, an organization needs to ensure 100% availability for its data center. This is why […]
A typical definition of redundancy in relation to engineering is: “the duplication of critical components or functions of a system with the intention of increasing reliability of the system, usually in the case of a backup or fail-safe.” When it […]
This chart shows the perception gap between the executive suite and data center staff on key issues (click for larger version). Problems with UPS equipment and configuration are the most frequently cited cause of data center outages, according to a […]
Generators are a key to data center reliability. Supplementing a battery-based uninterruptible power supply (UPS) with an emergency generator should be considered by all data center operators. The question has become increasing important as super storms such as Hurricane Sandy […]