The importance of Data Centre capabilities continues to be an element of todays business culture. The demand for data centres space continues to grow and the level of complexity associated with designing, building and operating these new facilities is also accelerating. This increased level of complexity is rapidly outstripping the abilities of even the largest organisations to deliver them.
When faced with these problems it often seems like a good idea to outsource the data centre. While large warehouse size data centres can be suitable for organisations with large budgets and huge server estates, in terms of data centres, one size does not fit all.
Reduced budgets are often a driver for outsourcing the data centre but there are often hidden costs associated with this choice.
The increased complexity in the larger data centres manifests itself as a huge inefficiency which increases the cost of the service to the end customers.
Business continuity is also a hidden cost of outsourcing your data centre. Events like Hurricane Sandy in 2012 brought home a hard lesson for many data centre operators and their customers.
The data centres are now the information factories of the 21st century and they are at the forefront of every business service.
The concept of the Industrialisation of the Data centre goes back to the historical concept of efficiency derived through the division of component production into smaller, discrete units that maximise the efficiency of delivery of the finished product.
With the problems and risks now becoming apparent with the bigger data centres, it is time to look at building smaller scalable data centres. This new generation of data centres will have simpler designs, reducing the inefficiencies found in more complex designs. The reduced complexity also means they will be quicker and cheaper to build. With smaller data centres, the problems with efficiency and risks are also reduced making these data centres more cost effective.
More than half of all enterprises are still running their own data centres and with most are looking to expand their capacity in the next 12 months, small modular data centres will become the design of choice.
When faced with these problems it often seems like a good idea to outsource the data centre. While large warehouse size data centres can be suitable for organisations with large budgets and huge server estates, in terms of data centres, one size does not fit all.
Reduced budgets are often a driver for outsourcing the data centre but there are often hidden costs associated with this choice.
The increased complexity in the larger data centres manifests itself as a huge inefficiency which increases the cost of the service to the end customers.
Business continuity is also a hidden cost of outsourcing your data centre. Events like Hurricane Sandy in 2012 brought home a hard lesson for many data centre operators and their customers.
The data centres are now the information factories of the 21st century and they are at the forefront of every business service.
The concept of the Industrialisation of the Data centre goes back to the historical concept of efficiency derived through the division of component production into smaller, discrete units that maximise the efficiency of delivery of the finished product.
With the problems and risks now becoming apparent with the bigger data centres, it is time to look at building smaller scalable data centres. This new generation of data centres will have simpler designs, reducing the inefficiencies found in more complex designs. The reduced complexity also means they will be quicker and cheaper to build. With smaller data centres, the problems with efficiency and risks are also reduced making these data centres more cost effective.
More than half of all enterprises are still running their own data centres and with most are looking to expand their capacity in the next 12 months, small modular data centres will become the design of choice.