Why Remote Data Centers Are Preferred?

Being a business owner, what do you think should be on priority? Infrastructure? Resources? Well, these elements are also very important. But most of all, business critical data is all that matters. Hence, it is very significant that you take necessary steps for the protection of data. Again, the question arises “what is the best way to achieve this target” and the best solution here is remote data center.

Let’s move our focus towards the term ‘Remote Data Center’ first:

It refers to an off-site installation where you can accommodate all you crucial IT hardware such as networking equipment, servers and data storage. It might seem quite inconvenient way for keeping your server and storage different from your business facilities, but it offers numerous advantages such as improved safety, reliability and security of your business-critical IT assets.

Some of the advantages of the Remote Data Center are detailed below:

1) Security: Do you find it an easy and affordable thing to employ security guards for the protection of your current facility round-the-clock? Or you feel that installation of a close-circuit television surveillance system is the simplest yet adequate method for thwarting intrusion and providing uninterrupted protection? The very first advantage is enhanced level of security. A reliable data center offers best security features including sophisticated card-key accession systems, closed-circuit television surveillance, and professional security personnel, which is constantly monitored and recorded.

Apart from the advantage of physical safety, a remote data center also offers a firewall solution for the enhanced protection of your business from threats, viruses and attacks. What betterment you can expect apart from the security of knowing that your network is secure from not only physical intrusion but cyber attacks as well?

Another security feature you can consider here is network monitoring. Just because you cannot afford large workforce to keep a check on your network 24 hours a day, it does not implies that your network will remain unwatched or unmonitored. A data center can render you with a network operations center, which will help monitoring your network and track and log the incidents (if any) that occurs on your network.

2) Safety: With the access to a remote data center, you can keep your IT assets safe and secure from natural disasters and they can be further equipped for the protection of your valuable information to a much elevated standard than a regular office building. One thing to remember here is that data center should be in an area, which is not subject to flooding and should employ fire suppression systems for the utilization of the chemicals especially designed for preventing damage to IT systems as it likely to happen with water. Another main concern is that it should house your server within a facility, which is continuously environmentally controlled for ensuring the temperature and optimal humidity.

3) Reliability: Just because you are not having the appropriate power supply that doesn't mean you’re network must go down. Usually, the power supply to a remote data center is channeled from more than one power grid and has an additional support from backup-generator.

Also, if your provider has multiple locations for data center, you can install a secondary server that will provide a fail-over operation; in case your primary server experiences an unplanned outage. Comprising the ability to perform a fail-over operation, the risk of a network outage can be greatly reduced.

4) Secure Access: Even if your server is off-site you can still access it. Having secure remote access, you can log on to your server from your home as well as office. Furthermore, if you need the physical access to your server, you can grab the benefit of secure facility of the data center at any time.

5) You Are Not Alone: When you deploy your prominent IT assets to a remote data center, you collaborate with a company that is renowned for keeping your business network running securely, safely, and reliably. You just don’t need to spend millions on building a separate facility specifically to accommodate your server, or hire a dedicated security staff that can provide 24/7 protection for your IT facility.

Most-importantly, a remote data center provider will provide you all these services at a cost far less expensive than what you may have expected. Not only this, you will get many other IT service options and benefits.

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