When it comes to your company data center development, you need
it perfect, riskless, in high performance, continuous connectivity, supportive,
etc..
However take a minute and think about it:
1.
Do you really need it such
big?
2.
Do you really need it that
expensive?
3.
Do you really consider the
running cost?
4.
Do you really consider your
business needs?
5.
Will it be really benefit
for you?
A lot of questions and lot of consideration should take
place before you will decide what Data Center you need or even to let the others
consulate you.
It’s not about certifications neither about standards or
size or newfangled, it’s about your company and your business need, where your
first consideration should be about your IT strategy and how much your IT is
critical for your continuous work, the data center exists to support your IT
strategy, which in turn supports your Business needs.
TIER Classification or BICSI Classes doesn’t mean that the
highest you go the better you get, it can mean but not only, the higher you go
the better redundancy you get, and from here you can start,
1.
Does your business need
that level of redundancy?!
2.
Does your IT strategy
afford the related high cost?!
3.
Does your business continuity
need live system?!
4.
How much stop working for
few hours will affect your business?!
For example, a Real Estate Company business need is much
different than a BANK business need, and the importance level of their live
systems is much different, so the BANK need a high level of redundancy where
the Real Estate Company can accept low or medium level of redundancy.
Your business need is the prime factor, and the importance
of being live is one of your business need, you know today business need, but
you need to expect as well your future business need and accordingly you can
decide.
Having the initial needs wrong or false expectation for your
future requirements can be very costly for you not only on a CAPEX level but as
well on the OPEX level.
Another factor is your budget, can your business really afford
the related cost of the data center, budget can be some time the prime factor
from where you should begin, however small budget doesn’t mean that you can’t
get your required data center, but it can be the factor maybe to split the
execution of your data center into phases, you don’t need to get your optimal
data center from day one, you can begin with your critical needs and upgrading
later based on your budget and your need.
So Always BE SMART in Choosing your Enterprise Data Center.
