Notes from the Consultant’s Jungle

By- Bob Landström

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Uptime Institute Data Center Tier Classifications: Time for a Refresh?

June 1st, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Data Center, Data Center MEP, Disaster Recovery Planning

Posted by Bob Landstrom
Enterprises have embraced the data center tier classification system developed by the Uptime Institute for evaluating their own data center facilities and those of potential colocation and hosting providers.
The subject of facility availability has matured over recent years.  The mind set has matured from recognition that existing IT facilities were a problem [...]

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Data Center Tier Levels and Real Availability

April 9th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Business, Business Continuity Planning, Data Center, Disaster Recovery Planning, General, IS Security

Data
Center consolidation and Data Center outsourcing are
top of mind for many CIO’s these days. Many companies
have ‘90s vintage IT facilities that not only do not
have the availability to align with the Business’ operating
model but also are struggling to keep up with the power
and cooling demands of contemporary computing systems.
The deployment of multi-core processors and blade-based
systems [...]

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