1) What is a Data Center

It is a secure place offering high-speed Internet connections as well as adequate temperature and humidity conditions and monitored electric supply. It is a space specifically designed to house computer equipment and to warrant their permanent operation.

 

2) When is it advisable to house equipment at a Data Center?

If your answer to any of these questions is “Yes”, we suggest you seriously consider the convenience of housing your equipment at a Data Center.

My Server needs to be connected permanently to the Internet	YES - NO
My Server is remotely accessed by users over the Internet	YES - NO
My Server requires much bandwidth	YES - NO
My Server or system requires high-speed connectivity	YES - NO
My Server must be up 7 x 24	YES - NO
My Server runs critical processes for the business	YES - NO
My Server requires continuous monitoring	YES - NO
My Server is physically located in a place which is not totally secure	YES - NO
My Server requires a backup copy outside the company premises	YES - NO
I need to invest in preparing a room for the server	YES - NO

 

3) ) What are the advantages of housing equipment at a Data Center?

There are many reasons why a company decides to house their applications at a Data Center. We could classify them into three main areas:

1. The need to count with high-speed connectivity
2. The need to count with the physical infrastructure to support mission critical systems, making applications available and safeguarding them round the clock. (7X24X365)
3. The need to reduce costs and efforts.

 

4) How much does it cost to house a Server at a Data Center?

A dedicated link to your company costs between 3 and 5 times more than the same capacity purchased at our Data Center. Hiring skilled staff and investing in infrastructure to maintain a Data Center in-company costs between 5 and 10 times more than outsourcing it, because of the economy of scale achieved.

• Taking your equipment to a Data Center significantly reduces connectivity costs.
• Taking your equipment to a Data Center reduces the costs of necessary trained staff to maintain the application.
• Taking your equipment to a Data Center reduces the necessary investment to adjust your own facilities and purchase hardware such as routers, switches, racks, UPS, electric generators, etc.

By estimating costs, we can conclude that it is cheaper and safer to place your equipment at a Data Center compared to keeping it at your company, besides gains in service efficiency and convenience.

 

5) Is it advisable to develop it internally or to outsource instead?

Outsourcing: it is the practice of subcontracting certain functions or tasks to an external expert resource.

• It allows for access to expert staff
• It reduces costs and implementation time
• It allows the company to focus on its main business



Businesses increasingly depend on their applications, IT data and Websites. In turn, these are increasingly complex and require more resources and processing. Many firms decide to simplify the operation of these systems and outsource them to a Data Center.

 

6) What are the advantages of outsourcing a Data Center?

• I do not need to invest in adapting and maintaining my own facilities
• I do not need to train or hire staff to monitor these tasks
• I can immediately access high speed and redundant networks
• I communicate through a single point
• I do not waste time in tasks beyond my main activity

   

  7) Do I lose control of my data at a Data Center?

  No way. Data and processes are still yours and maintain the same level of confidentiality than at your company. The Data Center does not have access to them, it merely provides the technological infrastructure and monitoring service so that your equipment is up and running 7 x 24 x 365.

  Thus, there is rigorous confidentiality in customer processes and services. The Data Center is the technological partner who takes care of the confidentiality and sound operation of your processes.

   

  8) How do I choose the right Data Center? (technological partner)

• Trust: : Technical capability, quality standards, expert professionals, references from other customers. It is important to find the qualified company which deserves your trust., speaks your same language and solves your problems.

• Search for a single point of communication: Someone who solves a wide range of issues; from the connectivity and housing of the server to the maintenance and monitoring of your equipment. It must be able to solve all the problems related to the services.

• Cost/Benefit ratio: Total cost of the solution versus the benefit and value added offered to you.

 

9) What could happen to my company server?

Having your Server at your company, running critical processes and being remotely accessed via Internet exposes you to risks and vulnerabilities, namely, loss of Internet connection, lack of equipment and connectivity redundancy, power cuts, voltage surges, absence of ideal conditions of cleansiness, temperature and humidity, theft, internal sabotage, accidents, contingencies – fires, leakage, floods- remote hacking, absence of permanent monitoring (7 x 24) of equipments and applications, absence of external backup.

Why run that risk?



In general, loss of data is due to mechanical malfunctions of the equipment, internal sabotage, operator´s human errors, software failure, physical disaster, an accident or any other unexpected event like a fire at the office or flood caused by a broken pipe. Theft and vandalism are also a possibility. In any one of these cases, your back up copy would be affected, generating total loss of your data, and therefore, of your business.

 

10) How important is it to have a backup outside your company facilities?

No matter how good the installed hardware is, how effective the software, how competent the systems administrator, without good backups, nothing makes any sense. Without proper backups, an IT system may become mere pieces of metal and useless bits in a second. Because of this, several companies began to understand the importance of keeping important programs and documents outside the company facilities, so that no indispensable information is lost. TRANSFER THE DATA TO COMPUTERS WHICH YOU CONTROL.

 

11) Server housed at a Data Center vs. at company facilities

 

	Data Center	Company
High-speed connectivity	YES	YES
Physical security	YES	YES
Economy in connectivity costs	YES	NO
Internet link redundancy	YES	NO
Electric power redundancy	YES	NO
Scalability for fast growth	YES	NO
7 x 24 x 365 monitoring	YES	NO

 

12) Analogy with a bank

You can take your Money to the bank or decide to purchase a safety box.
When putting your Money in a bank, you do not lose control of your funds, on the contrary, you feel safer. It is the same thing with the Data Center.

However, purchasing the safety box will require implementing security mechanisms to avoid becoming an easy target for people with malicious intent. It may provide some initial autonomy but then you will realize that it is something quite risky.
 Why run that risk?.

 

13) What does MANAGED HOUSING mean?

Many companies decide to delegate equipment monitoring and administration to the Data Center staff, to further simplify the operation of these systems.

• Managed Housing: The Data Center installs and preconfigures the server. It also monitors, administrates and maintains the system.

Many companies do not have an internal IT Department and decide to outsource that task. The “Managed” alternative, turns us into your technological partner.