In part 1 of this 2 part series, I talked about your disaster recovery center location, the proximity to your main office and IT staff, and assessing the risks of the region that you choose. In part 2, I’ll talk…
In part 1 of this series, I talked about how pricing models for outsource data center and colocation providers vary greatly. To recap, a colocation facility typically provides hardened building redundant power redundant cooling rack space, private cages, or both…
Last week, a potential client followed up with me after receiving quotes from my company, Lifeline Data Centers, and a couple of other Midwest colocation firms, including a Chicago colocation facility. He was baffled at all the different pricing models…
Are there ways to actually save money by using and outsource data center? The answer is yes. And one of the best ways to save money is to use a carrier neutral data center as the hub of your wide…
So you finally have budget approval for your IT disaster recovery project. How do you choose a disaster recovery center? SearchDataCenter’s Russell Olsen published an article on geographic diversity that sheds light on the question “how far is far enough”…
