Throughout the data center industry, there are varying levels of uptime specifications and ratings which indicate how much of the time the data center is expected to be fully operational. For data centers, Uptime Institute Tiers, TIA-942 Ratings, and BICSI…
Lifeline Data Centers is proud to introduce the Midwest Internet Exchange (M-IX), an Internet Exchange (IX) based in Indianapolis, IN with facilities in several data centers throughout the United States. One of the goals of the Midwest-IX is to bring…
There was a time when the Unix operating system was the be all and end all when it came to enterprise application systems, the Internet and the hosting of mission critical applications. But, is that where it is today and…
TIA-942 is a standard for the information and communications industry, and data centers are adopting this standard to have 99.995% uptime. However, there is more to TIA-942 than ensuring all-time availability. Adopting TIA 942 offers many other benefits: TIA-942 Offers…
What is a TIA-942 compliant data center? The TIA (Telecommunications Industry Association) develops consensus-based standards for the information and communications industry that are recognized by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Today’s competitive data center market requires a standard for data center…
