Thinking about Data Center Solutions

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29 February 2016 | Posted by Redacción Data Center

Design and Data Center

What’s up Guys & Girls? Today we’ll talk about the conception of a Data Center. There are numerous types of conception that you should consider when you want to build your own Date Center, and I will talk you about some of them.

- First of all, you have to think about the physical component. Your DC can’t be anywhere you want; you have to choose wisely where you want to build your DC for a lot of reason. Considering the environment, you have to know that your DC will consume tons of electricity, you will have to pay this consumption so you have to choose a place where energy is not too expensive (Facebook and Amazon have their DC in Oregon, because the cost of energy is cheap there).

Obviously, the place you build your DC has to be sure. I mean, it should not be a place with lot of earthquake, or any natural diseases. Trust me, it will cost you a lot. The environment security is as important as the physical security of your DC.

We will talk more about this aspect of Data Center in another post. Go on!

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- What about network components? Well, you have to use some unavoidable components like router, network switch, firewall, gateway, IDS, …

All the communications in DC are based on networks running the Internet Protocol (IP).

Routers and switch have to transport traffic between the servers of your DC and to the rest of the world.

Multihoming (it means “having two or more Internet service provider”) is frequently used to provide redundancy. Redundancy results in the increase reliability of the DC (often a backup).

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- To talk about data storage, well it could be a little different considering architecture. If you want to learn more about the architecture of Data Center, you should take a look at the David’s article. I will just mention the disk array, which an equipment with different component I won’t detail you here. The goal of disk arrays is to be a secure storage space towards servers. For example, HP promotes his HPE 3PAR StoreServ which is a disk array. You should look what it is, I won’t talk about it here, but probably later in another post!

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- One of the most important point is… Security! I can write about security hours and hours but I will try to be fast, accurate and comprehensive.

Security has a huge importance in Data Center. Physical importance and Virtual importance.

  • Physical

A DC has to be under surveillance every time. You have to care about air-conditioning, because it is what will make your hardware work (or not…). A DC has to be turned on, so you need someone capable to activate emergency power if necessary. Of course, fire prevention has to be considered.

Physical access has to be denied for any outsider of the complex. Only authorized people should be able to access the DC. Video camera and security guards have to keep the DC sure.

  • Virtual

Data have to be secured. And how to secure data? With cryptography for example! There are numerous types of cryptography solutions to encrypt data, but the two most popular methods are: Public key cryptography (RSA for example) & Symmetric-key algorithms (DES, AES, …)

Of course, you can use IDS (Intrusion Detection System) to detect any intrusion in your system, or even IPS (Intrusion Prevention System) to take measures against intrusion.

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I can’t say anything else about security or any other subject in this article GG’s! But be sure to follow our blog, because we have a lot of things to tell you about these subjects! Stay tuned for more posts and information, with ESAIP DC!

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