Not all data centers are capable of providing the services that your business requires. Unfortunately, many rapidly growing businesses that migrate to the cloud focus on the cost of the service rather than the quality of the data center provider.
As with any type of data service, it is critical to think both short and long-term when selecting a data center provider. The right data center has the capability and capacity to continue to partner with your business as it grows, which offers cost savings and other benefits over time.
Factors to Consider
To help any business owner or team in choosing the best data center provider, here are a few of the critical factors to consider when making a choice:
• Reputation – look for an established data center provider with years of working with businesses around the world. This not only shows their credibility but also ensures they can work to the SLA.
• Reliability – while reliability is a part of reputation, reliability also ensures redundancies and performance measures can be upheld by the data center. This is why an established data center is critical, as there is actual data and available for making the decision.
• Tier level – there are four Tiers in data centers recognized around the world. Tier 3 is the ideal option for most businesses, offering 99.982% uptime throughout the year, redundancies in power and cooling, and optimal security for the facility.
• Security – this is the physical security of the data center, including where it is located. Data centers should be located in areas where natural disasters, political unrest, or other similar factors are not a security risk for your data and computing services.
Take the time to also review the networking capacity. This includes bandwidth, access to internet hubs, and telecom networks.
Web Werks is an established, global, Tier 3 data center provider with advanced accreditations and certifications. To find out more, see us at www.webwerks.in.
