A data center is a device used to house computer systems and their related components, such as telecommunications systems and data storage. These facilities usually include redundant or backup power supplies, redundant data communication connections, environmental controls (eg air conditioning, ventilation), fire suppression and physical security devices. One of the server placements for websites or databases. the existence of a data center in a company, especially a business company, is very necessary, because a data center has many advantages for the performance of a professional company and will also be very useful if there are unexpected things that hit a company.
For example, a natural disaster strikes and damages a company that causes all company data archives to be destroyed, with a data center, everything can be overcome because of a data canter that keeps company data intact at the data center location. Therefore, usually the data center is stored in a different location from the company, even usually in a confidential location by the company, this also aims to maintain the security of the data center from unwanted interference or someone who is ignorant with the company itself and destroy the company.
Based on its function, the data center is divided into two parts, namely:
1. Internet Data Center
only to support internet-related applications, usually built and operated by service providers or companies that have a business model based on Internet commerce.
2. Corporate/Enterprise Data Center
supports all the functions that allow various business models to run on internet services, internet and both.
In a data center there are lots of servers arranged on server racks that are arranged according to their physical form, servers can reach hundreds or even thousands of servers. Each room has a cooler, power supply system, UPS, security system and connected network which are recorded in detail. Even the floor where the server will be built has characteristics, namely as a damper and there is a hole as a place for electrical and computer network cables.
In building a data center, there are 4 criteria for an ideal data center design, including:
1. Availability
The data center was created to be able to provide continuous and continuous operation for a company both under normal circumstances and in the event of a significant damage or not. The data center must be made as close to zero failure as possible for all its components. Starting from a safe location, fulfilling building civil requirements, geology, volcanology and topography.
2. Scalability and Flexibility
The data center must be able to adapt to the rapid growth of needs or when there are new devices that must be provided by the data center without making significant changes to the data center as a whole. Protected with backup systems, power supply systems, air conditioning and data communications.
3. Security
The Data Center stores various valuable company assets, therefore the security system is made as tight as possible, both physical and non-physical security.
4. Implementing standard data center governance, which includes:
Standard Operating Procedures, Standard Maintenance Procedures, Standards for Disaster Recovery and Mitigation Plans, Standards for Business Continuity Assurance
Data center is a solution to ensure the security of a company from all unexpected things. Therefore, the location of the data center construction itself is a very safe location from various risks such as natural disasters, geographical disturbances or interference from humans with bad intentions who want to damage a company.
PT ATM has experience in data center development and is supported by a professional workforce in this field, therefore we are ready to help customers from discussions to data center construction so that they are in accordance with customer desires without reducing the functionality to data center security.
