The document discusses overcoming data center outages. It summarizes that according to a Ponemon Institute survey, unplanned power supply (UPS) failures remain the leading cause of unexpected data center outages. The survey also found that companies lose on average $8851 per minute during an outage. Common causes of outages included exceeding UPS capacity, human error, and UPS equipment failures. The document recommends implementing standardized operational procedures, using data center infrastructure management tools, and having robust maintenance and lifecycle programs to help prevent unplanned outages.
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Overcoming Data Center Outages with Proper Planning and Maintenance
1. I s O v e r c o m i n g D a t a
C e n t e r O u t a g e
P o s s i b l e ?
2. A data center principle capacity ought to be to give steady
uptime to the mission-basic applications it houses. Be that as
it may, impromptu blackouts can happen, and data center
providers must be proactive in discovering approaches to
avert them. As indicated by the Ponemon Institute's 2016
review, Cost of Data Center Outages, UPS framework
disappointment stays as the best reason for impromptu data
center blackouts. Understanding the reasons for blackouts
and discovering approaches to deliver them are vital to
forestalling business disturbance that can prompt client stir
and harmed notorieties.
Based on the private interviews with the 63 data center
providers, Ponemon Institute found that during data center
outage companies stated the loss of on an average $8851 per
minute.
3. Let whatever be the reason, the outage is something that no
company wants to see, and this is the ground reality. Now the
question arises what causes this outage? As per the survey
conducted by the Ponemon Institute, 83% of respondent were
able to diagnose the reasoning for the outage. 46% was
induced because of surpassing the UPS capacity, 48% was the
result of human error and 55% was due to the UPS equipment
failure. Added reasons for downtime incorporate
administration blackout, natural calamity, cyber attacks and
substantially more issues that meddle typical server farm
forms.
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4. In order to battle the top reason for downtime: human error,
the best approach is with recorded operational procedures
that lay out methodology over the whole office. These can
incorporate systems for standard operations, upkeep and
possibility, and in addition general rules and techniques.
Each report system ought to characterize the procedure
occurring, and incorporate point by point data about how
staff individuals should complete those exercises. Layouts
can likewise be used to guarantee consistency and
consistency. This is in the hand of human and this
percentage can be brought down easily.
Another way to prevent unplanned outages is by using a
persuasive data center infrastructure management (DCIM).
A proper planned DCIM incorporate limit observing and
5. administration, edge cautions, and alerts, ongoing force use
and prescient upkeep.
It's likewise critical that customers look for insights about the
supplier's upkeep and life cycle techniques. A powerful, far
reaching program here ought to incorporate gear and
framework investigations, prescient and protection support,
and also testing and remedial upkeep.
At last, it's important that a customer's supplier is mindful of,
as well as effectively tries to address, the best reasons for
spontaneous blackouts. While it's almost difficult to
anticipate the level of unwavering quality inside a supplier's
data center, DCIM and vigorous upkeep and life cycle systems
can assume a noteworthy part in guaranteeing uptime.
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