FIBERTOWN Publishes eBook on Avoiding Data Center Downtime

• 

Four Secrets to Avoiding Data Center Downtime

This eBook shares our experience delivering 100% uptime with practical solutions to data center failures that lead to costly network interruptions.

Houston, TX (PRWEB) December 17, 2010

FIBERTOWN, Houston colocation provider, Tier IV-designed data center and business continuity campus, published a new eBook that details four major malfunctions in dual-powered data center designs that lead to downtime and excessive costs. "Four Secrets to Avoiding Data Center Downtime" arms IT managers and network engineers with guidelines on how to avoid these breakdowns and reduce power charges.

“Maintaining a Tier IV-designed colocation facility requires fault tolerant network design to ensure 100% uptime and concurrent maintainability,” said Wes Smith, director of data center operations at FIBERTOWN. “This eBook shares our expertise delivering on this guarantee and includes practical solutions to failures that can lead to costly network interruptions.”

Modern data centers utilizing dual-powered designs, or A-B power, have further increased the reliability of IT systems by ensuring reliable power distribution and delivery. However, improper implementation can negate or diminish the effectiveness of a dual-powered design.

A dual-powered data center may be shut down for maintenance or fail without affecting services to the end user by delivering at least two power circuits to each cabinet, one from the A power source and one from the B source.

Failure to properly design, size and implement dual power infrastructure at the cabinet may lead to one of the following outcomes, which are discussed in this eBook:

• Breaker trip on failover
• Breaker trip during restart
• Power loss on single-corded gear
• Excessive power charges through underutilization

ABOUT FIBERTOWN
FIBERTOWN is the premier Tier IV-designed data center and disaster recovery campus located 100 miles northwest of Houston in Bryan/College Station. The colocation facility provides fault tolerant A-B-C power, high availability N+1 cooling, fully redundant multi-carrier Internet connectivity, and a “24 by forever” Network Operations Center. FIBERTOWN houses the critical infrastructures for Fortune 500 companies and smaller organizations across many industries. The SAS 70 certified data center and award-winning DR office space offers companies a carrier neutral, one-stop partner for best-in-class technology and amenities to support business continuity needs. Learn more at fibertown.com or call 979-393-9100. Visit our blog, The Continuity Council, at thecontinuitycouncil.com.

# # #

PDF Print