Data Centers house Overview
Data Centers house critical computing resources, enterprises must make special arrangements with respect to both the facilities that house the equipment and the personnel required for a 24-by-7 operation. These facilities are likely to support a high concentration of server resources and network infrastructure. The demands posed by these resources, coupled with the business criticality of the applications, create the need to address the following areas:
• Power capacity
• Cooling capacity
• Cabling
• Temperature and humidity controls
• Fire and smoke systems
• Physical security: restricted access and surveillance systems
• Rack space and raised floors
Building Blocks of Data center network
• Campus network
• Private WAN
• Remote access
• Internet server farm
• Extranet server farm
• Intranet server farm
Data Center Service primarily focused on SI,IP,App Optimization,DC Security and BCI
There are 5 critical factors of designing data center.
1.) Server Architecture
2.) Application Arctitecture
3.) Data Center Security
4.) Server Load-Balancing
5.) Data Center Protocol ( Server Protocol, Infrastructure protocol)
Conclusion : Data Centers are complex systems encompassing a wide variety of technologies that are constantly evolving. Designing and maintaining a Data Center network requires skills and knowledge that range from routing and switching to load balancing and security, including the essential knowledge of servers and applications.