{"id":823,"date":"2024-11-01T16:16:10","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T16:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/?p=823"},"modified":"2024-11-01T16:21:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T16:21:51","slug":"data-center-infrastructure-should-know-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prolimehost.com\/blogs\/data-center-infrastructure-should-know-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Center Infrastructure \u2013 Should Know Information"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Today’s data center<\/a> can host millions of websites from around the globe, from web hosting providers that offer Shared, Virtual Private and Dedicated Servers to Cloud Hosting services. The common denominator between these services are the data centers they\u2019re located in, thousands of them scattered here and there \u2013 some underground, some in major downtown areas and others in remote locations.<\/p>\n

Relative Cost<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many of these data centers cost millions of dollars to build and an awful lot of money to maintain. When you see a dedicated server on sale in a web hosting forum for under $50, think about what it takes for a provider to bring that offer to the table\u00a0AND\u00a0remain financially solvent.<\/p>\n

How this relates to businesses that just want a presence online<\/strong><\/p>\n

Data centers that are profitable and publicly traded didn\u2019t get that way overnight. When you\u2019re talking about managing hundreds of millions in assets and sometimes more than 100,000 business accounts, what does that translate to in terms of businesses that just want an online presence so that they can compete?<\/p>\n

Data Center Infrastructure<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some data centers have power feeds from one source while others have dual feeds from separate substations for redundancy. If your online business stands to lose sales and customers if your site goes down due to a power failure, selecting a provider based on their power infrastructure can be critical.<\/p>\n

Toward that end, most data centers do have one or more diesel fuel generators should they lose power. The size of those generators is important as data centers require robust power for system reliability. Onsite fuel reserves are critical as well, should they face prolonged power outages.<\/p>\n

Other Data Center Controls and Systems:<\/strong><\/p>\n