In these days of extremely tight budgets and ever-increasing energy and transportation costs, who would waste money? You have to look at your spending from various angles to see where you may have wasted dollars. For example, refusing to spend money on technologies that can reduce your disaster recovery (DR) deployment and testing costs actually wastes money. This is the first of the top DR budget wasters discussed in this tip. Not virtualizing your data center: Virtualization can save you money in DR maintenance and testing. I have talked to many customers who have leveraged virtualization to build DR solutions, even with applications that are not readily consolidated. In other words, they have implemented a 1:1 consolidation ratio just to gain the benefits of virtualization's mobility to simplify DR.
Serverspecs article
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
What does downtime cost your company?
Our client's most basic needs always come back to risk mitigation and/or uptime. What does downtime cost your business?
Is it lost sales?
Is it cash flow? Many companies cannot bill without their systems.
Does downtime prevent you from making your products or delivering your services?
Does downtime cost you credibility with your clients?
Is it lost sales?
Is it cash flow? Many companies cannot bill without their systems.
Does downtime prevent you from making your products or delivering your services?
Does downtime cost you credibility with your clients?
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
How many of you do background checks on your IT employees?
The Washington Post has an excellent article today regarding the City of San Francisco/Terry Childs debacle. Its findings appear to confirm suspicions regarding both Mr. Childs' true intentions as well as the City's outright ineptitude.
First, the findings on Mr. Childs, straight from the Post:
Terry Childs, 43, was arrested July 13 at his suburban home, where police found $10,000 in cash, diagrams of the city-county computer network, a co-worker's access card, a loaded 9mm magazine and several loose .45-caliber rounds. Under the user name Maggot617, he hijacked the system and refused to turn over passwords for the network, which superiors belatedly discovered only he controlled
ComputerWorld Article
First, the findings on Mr. Childs, straight from the Post:
Terry Childs, 43, was arrested July 13 at his suburban home, where police found $10,000 in cash, diagrams of the city-county computer network, a co-worker's access card, a loaded 9mm magazine and several loose .45-caliber rounds. Under the user name Maggot617, he hijacked the system and refused to turn over passwords for the network, which superiors belatedly discovered only he controlled
ComputerWorld Article
Monday, September 22, 2008
Raised Floor versus Solid Floor
There is an emerging trend away from raised floor in many large scale data centers. The cost of build out and maintenance for raised floor is driving many organizations to a solid floor data center environment.
Most data center equipment is now cooled from front to back, so cooling from the bottom is no longer needed. A number of different hot spot management techniques can be employed to solve the problem of density related heat.
What's your opinion of raised floor? We'd love to hear about it.
Most data center equipment is now cooled from front to back, so cooling from the bottom is no longer needed. A number of different hot spot management techniques can be employed to solve the problem of density related heat.
What's your opinion of raised floor? We'd love to hear about it.
Friday, August 8, 2008
A new roof for a new data center
Lifeline Data Centers continues work on the Eastgate Mall. The crew is about a third done with the installation of new membrane roof for the former Wassons/Burlington Coat Factory building. The bright white membrane will not only protect the data center from leaks, it also will reflect heat from sunlight. The new roofing system is also tornado proof. Once the roof is finished, the inside build out will resume on the first 30,000 square feet of data center. The target availability date is still November 1, 2008.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Lifeline Data Centers Begins Construction at the Eastgate Consumer Mall Campus
Indianapolis, Indiana - After removing over 2,400 cubic yards of debris, Lifeline Data Centers ended demolition and began construction today on its new data center and office facility at the former Eastgate Consumer Mall in Indianapolis. Lifeline is transforming the 40-acre, former retail mall into 450,000 square feet of data center space supported by 200,000 square feet of office space. The project is a partnership between the principles of Lifeline Data Centers and Marvin Slomowitz, President of Mark Development in Kingston, PA.
Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard joined Lifeline today in the construction ceremony. "We are confident that Lifeline will make an excellent corporate neighbor since their goal is to rebuild the grounds by restoring the mall structure, removing most of the parking lot and returning it to green space, bringing high-tech jobs to the area, and building new structures that will add more tax base to the Warren Township area."
Alex Carroll, co-owner of Lifeline, said, "The Eastgate facility is designed to house primary or secondary computer room space for large and small companies from all over the nation. Lifeline is also providing office and storage space in addition to the data center facilities so companies can bring Information Technology staff and staging to a single campus environment. Indianapolis offers a central geographic location, some of the lowest power rates in the nation, a favorable construction climate and the most affordable housing in the top fifty markets. The Eastgate facility provides additional infrastructure that makes Indianapolis more attractive to companies looking to relocate their business. "
Industry trends show that both large and small companies continue to outsource their computer data center facilities. Based on a recent study conducted by Trinity Information Systems, half of all companies will relocate or outsource some of their data centers or computer applications in the next five years. American Power Conversion (APC) believes that in the next five years, 90% of all companies will experience at least one interruption in computer operations because of power limitations, power faults, or power availability. Companies that outsource the facilities side of their computer operations can significantly reduce these risks.
Lifeline's first phase of the build out includes fourth quarter 2008 availability of the first 60,000 square feet of data center floor space inside the former mall. The remaining mall space will be refit as customized office space and staging/storage facilities for data center clients' Information Technology staff and employees. Lifeline will then build free-standing tornado resistant-buildings to bring the total data center space to 450,000 square feet. Rich Banta, co-owner of Lifeline, said "Lifeline builds all hardened data center facilities to the 99.995% uptime and TIA-942 specifications. There are no single points of failure for power, cooling, or data connectivity." Lifeline also plans a green campus environment by employing hydrogen-assisted diesel generators, reflective roof technologies, returning of old parking lots to green space, as well as implementing innovative HVAC technologies. Lifeline’s total investment in the project will be $50 million.
Lifeline secured financing for this expansion from M&I Bank in Indianapolis. "M&I Bank is excited to be involved in this project. Lifeline Data Centers has been a valued customer of our bank and we expect an overwhelming success," stated Tim Massey, Executive Vice President of M&I Bank.
Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard joined Lifeline today in the construction ceremony. "We are confident that Lifeline will make an excellent corporate neighbor since their goal is to rebuild the grounds by restoring the mall structure, removing most of the parking lot and returning it to green space, bringing high-tech jobs to the area, and building new structures that will add more tax base to the Warren Township area."
Alex Carroll, co-owner of Lifeline, said, "The Eastgate facility is designed to house primary or secondary computer room space for large and small companies from all over the nation. Lifeline is also providing office and storage space in addition to the data center facilities so companies can bring Information Technology staff and staging to a single campus environment. Indianapolis offers a central geographic location, some of the lowest power rates in the nation, a favorable construction climate and the most affordable housing in the top fifty markets. The Eastgate facility provides additional infrastructure that makes Indianapolis more attractive to companies looking to relocate their business. "
Industry trends show that both large and small companies continue to outsource their computer data center facilities. Based on a recent study conducted by Trinity Information Systems, half of all companies will relocate or outsource some of their data centers or computer applications in the next five years. American Power Conversion (APC) believes that in the next five years, 90% of all companies will experience at least one interruption in computer operations because of power limitations, power faults, or power availability. Companies that outsource the facilities side of their computer operations can significantly reduce these risks.
Lifeline's first phase of the build out includes fourth quarter 2008 availability of the first 60,000 square feet of data center floor space inside the former mall. The remaining mall space will be refit as customized office space and staging/storage facilities for data center clients' Information Technology staff and employees. Lifeline will then build free-standing tornado resistant-buildings to bring the total data center space to 450,000 square feet. Rich Banta, co-owner of Lifeline, said "Lifeline builds all hardened data center facilities to the 99.995% uptime and TIA-942 specifications. There are no single points of failure for power, cooling, or data connectivity." Lifeline also plans a green campus environment by employing hydrogen-assisted diesel generators, reflective roof technologies, returning of old parking lots to green space, as well as implementing innovative HVAC technologies. Lifeline’s total investment in the project will be $50 million.
Lifeline secured financing for this expansion from M&I Bank in Indianapolis. "M&I Bank is excited to be involved in this project. Lifeline Data Centers has been a valued customer of our bank and we expect an overwhelming success," stated Tim Massey, Executive Vice President of M&I Bank.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Why Indianapolis is the ideal place for your data center
If you're looking for the best place to locate your new production data center, or if you're looking for a secondary data center site, Indianapolis has a unique combination of features that make it an ideal location for your next data center facility.
At about a nickel a KW, Indianapolis has some of the least expensive power in the country.
The construction codes and the freedom to use non-union labor make Indy an great place to build facilities.
Indianapolis is located in the heart of the United States. This central location is a day's drive from half of the US population.
The central location also provides for an abundance of telecommunications fiber. Over 20 carriers offer connectivity in the Indianapolis area.
If you're considering moving employees along with your data center, Indy has the lowest cost of living in the top 50 US markets. Housing, food and income taxes are a bargain in Indy.
Finally, Indy is home to Lifeline Data Centers, a carrier neutral facility that provides large scale, flexible data center space. Lifeline is building 450,000 square feet of data center facilities support by 200,000 square feet of office space and 50,000 square feet of staging and storage space. If you're looking for data center space, look to Lifeline Data Centers in Indianapolis.
At about a nickel a KW, Indianapolis has some of the least expensive power in the country.
The construction codes and the freedom to use non-union labor make Indy an great place to build facilities.
Indianapolis is located in the heart of the United States. This central location is a day's drive from half of the US population.
The central location also provides for an abundance of telecommunications fiber. Over 20 carriers offer connectivity in the Indianapolis area.
If you're considering moving employees along with your data center, Indy has the lowest cost of living in the top 50 US markets. Housing, food and income taxes are a bargain in Indy.
Finally, Indy is home to Lifeline Data Centers, a carrier neutral facility that provides large scale, flexible data center space. Lifeline is building 450,000 square feet of data center facilities support by 200,000 square feet of office space and 50,000 square feet of staging and storage space. If you're looking for data center space, look to Lifeline Data Centers in Indianapolis.
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