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Data centre management issues

You've been running a data centre or you've just been tasked with this responsibility. Either way, you've got a busy job. Managing a data centre presents many challenges. These are just a few issues you'll need to address.

Building a data centre

If this is your first task then it's important to consider modular construction as part of your specifications in creating a secure, impenetrable technical space for your IT equipment, minimising all threats.

A modular build approach offers flexibility - letting you determine the secure data room space you need. You can extend it at a later stage if you need to, even move or relocate it - quickly and cost effectively.

Data centre moving?

If however you've been tasked with a data centre move, it's worth approaching data centre consultants to project manage the relocation - minimising impact to your business and your time.

Data centre security

It's critical that you make your data centre secure. This involves you making sure that your data centre security suits the rest of the building security systems you have in place.

It also means addressing risks of theft, damage and high priority threats and making sure the data centre has controlled access set up for authorised staff. And it also involves building in:

• onsite monitoring
• key card systems
• breach alarms
• CCTV and other surveillance equipment
• motion detector systems.

Data centre monitoring

It's key that you have as much environmental data as possible to help you manage your technical space. Data centre consultants can advise you on state-of-the-art data centre monitoring solutions to suit your data centre.

Network Management systems (NMS) represent one of the most popular data centre monitoring systems - connecting sensors and monitoring devices and sending key information to a central point. A variety of equipment, plant and services can be monitored - sending you alerts by web and IP management tools. Alerts can be email, SMS (Short Message Service), SNMS (Simple Network Management Protocol) or pager-based.