Tag Archives: data centers

Jul
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What Is the Difference Between Public and Private Data Centers?

When a business is looking at outsourcing its data services, it may come across a decision to use a public or private data center. These are two different ways of using data centers and servers, which means that they come with their own unique advantages and disadvantages. As an experienced provider of colocation hosting and disaster data recovery, LightWave Networks can give you a description of what businesses could expect when it comes to choosing which kind of data center they would like to leverage. What is the difference between public and private data centers? Our data backup recovery business looks to answer these questions in the following article. Continue reading below to learn more from our Charlotte data centers.  

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Jul
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About Enterprise Data Centers

Enterprise data centers are large-scale facilities that house the IT infrastructure and computing resources of organizations or enterprises. These data centers are specifically designed to support the storage, processing, and management of vast amounts of data and the associated computing needs of the organization. These data centers typically consist of several components, including servers, storage systems, networking equipment, cooling systems, power distribution units, backup systems, and security measures. They are built with redundancy and high availability in mind to ensure continuous operation and minimal downtime. There are many reasons why your business in Tampa should look to use data centers, and our experienced Tampa colocation professionals are here to point them out. 

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Jan

How to Prevent Data Loss

With more businesses than ever relying on the internet and online systems to store and monitor information related to their businesses and its processes, a large consideration for them is to make sure that their data is safe and free from a breach. Data security breaches are especially dangerous if you consider what kind of data businesses usually hold, which could be incredibly sensitive. This is particularly true for businesses that rely heavily on client data like lawyers or insurance companies. A security breach for these kinds of businesses could also breach contracts and involve legal issues. If you are wondering how to prevent data loss, our hyper-converged data center is here to answer your questions. Continue reading below to learn more from our experts. 

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Dec

Physical Servers vs. Virtual Servers

To someone unfamiliar with IT network services and colocation, it may be surprising for them to discover that there are two different kinds of servers – physical and virtual. The classic image of a data center is one of the seemingly endless servers and hardware, with a clean and sterile physical environment. However, many data centers use virtual servers that offer a different kind of utility and experience for businesses. What are the differences between these kinds of servers, and which one is best for my data backup and recovery needs? LightWave Networks and our Massachusetts colocation experts explore more about physical servers vs. virtual servers in the following article. Continue reading below for more.

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Dec

More About Data Center Capacity Planning

When it comes to data centers, one of the most important considerations in its smooth operation is ensuring that all of the resources, power load, cooling, and more workload demands of its users and customers. As the importance of data centers becomes more important, they will begin to have more moving parts and components that require that data centers plan around this to make sure that their users and customers are being served correctly. The planning of logistics and resource allocation focused around data centers is known as data center capacity planning, and we are happy to explain more about it in the following article. Continue reading below to learn more from our Boston colocation and IT network services.

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