Data Center and Server Room Support, Planning and Service

Support for Mac, PC, and Linux Server Hardware

For most businesses, the ability to process and distribute correct and timely data is most crucial. This makes your data center or computer room the single most important physical environment in your company. Especially when issues like data migration technology come into play. You need your data center to work to its optimum.

IT Computer Support of New York has the experience to help you design, build and manage a data center that will support the flow of important information throughout your network for today and as your business grows into the future. Our system architects have the knowledge and understanding of far more than just the physical hardware your company needs. There are environmental and electrical implementations to consider, such as, air conditioning, cooling units and proper layout to ensure air flow. We've developed time tested solutions that will enable your data center to operate efficiently and effectively.

There are three components that are accounted for when considering backup; the data component, the technology components and time.

1. DATA

Businesses run on their data. Access and safeguarding data are an essential component of data processing and backup. The accessibility of the data by the business and the customers and the safeguarding of data from theft and loss are necessary to consider when choosing a backup. The questions we must ask are:

• a. Could my business operate successfully if my data were lost?
  
• b. Could my business operate successfully if my data were stolen?
  
• c. Could my business operate successfully if my data were inaccessible for a period of time, and what is that period of time?

2. TECHNOLOGY

Consists of 3 components, hardware, software and configurations. In order for a business to access and use it’s data an investment in hardware and software is required. Additionally, and often overlooked is the time and labor involved in the configuration and setup of the hardware and software. Configurations costs are substantial in both capital expense and time. An appropriate backup system and method which considers protecting the configuration and setup and time investment is essential.

• a. Does my backup protect my technology?
  
• b. Does my backup protect my configuration and setup investment.
  
• c. What does my backup do to protect my time.

3. TIME

A number of old adages are true. “Time is money” AND more money spent provides diminishing returns. To limit downtime to a week (168 hours) costs far less than to limit downtime to 4 hours. However to go from 4 hours of downtime to 4 seconds of downtime costs far more. 168 hours of downtime might cost you 50$ per month, while 4 hours of downtime might cost $5000, while 4 seconds of downtime might cost $100,000. Clearly the last 3 hours 56 seconds of downtime limitation costs far more per unit of time than the first 164 hours.

• a. How long can my company afford to be down?
  
• b. How much does it make sense to spend to protect my business from downtime. There are literally thousands of “backup” products on the market. From hardware/software to on-line services. They all strike a balance between initial cost, on-going costs, protecting data, protecting technology investment and limiting downtime. Strategic planning with experienced people is the best way to make sure you spend appropriately on your backup requirements.

TYPE	Protects Data	Protects Technology	Protects Time	Business Continuity
Disk to Disk/Disk to Tape	YES	YES	YES	NO
Imaging	NO	YES	YES	NO
Backup as Service	YES	NO	NO	NO
DR Recovery Site	NO	NO	NO	YES