De Novo Data Center

The main tasks of a commercial data center are aimed at ensuring reliable, secure and efficient operation of client equipment. A modern complex provides customers with minimization of IT equipment downtime, reduction of capital expenditures for creation of their own data center, as well as the ability to quickly scale (increase or decrease) computing resources in accordance with the needs of the client. In addition, the data center operator ensures physical security of client systems and their technical monitoring (control of key operational parameters).

A commercial data center offers businesses a number of advantages that allow them to optimize their IT infrastructure and focus on key business processes. Also, often renting a data center (its server rooms, individual cabinets or rack spaces) helps the customer to reduce operating costs associated with electricity, cooling and maintenance of equipment, payment for the services of IT specialists, etc.

IT systems are also typically more reliable, as a good data center has multiple layers of protection against failures - redundant power, cooling systems, network connections, etc. The result is uninterrupted operation of all client IT systems and, consequently, availability of data and applications. In addition, commercial sites usually meet high standards of security and reliability, which are often confirmed by internationally recognized certificates.  

This, in turn, enables customers to meet regulatory requirements for data processing. The choice of location is also important. If necessary, you can use, for example, data center in Kiev or data center in Lviv. Or you can rent capacity at two sites at once to provide additional redundancy and reliability.

Commercial data centers offer a wide range of services that allow companies and organizations of various sizes to place and maintain their IT equipment on reliable and secure sites. For example, the site of a large operator can offer for rent both individual server racks or cabinets, and entire server rooms, allowing the deployment of complex integrated IT infrastructures of customers. The service provider provides an equipped and safe place to place servers, data storage systems (DSS), network equipment of the client, provides stable power supply with redundancy, maintains optimal temperature conditions in server rooms, provides physical security, access control and monitoring. Additionally, cloud services, data protection services, Internet connection, data backup, protection against DDoS-attacks, technical support, maintenance and much more can be provided. The range of services can be quite broad, but still, first of all, it is services for the physical location of IT equipment.

The performance of facilities is assessed by various indicators that reflect the reliability, performance and energy efficiency of the complex as a whole, as well as its individual subsystems. One of the most important parameters is uptime (uptime) or simply put - the reliability of the site. There are several approaches to assess this parameter. The most popular concept involves dividing data centers into four categories (TIER) according to their fault tolerance. This approach is followed, for example, by such internationally recognized organizations as Uptime Institute and ANSI/TIA (standard TIA-942).

Data center fault tolerance levels and their characteristics:
 • TIER I. This is a basic level with minimal reliability requirements. Such a facility can fail unexpectedly due to technical problems or failure, and frequent scheduled shutdowns for equipment maintenance are also allowed. At the same time, it is the lowest cost option, suitable for companies for whom temporary loss of data and application availability is not critical.
 • TIER II. A higher level of resiliency is maintained here by redundancy of some of the most critical components, yet such a facility may experience short-term outages due to breakdowns or scheduled maintenance. Data Center TIER II is more reliable than TIER I, but it also costs more.
 • TIER III. This is a high level of reliability, which is sufficient for the vast majority of tasks related to critical business applications, the most sensitive data or even government services. It provides full redundancy of all critical components. Scheduled infrastructure maintenance does not require shutdown of TIER 3 data center subsystems. This site is suitable for most organizations that require maximum 24/7/365 availability of data and applications.
 • TIER IV. Provides the highest level of reliability due to full redundancy of all components. Suitable for companies with extremely high reliability and availability requirements, but the cost of such a data center will be extremely high.

Data centers play an increasingly important role in today's digital economy. They provide reliable data storage and processing, which is essential for businesses and government services to function in a wide variety of areas and directions. Commercial data centers allow organizations of all sizes to deploy and operate IT resources without the need for capital investment in engineering infrastructure. However, selecting a data center for lease is a strategic decision that should be made with due consideration for the specifics of the business and its development plans.