Datacenter Content Sponsored By: Phoenix Nap A data center is a
facility designed to store large amounts of equipment connected
to computers, electronics and communications. Usually maintained
by organizations in order to handle core operations in
information services, including Internet connectivity,
intranets, LANS, WANS, and extranets – practically every size of
company, has some manner of data center. The most basic data
center will have a computer network, including backup power
supplies, air conditioning, and security applications, which
amounts to a very large amount of data, stored in a large number
of computers. Generally, the larger a company is, the larger the
data center(s) will be. While larger companies may house their
own data centers, smaller firms may opt to outsource its I.T.
infrastructure or corporate computer information to a data
center, suited to storing confidential, critical systems and
business information. It is important for a company to have
access to a data center, logically, bec