Migration of data, applications from traditional data centers to the cloud has been calling the attention to many corporations and analysts.
However, as the immense cloud relocation changes the data center industry, a smaller, under-rated change has been occurring around the non-cloud applications that have been abandoned. These “edge” applications have remained on premise and, because of the nature of the cloud, the criticality of these applications has expanded altogether.
Some of the current limitations for applications shifting to the cloud are identified as
Latency
Limitation of bandwidth
Security
These apply to applications that require high availability, low latency and connectivity such as Uber, smart traffic lights, financial
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They are deliberately situated to address high volume needs.
Localized or Micro Data Center. - A localized data center that is co-located with the users of the data center.
Characteristics:
Lack of security • Unorganized racks
• No redundancy –
.• No dedicated cooling
• No DCIM monitoring.
The local equipment is critical to connectivity to everyday business applications. With more and more living in the cloud, when that access point is down, employees cannot be productive.
This suggests that a change in how we design these small on-premise data centers is needed. We can no longer focus only on central and regional data centers, and arguably, more focus should be on the localized sites because they are currently the weakest links.
The issue is that many downsized on-premise data centers are not properly designed to assume their new role as critical data outposts. Most are organized as one or two servers housed within a wiring closet
Later in this paper, we describe best practices that should be deployed at these sites to ensure a highly connected and productive business
Steps that enhance edge resiliency
In order to enhance critical edge application availability, several best practices are recommended:
• Enhanced security – When you enter some of these server rooms and closets, you typically see unsecured entry doors and open racks (no doors). To enhance security, equipment should be moved to a locked room or placed within a locked enclosure. Biometric access
While there have been some high-profile cloud-based outages, in many cases, cloud-based services are more reliable, affordable, and secure than on-site data centers. A cloud provider has the expertise and resources to build a more secure, resilient, and reliable data center than a typical small- or medium-sized business. For example, InfoSystems offers production-ready cloud solutions with a baseline Tier 3 data center, a higher-level SLA than large-scale providers, and a hands-on approach to cloud migration.
“There is no longer a single right way to build out your data center,” says expert on network and Internet technologies David Strom. And he is right. Thanks to the countless choices available, a Colocation Data Center has more flexibility nowadays. However, they have also become more complex due to the constant growth of online applications and the accelerated virtualization of databases and cloud-based services.
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