Avoiding Data Center Disasters Jul 29, 2009, 06:00am EDT Jun 19, 2013, 04:53pm EDT. Share. Save. This article is more than 10 years old.

Pushed in part by U.S. business regulations concerning data preservation, financial and other high-end organizations are moving to a three data center architecture for disaster recovery, says ...

Data center managers’ most amusing anecdotes involve tragic failures of the “physical layer.” Take, for instance, the data center that was built on the second floor - to avoid flooding from ...

Two new studies say data center firms face growing threats from climate change-driven natural disasters and need to start ...

Companies with data centers need to be prepared for disaster. Monitoring data from anywhere, communication, and technology are crucial. Here's what the future of hazard and risk management looks like.

Just as data center security is not synonymous with protection from natural disasters, wind and water protection should be treated as separate problems. The Case for Data Center Security. Natural ...

The increasing vulnerability of critical infrastructure, including data centers, highlights the need for disaster-resilient designs. Data centers are the backbone of the modern economy, housing ...

Cloud file storage service Dropbox has explained how it took its key data center completely offline to test its disaster readiness capabilities. As Dropbox explains, after migrating its computing ...

* Remote recovery and disaster recovery – The second server does not even have to be in the same data center. If two data centers share access to a SAN or NAS, then administrators can re ...

Yet, they all have one thing in common: When disaster struck, their data centers were back up and running quickly with minimal or no data loss. Weathering a Florida hurricane.

DDC Solutions, the maker of patented data center cabinet technology and dynamic management software, and insideHPC are running a contest focused on your data center disaster stories. Be it a fire, ...