AFCOM, the international association of data centre managers and enterprise IT executives, confirmed on March 30 that a high number of data centres are not fully protected from potential disasters. Loss of service could bring many of these companies to their knees, a fact of which many people in the business are already well aware.
The March 11 earthquake and tsunami, which knocked out or severely damaged several data centres in north-eastern Japan, has brought this issue into clear focus for the entire industry. For example, Sony revealed on March 17 that its Sendai factory and data centre – even though a well-protected facility – was severely damaged in the 9.0 magnitude earthquake that struck near there.
The Sendai Sony facility, now offline, was the only one in the world capable of manufacturing most of Sony’s Professional Media Products. There is no indication as to when it might be gearing back up for production.
The purpose of the survey is to illustrate how data centres are adapting to changes in IT products and services, power and cooling issues, and to macro- and local economic impacts. The top-shelf issues have remained the same for several years: proper use of energy, physical and digital security, space limitations and convergence of functionality into smaller devices.
Key findings, according to AFCOM:
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