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MIS 2501 Data Center Flash Paper

Michael Blum

Flash Research Data Center Paper

            Our company is losing $25,000,000 annually due to outages occurring in our current ERP system. A “Tier III” data center will decrease our chances of an outrage with the implementation of back-up servers. Through investing in “Tier III”, we will improve availability within our company and reduce overall redundancy while saving $13,229,056 over three years.

            One of the key capabilities of a “Tier III” data center is that it has an availability of 99.98% compared to “Tier I’s” 99.67%. This would make our company available for roughly 3.39 more days per year. Each component in the structure can be removed without affecting the system. There are also back-up servers on hand so if one goes out, it can easily be replaced without shutting down the entire system.

            “Tier III” has a first year installation cost of $35,000,000. The benefits of investing in a “Tier III” data center would be $48,229,056. This number is the difference in downtime cost from a “Tier I” data center to a “Tier III” data center. “Tier III” would save us a total of $13,229,056 for those three years if we choose to invest.

           

 

 

 

Works Cited

“How a Data Center Works.” SAP Data Center. NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC., n.d. Web. 08 Feb.

2017.

Staff, Colocation American. “Data Center Standards (Tiers I-IV).” Colocation America. Colocation

American Staff, 08 Feb. 2016. Web. 08 Feb. 2017.

Turner, IV, W. Pitt, John H. Seader, and Vincent E. Renaud. “Data Center Site Infrastructure Tier

Standard: Togology.” Uptime Institute, LLC., n.d. Web.


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