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.
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