Mini-Survey: How Do You Manage Your Data Centre?

Max Smolaks,
SSD

How do you tackle the data centre challenges? Let us know!

Keeping servers online is no easy task. You have to find the right people for the job, consider the hardware and software update cycles, cooling and energy consumption, as well as security, both physical and virtual. That’s before we go into topics like virtualisation or the cloud.

In order to find out how our readers are tackling these challenges, TechWeek has decided to run a series of polls.

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To meet the growing demand for information, new data centers seem to be popping up around the country like mushrooms. Today, Rackspace is building one in Crawley, Equinix is expanding its property in Slough, alongside the new Salesforce campus. Host Europe Group (HEG) has just unveiled its refitted data centre in Leeds, while the first UK data centre to be run entirely from locally-generated renewable energy is set to open in Glenrothes, Scotland next year.

If you are running a shared space, you are well aware of the complications of managing power and data. In house facilities are also having to watch the costs in all directions.

How does your business approach the management of a server farm?

 

 

What is the biggest challenge to your data centre?

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What proportion of your data centre equipment can be controlled through your main management platform?

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Do you operate a private cloud?

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What is your primary target in managing your data centre?

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How many servers can one admin handle in your organisation?

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Which would most improve your life as a data centre manager?

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