Advantages of a Remote Data Center

Because your business data is so important, you need to make it a high priority to protect it. One of the best ways to protect your data is through a remote data center. A remote data center is an off-site facility where you keep your crucial IT hardware such as servers, networking equipment, and data storage. While it might seem inconvenient to keep your server and storage apart from your business facilities, the advantages include improved reliability, safety, and security of your critical business IT assets.

Security 

Can you afford to employ security guards to protect your current facility around the clock? Do you feel that simply installing a close-circuit television surveillance system is adequate to thwart intrusion and provide uncontested protection? The first advantage is increased security. A good data center provides security features such as professional security personnel, sophisticated card-key access systems, and closed-circuit television surveillance that is continuously monitored and recorded.
In addition to physical safety, a remote data center can offer a firewall solution to protect your business from viruses and attacks. What is better than the security of knowing that your network is safe from physical intrusion as well as cyber attacks?
Another security feature is network monitoring. Just because you do not have the staff to monitor your network 24 hours a day does not mean that your network should go unwatched. A data center can supply you with a network operations center that can monitor your network and track and log any incidents that occur on your network.

Safety 

A remote data center will keep your IT assets safe from natural disasters and be equipped to protect your valuable information to a much higher standard than a regular office building. It should be in an area that is not subject to flooding and employ fire suppression systems that utilize chemicals especially designed to prevent damage to IT systems like water does. It should also house your server in a facility that is continuously environmentally controlled to ensure optimal humidity and temperature.

Reliability 

Just because there's a power failure doesn't mean your network must go down. The power supply to a remote data center can be channeled from more than one power grid as well as a backup-generator.
Also, if your provider has more than one data center location, you can set up a secondary server to provide a failover operation if your primary server experiences an unplanned outage. Having the ability to perform a failover operation greatly reduces the risk of a network outage.

Secure Access 

Even though your server is off-site you still have access to it. Through secure remote access, you can log on to your server from your home or office. Furthermore, if you require physical access to your server, your data center can allow you into their secure facility at any time.

You Are Not Alone 

When you locate your IT assets to a remote data center, you partner with a company whose expertise is in keeping your business network running safely, securely, and reliably. You do not have to spend millions to build a separate facility specifically to house your server, or hire a dedicated security staff to provide 24/7 protection for your IT facility. A remote data center provider will provide this service for you at a cost far less expensive than what you may have thought, as well as many other IT service options and benefits.