Can outsourcing and cloud computing lead to shrinking data centers

Hosting or cloud services?

Companies such as IBM and VMware encourage customers to migrate data centers to the cloud. At the same time, http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/13608.html "> Data center Management is debating a question: is it worthwhile to build data centers now?"

Cloud computing services are delivered over the network. Companies can frame private clouds, but we've seen the rise of public cloud services like Amazon Web Services in the past decade. Data center hosting refers to the indoor data center equipment by the external hosting of the service provider, the service provider owns and manages the equipment, then rents to the user, the user also can see the actual infrastructure. The

has mixed feelings for this datacenter expert. Searchdatacenter.com's user procurement survey found that 24% of respondents planned to use IaaS services in the next year or to seek a custodian, compared with 19% last year. And 34% of respondents said they didn't use data center services last year, and 36% predicted they would not use such services. What are the benefits of

Data center outsourcing?

Many organizations are interested in outsourcing because of the recession, according to CTO Julius Neudorfer of North Anglo Access Technologies, who has seen a 5000 to 10000 sq ft data center shrink, Central organizations seek service providers to reduce capital investment.

"People find their data centers obsolete and there is not enough energy to support expansion." They send the new data center will cause mashiqianti, then outsourcing is very timely. "

Some organizations want to migrate their configured facilities and move into managed data centers and management services for 24 hours of real-time operation. "Our business is SaaS, although the core user is a traditional eight o'clock to five o'clock in the evening user," said Kevin Armour, CTO of

Paycor Inc. But everyone wants to be able to use it at any time, so we have to keep it open. "

Paycor The current data center is located in an office building, and a small room is used for expansion. In the next 18 months to 24 months, the company will seek a mobile flooring, multi-energy, multiple ISPs and other computer room equipment data Center service provider. Kevin Armour said, in short, can meet all the necessary equipment in the data center.

Data Center Outsourcing considerations

Some organizations are less willing to deliver data centers because of financial and health concerns.

software engineer Robert Crawford said: "Customer trust is part of the signboard, so we are very focused on data security." We will control the people who can enter the computer room, only when we want to change the environment, can change.

It experts are also concerned about bandwidth and network reliability. "We found that applications, and the cost of buying bandwidth to clouds over the cost of building data centers, is a big problem, especially when it comes to big data," says Robert Rosen, a government department CTO.

Outsourcing may affect performance for companies that are not located near the data center custodian. A medical institution system analyst said: "We are more remote here." Connecting to the service provider requires long-distance connections. In fact, we are not going to migrate a remote data center anytime soon. "

Data center dilemma

Many times, companies will overhaul private data centers to maintain control, reduce consumption, and outsource a portion.

Technical engineer Kent Altena expects to migrate 5% to 10% of the data center footprint to the cloud after two years, estimated at 30% to 50% after 3-5 years. "I don't think private data centers are going to be hours, but not as big as they are now," he said.

An IT manager recently consolidated the data center, consolidating two large equipment rooms into two columns. Integration is urgent for their companies, or data center upgrades cost more than clouds. "If you don't, you'll have to put your business on the cloud," he said. The

(editor: Heritage)