Data Center Reliability: Power, Cooling, and Redundancy
Data Center Reliability: Power, Cooling, and Redundancy Reliable data centers depend on three pillars: power, cooling, and redundancy. If one pillar falters, servers slow, services fail, and users notice. To keep services up, operators design for resilience, monitor constantly, and rehearse responses so teams know what to do when trouble arises. Power reliability Power is the most critical asset. Utilities can fail, so a data center uses a UPS and on-site generators to bridge the gap. The goal is seamless operation from the moment power is required. ...