Ensuring a constant supply of power to a data centre is essential, especially if you want to ensure its smooth operation. Indeed, even a short power outage to a data centre could potentially result in a significant amount of data loss while it could also result in system downtime or financial losses for an organisation. As a consequence, if you operate a data centre for your business, you must make sure it receives power around the clock. As a consequence, if you want to make sure that your data centre is available at all times, you must be aware of the measures that you can implement to make sure that you can prevent data loss and maintain systems availability.
- Redundant power infrastructure
One of the most important things to be aware of about power distribution in an ICT infrastructure element such as a data centre is to ensure redundant power is available if needed. Indeed, implementing an architecture for a redundant power supply is essential to provide backup power in the event of a power outage or complete power failure. This generally involves installing several uninterruptible power supplies in the facility along with backup generators which will start in the event of an electrical failure.
- Undertake regular maintenance
Another important factor to be aware of about your data centre is to carry out regular maintenance and testing of the power infrastructure components to identify and address any potential problems. Indeed, you must inspect the UPS systems, generators and transfer switches along with the batteries another critical power element to ensure they can work if required.
- Monitoring and management
Furthermore, implementing comprehensive monitoring procedures and management systems can allow the operator of a data centre to monitor the power requirements and respond promptly to any problems. Remote monitoring tools can provide real-time alerts for power problems while you can also set your uninterruptible power supplies to shut down servers in the event of a complete power failure to prevent data loss.
- Implement a redundant power infrastructure for your data centre
- Undertake regular maintenance
- Monitoring and management
To summarise, if you operate a data centre, then you will want to minimise the risk of power interruptions, which could result in data loss or system failure while it is essential to regularly test and maintain your power infrastructure to make sure it will be working as intended when required.
