| How to go about setting up a data center | | | | In a traditional set up, two separate functional |
| management unit, the importance of using the right kind | | | | departments provide services to the Data Center. The |
| of data center cable and how to test data for the | | | | real estate, the building and its maintenance, space |
| efficacy of the unit. | | | | allocation for electrical equipment and offices are |
| Data Center Management is a multi speciality discipline. | | | | handled by the facilities division. The IT dept handles |
| The data center manager has to maintain the data, | | | | the installation of machines and other equipment, |
| ensure that the operations of the data center run | | | | application software and lends support to the users. |
| smoothly, know the business you are in and be good | | | | There are a set of people in between who manage |
| at people management and facility management. Data | | | | the data center. Nobody is responsible or accountable |
| Center Management is 24/7 on all 365 days of the | | | | in this kind of situation with compartmentalization of |
| year. | | | | work. The data center managers find that they are |
| Managing Data Centers is becoming complex as | | | | accountable for problems associated with the two |
| technology advances. The skills needed for Data | | | | functional departments lending service to data center. |
| Center Management are also becoming complex. A | | | | Colocation or outsourcing of data centers may be the |
| study estimates that the there will be a shortage of | | | | best possible solution. The technology, space, power |
| skilled and qualified data center managers by 2015. | | | | and other issues associated with a Data Center is |
| Presently, there are many job vacancies in Data | | | | better provided by the Colocation alternative. This |
| Centers with companies taking at least half a year to | | | | leads to considerable savings in operational costs and |
| find suitable people for their data centers. It can be | | | | solves availability of skilled persons for Data Center |
| seen that this industry is finding it difficult to find Data | | | | Management. The Data center industry is seeing a |
| Center Professionals as the tasks associated with | | | | definite move towards these alternatives as a viable |
| management of a Data Center are varied and | | | | solution. |
| demanding. | | | | |