{"id":1293,"date":"2009-03-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/otava.test\/data-storage-closet-space-for-data\/"},"modified":"2009-03-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-10T00:00:00","slug":"data-storage-closet-space-for-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/data-storage-closet-space-for-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Storage &#8211; Closet Space for Data?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_Different_Way_to_Think_About_Data_Storage\"><\/span>A Different Way to Think About Data Storage<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Everyone has closets at home where we often hide our personal treasures. \u00a0They are insured of course.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone has closets at work. Unfortunately we find that many also hide their most precious resource, data, in closets. Data is not insured.<\/p>\n<p>Why is this a terrible idea?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Heat<\/strong> \u2013 Servers these days put out lots of heat. Few, if any, closets provide the type of cooling and humidity environment that allows servers to survive for long periods of time. How long could you go without your server while the melted CPU is waiting to be replaced?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Data Centers are Secure\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onlinetech.com\/data_centers\/security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Security<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Data is money. Servers contain data which for many organizations represents their crown jewels. Would you put ALL your company\u2019s money in a closet on the floor with everyone knowing it was there? No. So, why do you put your crown jewels there? Money belongs in a bank where you keep it. Data belongs in a data center, not a closet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Colocation and Dedicated Server Monitoring\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onlinetech.com\/managed_services\/otportal\/\"><strong>Access<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 If the data is in your closet it\u2019s likely that you can only access it securely while in your office. In today\u2019s highly mobile environment, you need remote secure access to your data. The networking technology to allow safe remote access is generally expensive and too risky to put in a closet. Imagine if someone got access to the closet and opened up your server to the entire world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Data Center Backup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onlinetech.com\/managed_services\/backup_recovery\/\"><strong>Backup<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 If you\u2019re like most businesses, you can\u2019t operate without access to your email and data. In the case of a disaster at your office it\u2019s likely your closet is destroyed. Keeping your servers and data in a secure off-site location means you still have access if your office is burned down. Can you say that if you\u2019re servers are in a closet?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Get your crown jewels out of your office space and into a data center.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onlinetech.com\/data_centers\/data_centers_overview\">Data is money<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Your money belongs in a bank.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Your data belongs in a data center.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Different Way to Think About Data Storage Everyone has closets at home where we often hide our personal treasures. \u00a0They are insured of course. Everyone has closets at work. Unfortunately we find that many also hide their most precious resource, data, in closets. Data is not insured. Why is this a terrible idea? Heat \u2013 Servers these days put out lots of heat. Few, if any, closets provide the type of cooling and humidity environment that allows servers to survive for long periods of time. How long could you go without your server while the melted CPU is waiting to be replaced? &nbsp; Security \u2013 Data is money. Servers contain data which for many organizations represents their crown jewels. Would you put ALL your company\u2019s money in a closet on the floor with everyone knowing it was there? No. So, why do you put your crown jewels there? Money belongs in a bank where you keep it. Data belongs in a data center, not a closet. &nbsp; Access \u2013 If the data is in your closet it\u2019s likely that you can only access it securely while in your office. 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