Vlog 1 - Data Center Migration Project Plan | Coloadvisor |

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In this video, we talk about the reasons why folks migrate from one data center to another. To help make this easier for IT managers, we've created a data center migration project plan in excel format that you can download by visiting us at

https://www.coloadvisor.com/data-cent...

Here's the full transcript of the video:

So the purpose of this video is to bring to your attention our data center migration project plan which you can download and use for free. But we thought we'd use this opportunity to explain why folks migrate out of data centers, to begin with. Knowing why people leave data centers, you can avoid some of the issues we've seen and know what to look for.

Reason #1 - Folks move out of their server rooms so that they can leverage an economy of scale built by others which should offer better reliability, Power, and network, and HVAC outages will cause IT, managers, to think about alternatives. I'd also like to mention that while these systems are inherently redundant in most data centers, the auto-switching mechanisms often fail to negate all the redundancies put in place by the facility.

Reason #2 - Another reason why folks leave data centers is due to what I call a power density mismatch. Here's an example: someone moves into the data center with traditional server hardware. We're talking about traditional 1-4U servers that may only need 4 kW of cooling. As that hardware gets near the end of its life, a decision is made to increase computing density by way of blade servers.

Here's the problem, their cabinets are only able to cool between 4 to 8 kW and the blade servers if you stack them up can go way higher than that. 12 to 20 kilowatts is not unusual these days and so here's what happens: you end up having to buy more cabinets and leaving some half filled so that the facility can keep up with cooling those cabinets.

Slightly off a topic comment here - you can also get the opposite issue let's say you purchase space in a data center that has very high density out of the gate like 20 kW+ and your equipment isn't anywhere near that.. you'll probably end up paying a premium per cabinet and not getting your money worth since the build-out of that data center was more costly to provide higher density in power which they have to pass along to you in the monthly fees.

Reason # 3 - Logistics - Don't get me wrong, security is important but chronic issues getting into a data center (especially after hours) will cause clients to leave. A data center that offers 24 hours access but a ticket or phone call is required outside of business hours is problematic as waiting outside a data center at 3 am for someone to let you in is very frustrating.


Reason # 4 - Mergers and Acquisitions and Going out of Business. Reason number four we see is business model changes so you can have corporate mergers and acquisitions that cause consolidations and unfortunately, sometimes businesses go under meaning that they end up canceling their colocation contracts.

Reason #5 - Datacenter consolidations - The fifth and final reason that we're going to talk about today is a move initiated not by the client but by the datacenter itself. Let's say for instance a data center company has 2 facilities, each with 30% occupancy. There's a good chance that at 30% occupancy, neither facility is profitable so they will close 1 facility, and force those clients over to the other facility bringing their occupancy up to 60% which makes them profitable but upsets their clients even if the move cost is fully borne by the data center themselves.

So the point of this video was to offer you a free downloadable tool that helps you plan your data center migration. It's a full data center migration project plan in excel format and you can download it using the links on this page and so if you are planning to make a move anytime soon, please refer to this video for key questions to ask before signing a contract.

Until next time, thank you so much.
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