design & facilities management
BIG CHALLENGE
Lowie Van Rymenant of Pentair explores some ways to ensure service availability in a world of Big Data.
M
odern society relies
heavily on the
Internet. Whether it
is checking emails,
booking a holiday,
watching the latest TV series or
managing a global company. With
26
more than three billion people online,
daily activities are dependent on the
effective operation and fast speed
of the Internet to process enormous
amounts of data, and any downtime
can have a substantial impact in our
always on, always connected world.
Data centres are at the heart of
all Internet based activities, where
all of the information is processed
and stored. The data centre sector
is expanding and its standards are
continuously evolving to ensure that
this critical infrastructure is efficient