CONTAINERISATION
"Containerised solutions can form small data
centres where they help resolve space,
deployment time, build complexity and cost
challenges"
Over the last couple of years, we’ve consistently seen
customers try and overcome the same challenges: making
effective use of space for their data centres, and secondly
trying to build them as quickly and efficiently as possible.
While the modular panel constructed data centre remains
a really great way to overcome these challenges, it’s not
always the best one. For some, their data centre needs
are simple enough that they can consider a micro data
centre approach using cabinets housed in offices or rooms.
However, for those needing something more substantial,
containerised solutions offer a number of benefits.
You probably associate the term ‘containerised data
centre’ with huge data centre projects, such as those
run by the public cloud vendors with tens of thousands
of servers and the need for constant growth. In those
instances, they’re chosen for speed, cost-effectiveness and
ease of installation, but those benefits are not only true
when working at scale. There are several scenarios where a
containerised data centre might be just right for you, even if
you’re a much smaller business.
By Chris Wellfair, Projects
Director, Secure I.T.
Environments
www.siteltd.co.uk
The containerised data centre and
why it’s a serious contender for
your precious workloads…
Smaller, faster, simpler
Containerised solutions can form small data centres where
they help resolve space, deployment time, build complexity
and cost challenges. Additionally, they are very flexible and
depending on the internal configuration can perform very
well in high-density applications. They are also stackable
and can be extended if specified as a requirement at the
design stage. In an emergency, containerised solutions
can also shine as part of a disaster recovery plan if already
fitted out with the infrastructure, where they can be rapidly
deployed to a site as a temporary solution.
If you’re facing a data centre design and build
challenge and any of the following resonate with you, then
the containerised data centre approach is definitely worth
consideration for some of the reasons below:
Speed is of the essence
If you need your data centre built quickly,
containerisation can substantially shorten delivery times.
Many companies offer them in standard ‘ready to load’
configurations, but you can, of course, have the interior
designed to meet your specific requirements if your partner
offers this.
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