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A quick overview of a data center
A data center is a facility used for housing a large amount of
electronic equipment, typically computers and communications equipment.
As the name implies, a data center is usually maintained by an
organization for the purpose of handling the data necessary for its
operations. A bank for example may have a data center, where all its
customers' account information is maintained and transactions involving
this data are carried out. Practically every company mid-sized and
upwards has some kind of data center, and large companies often have
dozens of data centers.
As data is a crucial aspect of most organizational operations,
organizations tend to be very protective of their data. A data center
must therefore keep high standards for assuring the integrity and
functionality of its hosted computer environment. This is depicted in
its physical and logical layout.
Prior to and during the dot com crash, thousands of square feet of
general-purpose data centers were built in the hope of filling them with
servers for web hosting and application service providers. This demand
went largely unrealized.
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