A data center is a short name for a data processing center: the core of the activity carried out by high-level hosting services. It usually resides in huge rooms located either in the company’s headquarters or in external locations, sometimes under the surveillance of specialized staff.
Most of the time, this structure is organized in server racks–the “cabinets” in which the various machines are recessed, connected and programmed/managed by system engineers.
The connected servers can be controlled directly (which occurs in the case of resets, restarts, or some types of updates) or remotely (which guarantees maximum flexibility).
The operators are often called upon (sometimes at unpredictable times) for complex, but necessary, timely interventions. And it’s here that the idea of business continuity comes into play as an essential parameter to be optimized.
The concept of business continuity, on the other hand, is expressed in the enhanced capacity, guaranteed at any level, of being able to continue providing the service even in critical conditions or in the unfortunate event of damages or accidents.
Beyond what it entails at first glance relating to security (read: avoid losing your data forever), business continuity is essential for maintaining an adequate image of the company from the outside, avoiding receiving excessive criticism from unsatisfied users. In simple words, it’s a mix of good marketing and technical warranties that all companies operating on the web need to thrive.
As already noted in a previous article, business continuity is a more extensive concept than data recovery. Not only does business continuity imply the possibility of providing the service in all situations, but it also includes the ability to recover data thanks to a series of adequate procedures at a strategic, operational, and tactical level.
