How to improve the operational capabilities of data centers?

Data center operation is an important part of an enterprise's work, so many people think that data center operation is a complicated and tedious task. But is this true? For most enterprises, running key facilities such as data centers is not a core capability. If data center operation is simple, cost-effective and low, it may be more widely used. So how can enterprises operate data centers well and how can the operational capabilities of data centers be improved?

Data centers are important IT infrastructure for enterprises. In recent years, with the development of the Internet, mobile Internet, cloud computing and big data, the construction and development of global data centers are accelerating. At present, in order to further improve their service capabilities and meet the new needs of the big data era, many companies are strengthening the layout of data centers, actively carrying out related transformation and construction, and doing a good job in the operation of their data centers.

But the fact remains that data centers require highly trained critical facility experts, advanced monitoring and management systems, and specialized operational processes. Designing and building a data center may seem like an expensive endeavor for an organization. However, the costs of recruiting, training, and maintaining a specialized operations team and monitoring/management systems to effectively operate a data center are often obscured.

Many in the industry seem to share the feeling that data center facilities, which are huge investments, should run on autopilot. But actions speak louder than words, and the actions of many companies suggest that this statement is more accurate than people would like to admit. This is a serious problem, but not surprising.

To address this equipment side of the problem, over the past 15 years or so, data center hosting and facilities management vendors have entered the market to train, enhance and support enterprise data center facilities teams, or even outsource the problem entirely.

To address the monitoring and capacity management system side of this problem, data center infrastructure management (DCIM) software vendors began selling their management software more than a decade ago. The problem is that DCIM software, like critical infrastructure, requires professionals, processes, and training that many companies don't have, and all of this software is expensive to develop and maintain. Only recently has the data center industry begun to realize and publicly acknowledge this critical problem with adopting DCIM software.

Therefore, to adequately address the monitoring and capacity management system aspects, new data center service providers are now entering the market to deploy, train, enhance and support facility and enterprise data center IT management systems and teams. Their solutions are very attractive and worth further investigation.

Data centers are the main carrier for my country's progress towards informatization. With the continuous deepening of informatization in various national undertakings, the scale of investment in data centers will continue to increase, and the construction of data centers will also move towards scientific and standardized development.