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Avoiding dreaded downtime
Andrews Air Conditioning discusses how to avoid dreaded downtime.
National infrastructure and businesses of all
sizes rely on the effective operation of data
centres. Data centre downtime costs the UK
£10.5 billion per year, yet 78 per cent of UK
organisations are not fully confident in their
ability to recover after a disruption.
Commercial data centres trade on the
basis of customers knowing that their
data is in safe hands, making downtime
non-negotiable.
The impacts of downtime to your
clients’ businesses include reduced
employee productivity and difficulties with
financial transactions. Both result in lost
sales revenue, with £54,750 being the
approximate average cost of network
outages experienced by companies each
year. In 2013, just five minutes of Google
downtime resulted in a 40 per cent drop in
global online traffic, costing the company
unimaginable losses in pay-per-click
advertising revenue.
Added to the immediate revenue
implications, unhappy customers who are
inconvenienced by disruption to services can
develop a long term negative brand perception.
Data centres of all sizes can be prone
to overheating and hotspots caused by poor
airflow and inefficient cooling solutions. So
don’t leave the temperature control of your
data centre to chance.
This infographic outlines immediate
actions which data centre managers can
take to minimise heat build up and avoid
dreaded downtime. Contingency planning
is also an important consideration, both for
back up during planned maintenance on
current air conditioning systems and in the
event of an unexpected emergency.
A specialist provider can identify the most
suitable and cost effective air conditioning
solution for your particular needs. Serving
organisations of all sizes on a 24/7/365
basis, Andrews Air Conditioning has over
40 years’ experience working closely with
data centres. Items can be ring-fenced to
ensure availability when you need them and
units can be delivered on site from one of its
nationwide depots in as little as four hours.
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