If you translate from English the phrase data center (in another way, data storage and processing center), then it means special a building that houses network and backup equipment, as well as user connections to the World Wide Web.
The center processes, stores and distributes information, mainly for corporate clients. Typically, it serves to solve business-related problems by providing information services.
Basically, data centers are located near the communication center or the point of location of operators. Considering that the main assessment of the productivity of any data center is the server availability time, the quality and bandwidth of the channels directly affect the level of services provided.
Some types of such data centers provide customers with additional services that help to use equipment to automatically avoid various attacks. A highly qualified team of specialists monitor all servers 24 hours a day. In order to ensure the preservation of data, backup systems are used. To prevent theft or leakage of information, a variety of advanced video surveillance systems are used, as well as systems that provide restrictions on physical access.
Data centers are classified into corporate and commercial. The former are designed to serve a specific firm or company, the latter provide their services to everyone.
The first data centers were a huge computer room. Their appearance was due to the emergence of computer technology. In those days, computer systems were much more difficult to manage and needed special conditions to function. Since they were quite bulky, they required the use of numerous wires for connection. For this reason, server racks and special channels began to be used. Among other things, these systems used a lot of energy and required constant cooling to operate efficiently.
With the growth of users of information systems and their ever-increasing infusion into human life, data centers have acquired an simply irreplaceable status. Nowadays it is difficult to imagine life without these institutions serving as the storage and processing of various information.
