Indiana Data Center Disaster Recovery
June 1, 2012 by Kara Manon · Leave a Comment
As a data center located in Indiana, outside of metropolitan areas for added security, Data Cave is the logical choice for an Indiana disaster recovery service provider. Close to Indianapolis, Louisville and Cincinnati, we house customers of all sizes and with any power, managed services and connectivity needs. In fact, we have customers from all over the country. Whether you are in Michigan, Oregon, New Jersey or wherever, we can protect your data and business. If you are looking for Colocation, Disaster Recovery, a Private Cloud, Offsite Backup or Business Continuity seats, as a Tier IV facility, you can bet your equipment will remain safe, secure, always available and private with Data Cave.
Data Cave is an SSAE 16 compliant data center and we provide healthcare, financial services and other regulated organizations the opportunity to exceed compliance with HIPAA, HITECH, PCI, GLBA, SOX and any other regulations. In fact, we have developed whitepapers to help you better understand these regulations and how to comply with them.
Solving the Mystery of HIPAA and HITECH
A Guide to Financial Services Regulations
A Tier IV data center means that we are truly fully redundant and provide our clients with maximum uptime. In fact, since we opened, we have provided all of our customers with 100% uptime. A remarkable feat for any data center, especially a Midwest Indiana data center that has to deal with the blows that Mother Nature brings. With our purpose built structure, we are able to provide protection from EF5 tornadoes. That’s 200+ mph winds!
Stop losing money to downtime! If you are looking for an Indiana data center, look no further. We can provide you with the best security and uptime (not to mention a knowledgeable and friendly staff) that your company needs to survive in this technology driven world.
Call us at 866-514-2283 or use our Contact Us page to request more information.
When the levee breaks – no Zeppelin about it
November 7, 2011 by Kara Manon · Leave a Comment
Recently, Southwest Dubois County School Corporation in Southeast Indiana ran into some problems when a water pipe was cut during construction at Southridge High School. The pipe was quickly capped. But as they later learned, when water rushed onto the school’s computer servers, the pipe had been capped improperly. The estimated damage of $500,000 was covered by insurance. Equipment is replaceable and sometimes salvageable but that doesn’t cover data that could be lost from such an incident.
Things like this do happen and we all need to be prepared. Whether or not you have offsite backup or disaster recovery, you should make sure your servers aren’t near ongoing construction, overhead water pipes or windows. The equipment should not be in a basement or first floor, if possible. This reduces the chances of water damage from flooding. This won’t help you if a pipe bursts on a higher floor like at Abilene Christian University where a pipe burst due to cold temperatures and flooded the third floor back in February. The school’s IP server was damaged and no new computers could be connected to their network. That seems like a fairly lucky incident. Lost data or lost internet connectivity would have been much worse for staff and students.
Not everyone is as fortunate. Last year, a water main break caused a massive flood in the basement of the Dallas County Records Building in Texas. Their servers were located on the fifth floor but UPS systems and key electrical equipment were six feet under water in the basement. The County had no backup system at the time. It took three days to get critical computer systems back in place. During those three days, half of the civil courts and one-third of the criminal courts could not operate. Police officers were unable to run background checks during traffic stops. The building remained closed to the public for a month and the reported cost of repairs: $10 million dollars.
This is a risky business. Lacking a backup system leaves you extremely vulnerable in the event of a disaster. Some business couldn’t bounce back from an incident like Dallas County, Texas suffered. According to the Red Cross, 40% of small businesses do not reopen after a major disaster. A water main break might not be a major disaster but what about ice and snow causing impassable roads and power outages? What about a tornado, hurricane, fire or flood? Do you have a contingency plan for these situations?
Downtime is easily avoidable and Data Cave can help.
Questions? E-mail us at info@thedatacave.com or call 866-514-2283