The steps of modernization of data center migration

The modernization of data center migration makes people's expectations easier to achieve, because managers can use more new technologies. In fact, data center automation will enable organizations to reduce inventories, errors and extra labor, and achieve high return on investment (ROI) and save costs. The new equipment has simpler operation, lower operating cost, less energy consumption and lower failure rate. The use of the latest IT technology and products can save costs, reduce risks, and provide customers with a better and more personalized experience.

If enterprises consider that realizing modernization may cost a lot of money, they should also consider that if they use outdated traditional IT devices, they may have to pay much higher cost.
To achieve the modernization of data center effectively, we need to carry out some previous work and invest a lot of time and cost, but the long-term return of spring is worth it. Enterprises can consider implementing the following seven steps to modernize and update the data center infrastructure, and modern data centers can protect customer data security in elastic environment.
(1) keep the technology updated
The ability to eliminate and replace outdated equipment depends on the asset tracking of each item in the data center throughout the life cycle. This starts from the day when the enterprise receives the equipment (even before the purchase) until the equipment is eliminated. In this way, managers can understand the exact use time of each old device, whether it is in the warranty period, and when to reach life information and other information.
A systematic understanding of when to eliminate equipment is a useful option, because old and outdated equipment usually requires more maintenance and operation costs. In addition, the production efficiency of old and old equipment is low, the power consumption is high, and it is easy to fail. In the life cycle of the main asset in the data, there will be a turning point in the higher maintenance cost than the replacement cost.
Data center infrastructure management (DCIM) software can help data center staff understand the energy consumption level of the upcoming data center components and the specific equipment being used, and then alarm before failure occurs, so as to track IT assets.
(2) process management of Workflow
The DCIM workflow can track all the work of each data center asset: executive work, executive staff, execution time, and so on. By setting up a central repository for these information, we can arrange resources more easily, generate work orders, and automatically ensure that the team keeps consistent skills. Workflow helps the team work more efficiently by increasing the consistency and accountability of the process to improve productivity.
(3) simulation of power supply through power failure
According to Hexa Research, the US data center has a annual economic loss of up to $550 billion due to power outages and other disturbances. Therefore, enterprises need to ensure the power of the data center and carry out disaster testing. This process allows managers to understand the entire process from data center to application, and understand which power systems provide power support for which data center assets and applications, so that the team knows the risks that may be faced during power failure.
In addition, it allows administrators to see who has the right to access the power system, as well as the time and location of the last change in the password.
DCIM software should have the ability to perform virtual power failure simulation, so the data center team can determine what happens to critical infrastructures when a specific system or equipment fails. It should also provide information about when the last actual control of the fault test is executed, and whether the power failure recovery is part of the business continuity.
(4) closely integrated with ITSM process management
Connecting DCIM solutions to information technology service management (ITSM) solutions is a crucial step in the modernization plan of the data center. ITSM systems (such as BMC, HPE, and ServiceNow) should be integrated with and share information with the data center system. Changes from the ITSM change management system must be passed to the data center, which provides an important link between the facilities and the IT staff. The pre built connection between the ITSM and the DCIM systems greatly simplifies the integration.
(5) a hybrid strategy that includes local deployment of data centers, managed data centers, and public clouds
The future strategy of the data center is a hybrid strategy. The advantage of this approach lies in its flexibility and adaptability. By implementing a hybrid strategy, the application and workload can run in the most meaningful place.
When building the most ideal computing environment, the hybrid policy provides a good choice to provide mixed local data centers, private cloud and third party public cloud provider services, as well as interoperability between platforms. Mixed clouds also allow enterprises to provide flexibility with the changes in computing and budgets, so that the workload fluctuates between the private cloud and the public cloud. This also allows companies to choose to deploy more data when needed.