Why Furukawa?

In recent years, there has been an unprecedented increase in information traffic, which is demanding not only from transmission networks, but also from storage, response and management capacity in data centers. This new reality requires high training of professionals working in this segment, generating new careers and areas of knowledge, in addition to infrastructure prepared for data protection and maintenance.

Data Centers are complex structures that demand solutions from multiple vendors and services from multiple sources, requiring management skills and clarity of objectives. The only way to minimize risks from planning – through operation, eventual maintenance and corrections – is based on the purpose of Data Center.

However, some features are vital for any data center, such as the need for high availability, based on redundancy, energy and operational efficiency, and ease of
maneuvering. This guide summarizes best practices in each of these pillars. 

Concepts, Models and Standards for Data Centers

In any organization, the central element of the infrastructure is the Data Center – the integrated set of components that allows the provision of high value-added services, performing the processing and storage of data on a large scale and high availability. The Data Center must be, above all, highly reliable.

In this chapter, you will learn more about the indispensable components to build a data center and the Furukawa options that meet these needs.