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Choosing the Right Data Center for Your Applications


For most webmasters a choice of data-center is really not an issue, because a large percentage of all web sites are hosted on shared servers. If you are buying shared hosting services for a small websites the things you are probably going to look for would be the storage, bandwidth availability, server-side scripting options, the pricing which is almost same among all shared hosting companies.
But if you are going to rent a dedicated server or cloud services it is imperative to choose the right data center to ensure smooth running of your business applications. More importantly if you are going to co-locate your own servers then the choice of data center is really essential.
Considering you would be hosting mission-critical applications in a dedicated or cloud based platform it would be really helpful in future to thoroughly read as much about different hosting facilities before choosing one. The counting factors may be the kind of physical security available, backup power options, multi-homed data links, data backups, cooling methods employed, hardware brands, local laws relating to the content you intend to host and so on.
If you are concerned about the physical security you may look into it from two different perspectives. The kind of technology employed and the physical structure, and the location of the facility and the access policies. Most of the data centers have very restrictive access policies ensuring high level of security, while also putting in place the right stuff required to look after the facility. Few data centers are built inside mountains and bunkers, the kind intended to withstand heavy attacks during wars.
If your SaaS or application is highly targeted at visitors from a specific geographic area then you may consider as well a host within the target area rather than a distant one. Situating your servers somewhat close to users may improve significantly on end-user experience for some applications by reducing the latency time. It may also help you cut down on bandwidth costs in some instances.
If you love the environment and you are concerned about how much carbon your application will help emit, it is noteworthy that some providers run on renewable energy.
Based on the content of your application sometimes it is really important to research the local laws of where you are going to host it. Some jurisdictions allow almost anything to be hosted while others have so many restrictions and so on.
These are just few of many things that are necessary to be looked into, before choosing the right data center for your mission-critical applications.
The author Alex I. Gabriel works as a support officer for Max Cloud Host, a company which offers hosting in several data centers across the globe.
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