Data center relocation is a gigantic task due to its complex nature of the Data Center itself. A data center houses a whole lot of electrical, electronic and mechanical equipments like servers, computers, storage deices, fire fighting devices, communication devices etc. In order to ensure seamless functioning of a data centre all these equipments and gadgets should work to their optimum. However, due to fast paced technological advancements your data center surpasses its purposes and facilities in a few years and needs relocation.
As a first step, you need to constitute a multi-disciplinary project team to look after various aspects of moving. The team should be headed by an experienced project manager who would coordinate the work of different professionals involved in the work. They would leave no stone unturned to ensure a smooth transition of your data center into a more efficient and effective one at another location.
However, one common mistake many data center moving services make is to transport the components and move data on weekends and general holidays in order to save time and energy. But this move is fraught with dangers because you may be in need of several additional services like the support of vendors of equipments in case any breakdown occurs while moving.
Unanticipated problems may occur at the time of your move since the set of machinery you are moving is very delicate and its transportation is similar to moving a patient on life support systems. Therefore to ensure that you get immediate relief and support if there is any damage or problem during movement you should plan the work for a regular working day. While planning strategies for the movement you should include this and discuss it in each group meetings so that all the connected work is planned accordingly and moving on weekends and holidays is avoided.
Experienced data center moving companies would invariably try to move the data center only on workdays since they know that any breakage and difficulty can result in untold miseries, financial losses, loss of valuable data or information etc. If done otherwise, your post-move audit would look like a blotted sheet showing huge cost overruns and loss of business.
Bruce Currin does Data Center Migrations. Find out more about Datacenter migration at his website about Datacenter relocation.