{"id":9803,"date":"2012-04-03T18:05:41","date_gmt":"2012-04-03T18:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serverlift.com\/?p=3657"},"modified":"2024-07-23T18:58:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T18:58:08","slug":"data-center-downtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serverlift.com\/uk\/blog\/data-center-downtime\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Center Downtime"},"content":{"rendered":"

How much is Data Center Network Downtime Costing You?<\/strong><\/h1>\n

True Costs of Bandwidth Connectivity Downtime:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The old adage, you cannot manage what you don\u2019t measure is particularly true when considering the cost of data center downtime<\/em>. Until recently it was widely accepted and known by the \u0446\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0440 \u043e\u0431\u0440\u043e\u0431\u043a\u0438 \u0434\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0445<\/strong> community that the price of downtime<\/strong> was both enormously high and incredibly significant, but there wasn’t\u2019t really a way to measure the impact. Emerson Network Power, however, took it upon themselves to find and quantify an answer to the ever looming industry question; just how much is data center downtime<\/strong> costing you?<\/p>\n

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Data Center Downtime Cost<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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In September 2010 a study commissioned by Emerson Network Power, was initiated by the Ponemon Institute in an attempt to uncover the costs and causes associated with data center downtime<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The study included \u0446\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0440 \u043e\u0431\u0440\u043e\u0431\u043a\u0438 \u0434\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0445<\/em> professionals from 41 independent facilities located across the United States. Participating \u0446\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0440\u0438 \u043e\u0431\u0440\u043e\u0431\u043a\u0438 \u0434\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0445<\/em> represented a wide variety of industry segments, including financial services, telecommunications, retail (conventional and e-commerce), health care, government and third-party IT services; to ensure that costs were representative of an average enterprise data center operation. Participating \u0446\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0440\u0438 \u043e\u0431\u0440\u043e\u0431\u043a\u0438 \u0434\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0445<\/strong> were also required to have a minimum square-footage of 2,500 ft.<\/p>\n

Completed in 2011, a number of key findings were uncovered relating to the cost and value of data center downtime<\/em>. Based on cost estimates provided by survey respondents, the average cost of data center downtime<\/em> was approximately $5,600 per minute or $336,000 per hour!<\/p>\n

Even more frightening, based on an average reported incident length of 90 minutes, the average cost of a single downtime<\/strong> event was approximately $505,500. These costs are based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to data loss or corruption, productivity losses, equipment damage, root-cause detection and recovery actions, legal and regulatory repercussions, revenue loss and long-term repercussions on reputation and trust among key stakeholders.<\/p>\n

\"Causes<\/p>\n

When considering that the typical \u0446\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0440 \u043e\u0431\u0440\u043e\u0431\u043a\u0438 \u0434\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0445<\/em> in the United States experiences an average of two downtime<\/strong> events over the course of two years, the costs of downtime<\/strong> for an average \u0446\u0435\u043d\u0442\u0440 \u043e\u0431\u0440\u043e\u0431\u043a\u0438 \u0434\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0445<\/em> can easily surpass $1 million in less than two years\u2019 time.<\/p>\n

Even worse, for enterprises with revenue models that depend solely on the data centers\u2019 ability to deliver IT and networking services to customers, downtime can be particularly costly, with the highest cost of a single event topping $1 million (more than $11,000 per minute). In total, the cost of the most recent downtime events for the 41 participating data centers totaled $20,735,602.<\/p>\n

In addition to vulnerabilities in the data center\u2019s power and cooling infrastructure, accidents and human errors also can also cause costly downtime events. 24 percent of study respondents cited human error as the primary cause of their most recent downtime event, accounting for nearly $300,000 per incident. Over a period of ten years, downtime events related to human errors and\/or accidents can easily cost an organization in excess of $600,000.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, best practices to minimize the risk of data center downtime events caused by human error are among the least expensive to implement. As explained in the white paper \u201cAddressing the Leading Root Causes of Downtime,\u201d recommended actions for minimizing the occurrence of human errors and Accidental Emergency Power Off (EPO) events include:<\/p>\n