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Understanding Data Center Tiers

What is a data center Tier? The Telecommunications Industry Association, in 2005, published the Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Data Centers (ANSI/TIA-942) and since then has been amended in 2008 and again in 2010, giving Data Centers 4 Tiers. Tier 1 being the most basic and Tier 4 being the most redundant, complex and expensive. Here is a basic breakdown of the Tiers: Tier 1 = Non-redundant capacity (single...

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