数据中心都包括什么(数据中心构成及作用)

A data center is a space and physical facility used by enterprises and institutions to store their key applications and data. Key components of data center design include routers, switches, firewalls, storage systems, servers, monitoring equipment and various types of applications. Modern data centers are very different than before, with infrastructure shifting from traditional on-premises physical servers to virtual networks supporting applications and workloads across pools of physical infrastructure and into multi-cloud hybrid environments.

Core components of data center

Core components of data center include routers, switches, firewalls, storage systems, servers, monitoring systems and applications. Because these components are associated with managing critical business data and applications, data center security design is critical in data center design.

They provide network infrastructure, provide secure internal and external network device connections, storage infrastructure, data is the fuel of modern data centers, and storage systems are used to save this intangible and important asset. Computing resources, applications are the engine of the data center, and servers provide the processing, memory, local storage, and network connectivity that drive applications.

Abstract: Data center construction includes five aspects: data center computer room construction, network environment construction, network security construction, server system construction and design, and information resource development and application. Content, before formal construction, it is necessary to consider whether it meets the conditions, such as energy supply conditions, climatic factors, geological conditions, etc. What does the specific data center construction include and what are the conditions for data center construction? Let’s take a closer look in the article! 1. What does data center construction include?
A complete data center serves as the brain and center of communications and IT information systems, covering infrastructure, technology and system architecture, applications and data, business and IT processes, organization and operations, and enterprise and information strategy and other comprehensive contents.
1. Data center computer room construction
Data center computer room construction provides key infrastructure support for the data center. Infrastructure includes sites, buildings, power supply systems, air conditioning systems, fire protection systems, lightning protection and grounding, etc., to provide a safe, reliable, and pure power system and environment for the data center.
2. Network environment construction
The internal network construction of the data center, the connection with the external network, etc., as the data center infrastructure system, realize the interconnection and exchange of high-speed data within the data center, the connection between the data center and the external network, etc. Function.
3. Network security construction
Network security construction mainly includes firewalls, security gates, intrusion detection, vulnerability scanning, anti-virus, security gateways, signature verification and information security comprehensive monitoring and management platforms.
4. Server system construction and design
The service objects of the data center are mainly public service information platforms or enterprise information platforms and hubs, which should meet the information exchange, storage, and utilization needs of enterprises, public institutions, etc.
Usually, servers can be divided into mainframes, minicomputers, workstations, ordinary servers, memories and other devices used for computing, storage, analysis, etc.
5. Information resource development and application
Develop information resources, especially database construction, to achieve data access, update, maintenance and utilization.
(1) Data exchange platform
In addition to providing an efficient and reliable network application platform for business, the data center also has the function of data exchange. The construction of a data exchange platform will change people's understanding of traditional data centers and enhance the status of data centers in business.
Through business encapsulation, various application systems are encapsulated according to unified external interface specifications, regardless of the technology used within the application system. In addition to formulating a complete set of business system interface standards for standardized operations, the data exchange platform also needs to conduct necessary summary and induction of data and build some necessary basic databases.
By building a data exchange platform, information interaction between different application systems can be solved, and a reliable data source can be provided for business decision-making.
(2) Unified Information Communications and OA Platform
As communications technology becomes increasingly mature, emails, phone calls, faxes, short messages, websites, etc. have gradually become important tools in information applications, forming unified information communications technology. (Information & Communication Technology, ICT), and uses its unique advantages to play an irreplaceable role. In the construction of data centers, the above-mentioned ICT technology can send various types of information to end users in a timely manner, greatly improving the efficiency of information communication and exchange in human society.
2. What are the conditions for data center construction?
1. Energy supply: More than one-third of the data center's budget will be environmental costs. Approximately 60% of data center capital expenditures and 50% of operating costs are related to energy. While ensuring high performance, minimizing cooling and heat dissipation is what cloud data centers must do to achieve "greenness", which requires a more scientific and reasonable power supply method and cooling system configuration.
2. Climatic factors: Although natural climate factors such as temperature, typhoons, floods, and droughts are all factors that influence the layout of cloud data centers, temperature conditions are the climate factors that need to be considered. The annual average temperature of the location is one of the decisive factors affecting the energy consumption of the cloud data center, and is even an important factor in determining the level of PUE.
3. Geological conditions: The earth's crust is stable and the possibility of geological disasters is small, which provides guarantee for the stable operation of the data center during the period.