To answer some of your questions, I would like to say that a data center is a facility that house and maintains servers, computers and stored files at high priority. Data Centers are generally used by Governments and companies that secure important files and information as well as personnel records and a wide variety of items that need to be kept in a secure facility. These buildings have certain requirements that need to be met in order for them to facilitate such things. Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) are a huge priority when it comes to Data Centers. Power/Energy is another aspect, in today’s market being able to get the most power with the least amount of energy is what most facilities lean towards. Cost-effective is the best route to go, so finding the right fit for what you need for now and also expansion is something to keep in the forefront.
Along with thinking about power and energy, look into using both physical and virtual servers to maintain what you have. In certain situations having a hybrid setup like this will allow for more flexibility and also save you some money in the process. Which comes to my first question, how many servers to you intend on operating? The number of servers will give a good indication on how to facilitate them. This will also allow you to have a good overview on which servers you can run physically and others that can be ran virtually. With cutting back spending on some of these very important requirements, this could allow you to get a dedicated data line and or even supporting a satellite feed that will be more reliable than the outages you mentioned in your email. This might be something you can look into further down the line.

Other than what I have mentioned above, that’s about the general information that can be given at this time on a Data Center. We can discuss more about what you may need and what can be done for you when I hear back about what we are dealing with. Please do not hesitate to email or call with any questions you have along the way.

Very Respectfully,
Aaron Johnson
Network Systems Admin.