By Peter Miller, Sales Manager at ETB Technologies
Globally, a tidal wave of new data is being produced and gathered every day. From consumer trends like online shopping and flight check ins, to health appointments and internal business communications, everything we do plays into the exponentially expanding data bubble. The growth rate is so rapid that 90% of all the data ever produced has been generated in the past two years alone.
As the sheer volume of data available continues to skyrocket, data centres are the ones bearing the weight of it. This means, additional security considerations, a greater impact on the environment and a concern about finding the physical space to accommodate the ever-increasing demand. If they don’t have the right tools to deal with this growth, it will quickly become unmanageable.
Now more than ever, the busy teams running data centres know how vital it is to implement the necessary measures to support, manage and efficiently process higher volumes of data. Often that means a higher specification is required for equipment to ensure it hits the quality, speed and performance required to keep up.
And we see evidence of this. Across our customers, requests for higher storage capacity and faster processing technology are becoming a common theme. While previously, most customers would require networking equipment speeds of up to 10GB, we’re now seeing the new ‘norm’ increase to between 40GB and 100GB, with some requests even going as high as 400GB – 40 times the previous standard. With edge computing now using terabit switches the trend looks set to march on.
The need for higher CPU core counts is also on the up, enabling data-heavy businesses to carry out more tasks simultaneously, saving them time and money while freeing up additional capacity.
Put simply, working faster and smarter is key. Better specifications when it comes to storage, processing power, and the ability to carry out multiple tasks at once are crucial to this. And our job is to help our customers ensure they have the right tools to do all the above.
Whether it’s GPUs, more powerful CPUs or higher capacity switches to enable a faster network connection, refurbished technology can provide a higher and faster return on investment when compared to buying new. We know the word “refurbished” often comes with its own misinterpretations but, in many cases, it can be more reliable than opting for a brand-new off-the-shelf product. This is due to the rigorous pre-sale testing that is performed on every product.
From a data centre perspective, a strategy that makes use of refurbished technology can unlock the more advanced, faster and higher performing equipment needed to successfully manage masses of data. In addition, buying higher spec systems means getting more for less. One high performing processor is far more economical than ten slow ones, and requires far less physical space, freeing up potentially valuable or useful areas.
Amid a global data generation explosion, demand for data centres is surging. With the right technology and specifications, there’s no reason why data centres can’t reap the benefits of this success.
Interested in finding out more about how we can help you find the right equipment to manage your data? Get in touch at https://www.etb-tech.com/contact/ .
