{"id":4845,"date":"2020-06-29T16:37:41","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T16:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2nsystems.com\/?p=4845"},"modified":"2021-12-09T20:54:17","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T20:54:17","slug":"picking-the-right-data-center-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2nsystems.com\/picking-the-right-data-center-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Picking The Right Data Center Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element in-legacy-container\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" alt=\"Business people in data center room. Data network management. Co\" title=\"Business people in data center room. Data network management. Co\" src=\"https:\/\/2nsystems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/blog-6-29-20.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-4846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/2nsystems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/blog-6-29-20-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/2nsystems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/blog-6-29-20-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/2nsystems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/blog-6-29-20-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/2nsystems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/blog-6-29-20-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/2nsystems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/blog-6-29-20-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/2nsystems.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/blog-6-29-20.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>You finally received the good news from the CIO \u2013 \u201cwe have the budget to upgrade the data center for next year.\u201d\u00a0 You have been limping along for the past 5 years with aging infrastructure &#8211; hoping that the call you receive over the weekend has anything to do with something other than another outage.\u00a0 Now you have the funds to fix the problems that you know you have.<\/p>\n<p>But here comes the hard part \u2013 assembling the team.\u00a0 Your job is keeping the data center up and running.\u00a0 Having preventative maintenance done on your systems is nerving enough.\u00a0 Now you are ripping and replacing some of the core building blocks of the data center \u2013 all the while keeping the IT assets up and running. \u00a0 One wrong step by a team member could spell disaster.\u00a0 This may be your first time on a major revitalization project so making all the right moves is critical.<\/p>\n<p>How do you put this team together?\u00a0 What are the questions to ask of the vendors that you are bringing in?\u00a0 Some of the questions to ask should include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What experience do you have in working in a live data center?<\/li>\n<li>What is your specialty?\n<ul>\n<li>Product?\u00a0 If product, are you a manufacturer rep with only one brand to sell or can you work with all the major players?<\/li>\n<li>Engineering?\u00a0 If engineering, are data centers something you dabble in or is it a critical part of your business?<\/li>\n<li>Operations?\u00a0 Do you have engineers on staff who have operated data centers or is operations something you only understand from a high-level?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Do your project managers (if you have project managers) specialize in data center builds or are they only generalists?<\/li>\n<li>Do they understand that while budget is important, equally important are the number and durations of downtime, risk to continued IT operations and timing overruns?<\/li>\n<li>Do they claim to have all the necessary expertise in house, or do they go to the market to find the best of the best?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Interviewing companies is an important venture when planning for your upgrade.\u00a0 The \u201cA\u201d team that you get during the vetting process is not always the team you get during the project.\u00a0 They always put their best foot forward during the honeymoon stage but that may not be the same team that shows up when the work starts. Here are some items that belong on your agenda while interviewing potential partners for your mission critical project:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Meet the project manager and onsite supervisor that will be running the projects.<\/li>\n<li>Inquire about past customers and talk to those companies.\u00a0 Make sure you hear from past customers who used the same project manager and onsite supervisor that would be assigned to you.<\/li>\n<li>Ask the OEMs about who they would recommend for your project and why.<\/li>\n<li>Ask your prospective partner who their biggest competitor is and what they do better.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The biggest vendors are not always the best companies for your project\u2013 but certainly are the most expensive.\u00a0 If you are more interested in CYA and job security with the big names, this would play a big part in your decision making.\u00a0 If you want to do it right with a team that has years of experience in your world, do your homework and find out who those players are.\u00a0 There are only a few of us that concentrate in your world and we do it well. \u00a0 We are not your server, network and storage vendors\u2026..we are the guys that handle the facility.<\/p>\n<p>We at 2NSystems would love to know about your next project.\u00a0 How can we help?\u00a0 Give us the chance to prove to you that we are the right team.\u00a0 Let us earn your business.<\/p>\n<p>Written by Peter McGurran \u2013 President and Owner, 2NSystems<\/p>\n<p>Contact us at: (952) 657-7006 or <a href=\"mailto:sales@2NSystems.com\">sales@2NSystems.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-aligncenter\"><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-default-span fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/2nsystems.com\/get-started\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text\">Get Started<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":5667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.6 - 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