Data center cost savings smaller infrastructures COOP options via Applied WAN technology

With the expanding costs of providing a reliable facility infrastructure, eliminating single points of failure and achieving Tier 3 or 4 status in the datacenter, alternate approaches must be considered. This paper will discuss and present an integration of facility infrastructure and IT communications within different Tier classes of datacenters to provide a cost savings solution for the development of datacenters while still maintaining operational readiness.