DATA CENTER
PERFORMANCE
BENCHMARK SERIES
Increased Demands on Data Centers
are Driving Up the Cost of Downtime
The number of smartphones
shipped globally grew 300%
between 2010 and 2015.2
Retail e-commerce
sales increased
107% between 2010
and 2015.1
64% of U.S. adults owned a
smartphone in 2015.2
1.5%
4.7%
6.1%
Video streaming is
driving an explosion
in mobile data
consumption. 3
Petabytes per Month
7,000
Mobile
VoIP
Mobile
Gaming
20.9%
Mobile
M2M
3,500
Mobile
P2P
66.4%
0
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Mobile
Web/Data
Mobile
Video
2015
92% CAGR 2010-2015
25 billion devices
were estimated to be connected
to the internet in 2020, compared
to 4.9 billion in 2015.4
$2,409,9915
Highest estimated cost of downtime
for a single facility in the study.
Mean data center downtime costs have
increased 38% since 2010.5
Eliminating one average
data center outage would
generate enough savings
—$740,357— to buy every
person in Seattle a digital
song download.
$800,000
$700,000
$600,000
$500,000
$400,000
$690,204
$740,357
2010
$505,502
2013
$300,000
2016
$200,000
$100,000
$0
Cost per Outage
What’s Causing Data Center Downtime?
Human error
accounts for 1 of 5
data center outages5
1000
0
2010
2016
1,000% increase in cyber crime
as a cause of data outages
between 2010 and 2016. Cyber
crime now accounts for 22% of
data center outages.5
25% of data center
outages can be traced
to UPS system failure.5
Five Things You Can Do to Prevent
Data Center Downtime
1. Monitor UPS Batteries
Batteries are the weak link in the UPS system.
Use remote battery monitoring to identify battery
problems before they impact operations.
2. Use Intelligent Thermal Controls with Cooling Units
These controls improve protection by monitoring component data points,
providing unit-to-unit communications, matching airflow and capacity to
room loads, automating self-healing routines, providing faster restarts and
preventing hot/cold air mixing during low load conditions.
3. Perform Preventive Maintenance
An increase in the number of annual preventive maintenance visits
correlates directly with an increase in UPS MTBF. Going from zero to
one preventive maintenance visit a year creates a 10x improvement;
going from zero to two visits a year creates a 23x improvement.
4. Strengthen Policies and Training
Make sure the EPO button is clearly labeled and shielded
from accidental shut off. Document and communicate
policies and conduct regular training.
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Use console servers to provide secure, remote
access to servers to simplify patch management
and provide early detection of attacks.
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Notes 1.Statista, U.S. retail ecomerce sales from 2010 to 2018
http://www.statista.com/statistics/272391/us-retail-ecommerce-sales-forcecast/
2. BI Intelligence, Global Smartphone Market Report
3. Cisco, Visual Networking Index Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast, 2011
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/service-provider/visual-networking-index-vni/index.html
4. Gartner, Gartner Says 4.9 Billion Connected “Things” Will Be in Use in 2015
5. Ponemon Institute, Cost of Data Center Outages, January 2016 www.emersonnetworkpower.com/Benchmarks
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