What Kind of Data Center Services Are Available in Texas (Houston, Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth)

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Data centers can differ greatly and so can the services they offer. Whether you are running an enterprise data center, using a colocation data center, or leveraging a hyperscale data center, you could consider several types of data center services.

Data Center Colocation Services

In a secure setting, a colocation data center provides space and support for client servers, equipment, and IT infrastructure. Colo data centers provide private halls, cages, or racks for equipment from multiple companies, leveraging power, cooling, network connectivity, facilities, and physical security costs. This reduces the companies’ operations costs.

Benefits include:

  • Avoiding the cost of building and maintaining data center infrastructure.
  • Scalability and flexibility to expand data center footprint as your business grows.
  • Secure and reliable infrastructure with redundant power and cooling.
  • Enhanced connectivity, such as direct network connections with cloud service providers.

The data center staff manages the facility and infrastructure, so companies do not have to worry about maintaining their own data center.

LOGIX Fiber Networks has data center locations in Houston, Austin, Dallas, and Fort Worth.

Network Connectivity

Since data centers act as network hubs, there are generally multiple connectivity options among data center services. Depending on your business need, you may require:

  • Dedicated internet access (DIA) for reliable and fast connectivity.
  • Point-to-point connectivity for secure delivery of data between locations, such as Ethernetor Wavelength
  • Cloud Connectfor direct connectivity with cloud service providers.

When evaluating data centers, look for ones that are carrier-neutral. This allows you to choose among business internet providers or add multiple providers for redundancy. For example, in Houston, Austin, Dallas, or Forth Worth, you might choose LOGIX Fiber Networks and add a secondary internet service.

LOGIX is the largest independent fiber provider in Texas, providing high-speed connectivity to its own and more than 80 third-party data centers.

Service and Support

Data center services include support. Besides managing the facility and infrastructure, some data centers offer remote hands support. On-site technicians can handle management and maintenance for customers, saving them the effort of going to the data center and doing it themselves.

Remote hands support varies but might include installing or replacing equipment, power cycling servers, or updating firmware. Depending on the data center location, it can be time-consuming to make a trip for something as simple as restarting a device. Not only does remote hands support save time, but it also limits the number of people accessing the data center, providing another layer of physical security.

Other data center services include 24/7 year-round monitoring. For example, LOGIX operates a 24/7 Network Operations Center (NOC) in Texas to monitor performance and security and has Texas-based technicians nearby to handle any issues.

Physical and Network Security

Colocation data centers provide physical security, such as restricting access and requiring biometric identification for entry. They generally provide reinforced facilities and take extra precautions such as having raised flooring in case of floods, or pre-action, dry-piped zoned sprinkler systems for fire suppression.

Data center services may include network security and management features, such as LOGIX SD-WAN Secure. A secure access service edge (SASE) solution, LOGIX SD-WAN Secure helps organizations streamline management, optimize performance, and deploy an integrated next-generation firewall (NGFW), unified threat management (UTM), intrusion prevention, and anti-virus options.

Complimentary Data Center Request for Proposal Template

The are many factors to consider as you evaluate data centers, including the data center services provided and what you need. You will want to use a request for proposal (RFP) that details your expectations and requirements for customizing services for your business.

You can use this free data center RFP template to compare options such as space and power requirements, electrical and cooling specifications, internal and external security, and price.

LOGIX Fiber Networks Data Center Services

LOGIX has more than 300,000 miles of fiber in Texas, making it the largest independent fiber carrier in the state. Connecting 10,000 businesses, 3,000 enterprise buildings, data centers in Houston, Austin, Dallas, and Fort Worth, and more than 80 third-party data centers, LOGIX Fiber Networks provides the data center services today’s demanding companies need to grow their business.

Contact LOGIX today at 281-688-6283 or request a quote online for data center services in Texas.