Keys for Infrastructure Maintenance in a CPD

The importance of infrastructure maintenance in a CPD

The CPD is a valuable resource for companies because it houses a large part of their key technological resources. Good infrastructure maintenance of a CPD improves the following aspects of operations:

• Ensures the full availability of the CPD, preventing failures and problems, ensuring that the most critical services and applications for the business are available, avoiding unplanned downtime and interruptions.
• Detects failures and problems, allowing for the resolution of issues that affect infrastructure performance and energy efficiency.
• Reduces long-term system costs by avoiding significant failures or downtimes.
• Prevents cyber attacks through actions such as software or firmware patches or updates.

Types of infrastructure maintenance in a CPD

The infrastructure maintenance of a Data Processing Center (CPD) can be divided into three types: corrective, preventive, and proactive. Any maintenance strategy must consider that these three types complement each other. Below, we will explain each of these types:

• Corrective maintenance: It is carried out when it is necessary to repair any incident or failure that has occurred in the CPD. For example, repairing a server when it stops working, replacing network hardware if the connection fails, or data recovery.
• Preventive maintenance: It consists of scheduling periodic reviews of the CPD precisely to prevent any problems from occurring. Preventive maintenance includes actions such as regular equipment inspections or system updates.
• Proactive maintenance: New technologies and advances in the field of data analysis or artificial intelligence have offered the possibility of anticipating any problem that may occur. This type of maintenance goes a step beyond preventive maintenance and establishes continuous monitoring combined with predictive analysis.

It is worth noting that, to ensure optimal maintenance, it is advisable to have a comprehensive maintenance service. The specialized management of these systems is increasingly complex and requires an expert to tackle this task with a global vision, as all actions are interconnected.

Challenges We Face with Infrastructure Maintenance in a CPD

Digitalization has brought about a true revolution in companies. However, as we have mentioned before, systems are becoming increasingly complex and the exponential speed at which changes occur means that infrastructure maintenance faces a series of challenges.

The specialized management required by increasingly complex systems.

Avoiding any interruption

Digitalization has led to a greater dependence on technology, and any failure in it can have serious consequences, such as economic costs derived from downtime or loss of productivity in one or several operations. To mitigate this, we must value preventive or proactive maintenance and allocate resources or hire an external service that has the experience and the necessary technology to carry out an infrastructure maintenance service for a CPD that goes beyond the standard service.

Adapting to technological changes

As we have also mentioned before, another challenge that arises is the dizzying speed at which changes occur. Those in charge of CPD maintenance must incorporate measures into their maintenance system that not only ensure its proper functioning but also the updating and modernization of the data center infrastructure. This involves not only the incorporation of new measures, techniques, and technologies but also the removal of those that are already obsolete or do not function optimally.

WatsonX.governance

Finally, we focus on WatsonX.governance, which is the platform component designed to direct, manage, and monitor AI activities within an organization. So to speak, it is the key to governing artificial intelligence, setting the appropriate limits and parameters. One of its strengths is that it can operate fully effectively in the cloud, offering greater flexibility to organizations.
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