| With the passage of time, there has been a lot of | | | | security guards armed with portable bomb sniffing |
| advancement in the field of technology. With this | | | | devices or mirrors to check for any type of |
| advancement in technology, the term data | | | | explosives underneath the vehicles. |
| warehouse has become very common within | | | | Finally, place surveillance cameras around your data |
| organizations. Since the data center warehouse is | | | | warehouse building and also at each and every |
| responsible for preserving crucial information, like for | | | | entrance as well as exit. |
| instance, the user Ids as well as the passwords of | | | | On the other hand, when we talk about data |
| many systems and databases, its security should be | | | | warehouse appliance, we are actually talking about a |
| the top-most priority for any organization. In this | | | | set of operating systems, servers, DBMS, storage, |
| regard, quickly check out some of the techniques | | | | and software for the purpose of data warehousing. |
| that you need to adopt for its security. | | | | There are several points that we should remember |
| Firstly, it should be built at the right place. Avoid | | | | about this warehouse appliance. Some of them |
| constructing it near chemical factories, power plants | | | | include: |
| as well as in the vicinity of those areas which are | | | | In this type of appliance, the hardware as well as the |
| severely affected by floods, earthquakes and | | | | software should be designed in such a manner that |
| hurricanes. | | | | they can optimize each other. In this way, you can |
| The walls of your data center should be thick | | | | derive maximum performance. |
| concrete walls. For better security, you can also | | | | This type of appliance can be upgraded very easily. |
| choose walls lined with Kevlar. | | | | The systems should be upgradeable at the software, |
| Avoid constructing any windows in your warehouse. | | | | component and disk levels. Replacing of systems |
| In case you need to construct windows in your | | | | should be minimized as far as possible. |
| warehouse, make use of glass which is | | | | This type of appliance should be such that it should |
| bomb-resistant. | | | | try to minimize all possible bottlenecks of the system. |
| Also, make sure that the ceilings as well as the walls | | | | In theory, any system may have CPU, I/O, memory, |
| do not have any hidden access point. | | | | or interconnect bottlenecks. But in most of the |
| You can also make use of boulders as well as plant | | | | cases, the I/O bottleneck is the most common. |
| trees in order to hide it from the cars and other | | | | This type of appliance offers high availability. There |
| vehicles that pass by it. | | | | should not be any single point of failure. Failover, |
| Strong security arrangements should be made for | | | | mirrored disks as well as dual interconnects should be |
| detecting any bombs. For example, you can keep | | | | implemented. |