Data center

[Bakunzi]

I Need help on how to set up a simple data centre to store data for my clients such as banks

i want to know what equipments i can use and softwares

thanks

regards

Daniel

[Electronics Wizardy]

Do you mean server rack? Data center normally refers to a very large collection of servers, and won't be cheap to setup.

 

How much data we thinking? 

 

Id probalby just host on the cloud of colocate to a existing datacenter.

 

 

[Lurick]

Honestly I would hire someone (or a team of someones) who knows what they are doing. Setting up a data center and storing client data is one thing that's complex in itself but once you start talking healthcare or banks you have tons of regulations to follow as well.

[Akolyte]

If you're gonna store data for a bank, then you'll need to employ someone who knows what they're doing, and hire a procurement team to discuss contracts, SLAs, NDAs, etc with the Bank's procurement and IT staff. 

 

You'll need to set-up off-site and on-site backups, which has further upfront costs for the data storage and the software you would use to back up. 

You'll need a WAN connection with a high-bandwidth so your clients can access their data, as well as multiple connections to each server rack. 

 

There is a lot more than this, and my estimate for setting up a small datacenter would be close to around $100,000USD - for staff, software licensing, lawyers, and deals with external providers and MSP's.  You will probably spend around $40,000 of that on two high-performance servers and some basic network equipment. 

[beersykins]

If you have to ask, you probably aren't qualified.

[Falcon1986]

10 hours ago, Bakunzi said:

I Need help on how to set up a simple data centre to store data for my clients such as banks

i want to know what equipments i can use and softwares

 

52 minutes ago, beersykins said:

If you have to ask, you probably aren't qualified.

Agreed.

 

And not to insult those professionals might who come to this forum, but even they would agree that an in-person consultation would be better. Don't cheap out on "home-user" solutions; you're dealing with very sensitive information and, if your clients care enough about their clients' information, they should provide you with a good budget to set up a hardened infrastructure for what they want to achieve.