If your data is in the cloud, do you know where it really is?
When businesses use a public cloud provider to store their data offsite, they’re basically sending the data off into a service provider’s data center. But just where is that data center?
Many providers are hush about the location of their data centers, and some for good reason related to security. But in some cases customers want to know where their data is being stored.
For those who do want to know where the data lives, most of the major providers outline in a service-level agreement (SLA) or on their website where the data will be stored and in some cases, you even have a choice.
So does it matter where the data is stored? Yes and no. You want your data to be close to where it will be accessed by end users. The farther away the data is, the slower the speed of response. You also may specifically want data in different locations for disaster recovery and business continuity reasons. Building in multiple layers of redundancy and data replication can guarantee that if there is an outage in one area, that the data is backed up somewhere else.
If you are an On-site Tech Support customer, your data is securely backed up and stored at ScaleMatrix, San Diego’s Premier co-location Facility.
For more information about the cloud, backup, co-location or managed services, call 619-717-8070.