When you're choosing a data center, you're essentially entrusting them with the gate between your customers and your company. Without the services of the data center, your website wouldn't be available to provide information to your customers. If the data center goes down, your website goes down. As a result, you need to make sure that you choose the best data center possible. You should always contact more than one data center. Here are three questions that you should ask a data center before you make a final decision.

1. Why Did Your Company Choose to Set Up in the Area?

Some areas are better for data centers than others. Data centers will need a strong, constant connection with the Internet, which is usually facilitated by having several major Internet providers offer services nearby. They also need a location where they are able to get a reliable source of power but still have enough room to fit all of the servers that make them viable. When you ask this question, you want to hear about how easy it is to connect to the network or how strong the signal they are able to receive is. You don't want to hear an answer such as the fact that the land is cheap.

2. What If I Need to Expand?

If your company takes off, you are going to need to expand the amount of bandwidth and other services you use from the data center. You need to make absolutely sure that you will be able to expand without any problems. When you ask this question, listen for an answer that details how flexible the data center's plans are and the exact methods that they will take to make sure that your website is able to handle an increased amount of traffic. You don't want to just be given a list of the different box plans that the data center has available, because these plans might not be able to meet your needs exactly.

3. Can I Talk To Someone In the Support Department?

If you are onsite, asking this question is the easiest way to make sure that the support center is not outsourced. Outsourced support centers will take longer to fix any problems that you have when compared to on-site support centers. If you are able to immediately talk to someone from the support department and don't have to wait, you can feel certain that you will be able to receive support whenever you need it.

For more information, talk to individual data centers in your area. 

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