We are conducting a poll to gauge Business’ perception of data center tier ratings, here in late 2011.
Why are we doing this? Well, we are seeing that perceptions about shopping for data centers with tier level as a requirement are changing. We are seeing that, now that the community has had time to think about it, Business’ concept of data center tiers is evolving. Without giving away the farm, we invite you to look at our poll in the sidebar of this blog and kindly register your opinion.
“I don’t really care, as long as their uptime is good”
…is for those who are focused on availability performance of the site, without necessarily correlating to a tier level designation.
“All Tier Level claims are lies”
…is for those who don’t believe tier level claims by data center operators, unless a certification can be produced.
“If they claim to be Tier III or Tier IV it must be true”
…is for those who take the data center operators at their word when it comes to assessing the quality of a data center.
There may be more choices that would amplify this study, but we’re keeping it simple for now. We’d appreciate it if you can share your opinion by selecting one of the options in the Poll area of the sidebar.
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2 responses so far ↓
1 Joe Muck // Apr 9, 2012 at 7:47 pm
I had to go with “All tier level claims are lies” not because I think they really are, but I do see a lot of exaggeration in the market. Maybe not by full fledged data centers, but by smaller companies wishing to house their own data or backups and try to satisfy their client base by calling themselves Tier II or III centers, when they’re in fact a lower level. Goes back to your Tier II+ concept… no such thing yet marketed that way by some.
2 Bob Landstrom // Apr 9, 2012 at 9:52 pm
Thanks Joe.
Without tipping my hand on this, I do agree with your point about exaggeration. The most common form of this in my experience is when there is good separation of redundancy in the Electrical path to the extent that concurrent maintainability can be claimed. It seems that’s evidence enough for an operator to claim “Tier III,” at least in what they distribute to the public, regardless of what they’re doing in the other dimensions. In fact, the “Tier III” level seems to be the red zone of exaggeration. It is in this zone that Tier II’s will reach to claim “Tier III” and even “Tier III+.” I’m suspicious any time someone claims to me to be anything that sounds like “Tier III.”
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