about datacenters

[raversworld]

Does datacenters usually have a backup line for everything and by everything i mean:
UPS(uninteruptable power supply)
Backup Connection IE: if 100mb line goes down they have a backup 10mb or another 100mb.
Server is down do they have a backup server?
Just some questions as to i might buy some rackspace in the near future.


*plz no offers on rackspace here*

[Eclouds]

Some of your questions were a bit odd.

Datacenters do have UPS systems and in most cases can stay up 14 days without any power.

Back Connection? That's redundancy. Unless they have only 1 provider like SAIDCORP did, then you are fine.

Server down... Well, most data centers only offer colocation of your own servers unless you want to resell but that isn't a good idea. And no, no backup server. That is your responsibility.

[Gipo_dinamia]

Datacenter must only provide UPS, they can't be responsible for back up of your database.

[Volt.Networks]

They typically don't provide backup servers but they backup your information (usually as an add-on service).

[fireshark]

No they wouldnt have a backup server for every server, that would be just ridiculous

[cmartin]

Server is down do they have a backup server?

If a server goes down, or experiences some downtime, it doesn't necessarily mean that all of the data on the HDD will be lost, or erased. A chunk of the web hosts today take backups of accounts daily, but usually, servers don't have their own individual backup server.

As a side note, many web hosts encourage you to take your own backups, just in case.

Chris