What Is a Tier 1 data center?

Tier 1 data center requirements are generally utilized by small businesses and feature:

• 99.671% Uptime
• no redundancy
• 28.8 Hours of downtime per year.

What Is a Tier 2 Data Center?

The benefits of a Tier 2 facility include:

• 99.749% Uptime
• Partial redundancy in power and cooling
• Experience 22 hours of downtime per year

What Is a Tier 3 Data Center?

Tier 3 data center specifications are utilized by larger businesses and feature:

• 99.982% uptime (Tier 3 uptime)
• No more than 1.6 hours of downtime per year
• N+1 fault tolerant providing at least 72 hour power outage protection