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Are You Looking To Relocate Or Decommission Your Data Center & Its Equipment?

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Our Data center Decommissioning Team are fully trained and experienced in handling all data center decommissioning projects. We provide removal, packing and transportation of data center/ IT equipment and complete your project properly and efficiently, on time and under budget   Data Center Decommissioning Checklist: INTRODUCTORY SET UP We start by drafting a scope of work together. What is the budget? Identify each of the internal stakeholders associated with the work. Identify necessary workflows and backup systems to ensure there is not a critical loss of power or data. ITEMIZING Map out all of the hardware and software assets involved in the decommissioning.  Follow up with a physical review. Compile a comprehensive inventory: servers, racks, storage equipment, hard drives, SSDs, HVAC equipment, networking gear, firewalls, routers, software licenses, virtualization hardware, keyboards, mice, power equipment, cabinets, and so on. Identify and retain all software licenses associated

Questions To Ask Datacenter Decommissioning Service Providers

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  Datacenter decommissioning   contains removing and disposing of the assets of your data center and. If you are planning to   decommission your data center   there are many considerations for your company. You may want to deal with a professional data center decommissioning company that offers this type of service on a regular basis. It is important that the company you hire is reputable so that the decommissioning of your data center will go as planned. Among the processes, you should ask about and conditions you should expect are: Have the vendor provide you with a detailed explanation of work how they will handle every aspect of the data center decommissioning project. Ask the vendor to do a walkthrough with you, preceding the project, showing how they will execute each step of decommissioning. Ascertain if the vendor outsources any aspect of data center decommissioning, including labor or data destruction.   Inquire about responsible recycling.   Ask for information for the last d

Data Center Decommissioning Project Plan

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  Removing something from the business is a type of  decommissioning . Advanced systems have decommissioning actions that must be followed to assist in the  shutdown process . Data centers use a collection of equipment and support systems to operate. It is impossible to  decommission a data center  without a procedure. A properly created procedure ensures smooth transitioning of the system. The decommissioning project plan is tailored to the needs of each system. Data Center Decommissioning  may go on for a number of reasons such as Replacing IT equipment that has run its lifecycle Modernizing infrastructure to improve efficiency Migrating to a new data center or co-location space Consolidating data center spaces What Steps Are Involved in Decommissioning a Data Center?   Project Plan  Asset Inventory  Chain of Custody Tracking  Disassembly  ITAD  Pack Equipment  Ship Equipment  Asset Sale  Environmentally Compliant Recycling

DATA CENTER DECOMMISSIONING AND LIQUIDATION

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Our data center decommissioning and Co location solutions are designed to help clients achieve compliance, mitigate risk, reduce waste, and recover the value of retired assets – all without disrupting your business. We begin the program from asset appraisal process. Where valuation of IT hardware as well software took place. Maxicom provides complete asset tracking and disposition services to support the data center upgrade, close, move or consolidate. We have a complete data center de-installation and decommissioning team for on-site/off-site data destruction; removal of cabling, computers, servers and other equipment; disposal or recycling of the equipment; floor protection, and complete project management. Their team has experience decommissioning sites with ten to hundreds of racks.