Data centers, server farms, and other technical areas are all vulnerable security points with a driving need to control access. Companies have millions of dollars of digital assets on servers and often depend on just a locked room to keep them safe.
Data centers often house the crown jewels in the form of information assets comprising IT hardware mainframes and other computer servers, disk farms, tape silos, networking equipment, and enormous amounts of extremely valuable business data and highly-skilled IT workers. Concentrating so many high value items in an enclosed space increases the vulnerability to common physical threats such as thefts, criminal or accidental physical damage.
Protecting data from digital thieves is often a massive effort with little attention sometimes paid to the physical server farm, generators, control systems, servers, computers, and electronics.
Servers and other information system equipment should be locked and access controlled. Wire mesh partitions are perfect because they can fit nearly any configuration from a continuous long wall to doors between blade server racks to secure access. They don't inhibit ventilation or heat discharge. And it's modern looking, attractive security, not some fencing that makes the room look like a warehouse. Your clients and your internal support personnel will appreciate the enhanced security and aesthetics. They can also extend into a drop floor or recessed ceiling with relative ease.
Even in a locked, secure room, employees such as janitorial services, salespeople, or maintenance crews may need access to the room but should never have access to servers. Servers that are behind security partitions are safer from intrusion and potential data breaches no matter who enters the room. Often, server rooms are dual-purpose with other storage or uses. This means you may not be able to keep people out of your data center, but you can keep them away from delicate equipment with lockable, wire security cages.
Our server cage systems allow side-by-side server rack storage. This concept is a true space-saving way to implement both enhanced security without compromising access for individual, multiple, or enterprise-wide security. Since the system is modular and highly configurable, you can add to it, redo it, or scale it to your needs with a minimum of hassle.
Many options are available for locking and access. You can specify standards such as key locks, or go all the way to modern, biometric locking systems.
In open layout applications, security partitions allow you to maintain visibility and still lock your servers behind extremely strong wire fencing.
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