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Data center downtime is no joke. It can literally make the difference between a data center surviving and failing. And a new study by the Ponemon Institute shows that modern data centers and data centers at the edge are more susceptible to downtime than ever before.

This is because data centers are much more complex than they ever have been. Most core data centers suffer 2.4 facility shutdowns per year, and some of those last around 138 minutes - more than two hours! Edge computing data centers experience twice as many shutdowns, but that average half the duration of core data center outages.

In addition, it is helpful to remember that although total facility failures occur with the least frequency, individual server or rack failures can also be costly, especially in Edge data centers, where every piece of equipment has some critical function.

At the outset it is also important that we define core data centers and edge data centers. Edge data centers are usually about ⅓ the size of their counterparts, although the term edge does not refer to size. Edge refers more to the data center location, generally closer to where the data center is needed to increase speed and response times, and save bandwidth.