“Cisco plans to have RTP1 serve as a production backup for other Cisco global data centers, says company IT official Jim Cribari. It’s also a showcase of Cisco technology and  implementation techniques for customers, and to prove that they do not need a separate physical facility for DR [Disaster Recovery].

‘It shows customers how to maximize their investment in DR and application development environments,’ Cribari says.”

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“Many companies operate dedicated data center space for application testing and development, as well as disaster recovery facilities. But what if both functions could take place in the same space?

In an age when many data centers are optimized for specific types of compute loads, the new Cisco data center in Research Triangle Park serves as a proof-of-concept for another approach to data center design: a facility that can quickly shift from one mission to another.”

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