Data Center Resilience Evaluation Test-bed: Design and Implementation

Abstract

Operational continuity of data centers faces challenges by experienced cyber attackers and occasional natural disasters. Assessment of a data center's resilience for complex and realistic scenarios is very important for various reasons such as: system specification, design and enhancement. Yet data center resilience evaluation is a demanding process because of the complexity of its systems and the multidimensional aspects required for a resilient system. This paper illustrates data center resilience evaluation test-bed and its monitoring system. This test-bed can provide a realistic testing environment and capable to implement multiple operating and attacking scenarios.