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Rack Servers Assist Flexible HIT Infrastructure Datacenters

Healthcare organizations looking to scale their health IT infrastructures need flexible datacenters to handle increased data volumes.

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By Elizabeth O'Dowd

- Healthcare organizations are often faced with deciding on how to successfully deploy their datacenters as new HIT infrastructure solutions demand more flexible and scalable environments.

Many organizations are moving toward cloud storage for their data, and migrating to the cloud completely is still not widely adopted in healthcare. When entities move data to the cloud, they give up a certain amount of control if they choose a software-as-a-service (SaaS) or even a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) option. Hosting infrastructure solutions on premise allows IT administrators to be more hands on.

However, organizations may not have the budget or staff to maintain on-premise deployments, making cloud deployments the most viable option. Organizations are not tied to one type of data storage solution or datacenter deployment.