Editing Data center (section)

===Lights out===
The ''lights-out''<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Informationweek]]|url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2562532/premier-100-q-a--hp-s-cio-sees--lights-out--data-centers.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712195816/https://www.computerworld.com/article/2562532/premier-100-q-a--hp-s-cio-sees--lights-out--data-centers.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 12, 2019|title=Premier 100 Q&A: HP's CIO sees 'lights-out' data centers|date=March 6, 2006}}</ref> data center, also known as a darkened or a dark data center, is a data center that, ideally, has all but eliminated the need for direct access by personnel, except under extraordinary circumstances. Because of the lack of need for staff to enter the data center, it can be operated without lighting. All of the devices are accessed and managed by remote systems, with automation programs used to perform unattended operations. In addition to the energy savings, reduction in staffing costs and the ability to locate the site further from population centers, implementing a lights-out data center reduces the threat of malicious attacks upon the infrastructure.<ref>{{cite book|author=Victor Kasacavage|year=2002|page=227|title=Complete book of remote access: connectivity and security|series=The Auerbach Best Practices Series|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=0-8493-1253-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=Roxanne E. Burkey|author2=Charles V. Breakfield|year=2000|title=Designing a total data solution: technology, implementation and deployment| page=24|series=Auerbach Best Practices|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=0-8493-0893-3 }}</ref>