Chapter 2: Understanding Data Centers
Welcome to the second chapter! I want to introduce you to the world of data centers. This is an essential subject because before learning data science or programming skills, you should know everything about how data flows. You need to precisely understand where and how files and information are both stored and retrieved, and you need to understand the types of environments in which data resides. Here, we will learn the importance of data centers and the most common data center types that companies use to support their IT infrastructures. We will also talk about The Citadel and Project Natick, two of the most promising and advanced data centers worldwide. At the end of this chapter, we will be introducing Power BI by analyzing an exciting yet straightforward dataset, the World Happiness Report!
Today, we know that companies and organizations worldwide have IT systems that need to be managed, updated, and monitored. And that is how data centers...
