Factors to consider when evaluating a data center may include:
* Financial protections
* Peace of mind
* Recovery time objective (RTO) - the amount of time that an outage will last / how long can you afford an outage to last.
* Recovery point objective (RPO) - the point at which the loss of data becomes a problem.
* Security
* Transparency
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