When working with data logging services Australia based servers can reduce latency by reducing the distance between the logging station and the physical volume used to store data. Remote weather hutches might experience a high packet loss rate because of poor network connections. Physical media is needed even if temperature and pressure information is transmitted to a cloud storage volume, and the more time it takes for information to get to said media the higher the chance is that some packets will get lost.
While most institutions can’t simply move a server closer, they can restructure their existing pool so that each data collection site interfaces with the server closest to it. As well as lowering the risk of file system corruption, restructuring the server pool in this way can increase transfer speeds. Institutions won’t even have to spend any money to implement this kind of scheme since server management is handled logically.
