How This Book Is Organized

   

This book contains the following chapters and appendixes.

Chapter 1, "Data Center Design Philosophy," presents the author's philosophy of designing a data center sanely and efficiently , including the top ten guidelines.

Chapter 2, "Data Center Design Criteria," discusses the primary criteria of data center design including project scope, budget, availability profiles, insurance, building code, and determining the viability of the project.

Chapter 3, "Designing a Data Center," discusses the basic design process, the key players, the method of designing for data center capacities , determining the structural layout and support systems, networking, redundancy, security, monitoring, and system health.

Chapter 4, "Determining Data Center Capacities," could be considered the heart of the book. It describes the use of rack location units (RLUs) to determine the best design for the data center. It bases the design on the data center and equipment capacities rather than on electrical needs and square footage. It will take you through the planning stages and explain how to create RLU definitions in the early design stages.

Chapter 5, "Site Selection," examines locating the data center in either an existing location or a build-to-suit situation. It takes an in-depth look at budget, access, security, capacity, environmental restrictions, and numerous other details to consider in selecting the best location.

Chapter 6, "Implementing a Raised Floor," describes the several purposes of a raised floor system, the benefits of using this system over other systems, and goes into important structural details such as the support grid, tile construction, and load capabilities. It also covers the use of the subfloor space for air flow and cable routing.

Chapter 7, "Power Distribution," examines all aspects of the data center's power requirements and support systems. It covers assessing power needs, safety, redundancy, backup power systems, grounding and bonding, the signal reference grid, wiring and cabling, power quality, avoiding electromagnetic and electrostatic problems, and the optional use of power distribution units.

Chapter 8, "HVAC and Other Environmental Controls," takes you through the entire data center air flow and cooling system from HVAC units to the external support systems. It discusses the problems inherent in cooling a data center and how to remedy them. Other aspects are described, such as humidification , temperature and RH monitoring, mechanical support systems, proper air flow, exchange, pressure, and quality, and efficient placement of equipment.

Chapter 9, "Network Cabling Infrastructure," describes various devices and cabling scenarios for the data center network. It discusses the structure of the network, network hierarchy and modular design, connectivity between equipment and to the ISP, proper routing, cable identification, and verification.

Chapter 10, "Shipping, Receiving, and Staging," describes important but often overlooked aspects of the data center that should be considered in the initial design phases. Heavy equipment must be moved in and out of the center and it must go through packing, unpacking, and setup procedures. This chapter covers aspects of the loading dock, staging area, and storage areas.

Chapter 11, "Avoiding Hazards," discusses the gamut of natural and man-made hazards including fire, earthquake, flooding, and noise. It also discusses human safety and avoiding unauthorized access.

Chapter 12, "Environmental Contaminants," describes many of the contaminants that can cause operator health problems and compromise the operations of data center equipment. The different types of contaminants are discussed, how they can adversely affect operations, and how to avoid them. Solutions include positive pressurization and quality filtration.

Chapter 13, "Codes and Construction," discusses the convoluted topic of codes and their many incarnations, and gives some basic construction criteria.

Appendix A, "Managing System Configurations," A reprint of the October 2001 SuperG paper by Elizabeth Purcell. This paper examines the challanges of accurate system configuration managment including configuration management for software revisions, network interfaces, storage subsystems, firmware, and patches.

Appendix B, "Bibliography and References," lists books, other technical documentation, organizations, and software.

The Glossary is a list of terms and acronyms used frequently in the course of discussing data centers.

   


Enterprise Data Center Design and Methodology
Enterprise Data Center Design and Methodology
ISBN: 0130473936
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2002
Pages: 142
Authors: Rob Snevely

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