Data Centers

Datacenters

A datacenter
provides power
supply, cooling, fire
prevention and
detection, equipment
racks, and other
facilities needed to
host the installed
infrastructure
components.
 Sub Equipment Room (SER) –They
contain patch panels for connections to
wall outlets in offices and some small
equipment like network switches. ·
Main Equipment Room (MER) –a small
Data datacenter in the organization’s
subsidiaries or buildings.
Centers
Building Organization owned datacenter – a
datacenter that contains all central IT
Blocks equipment for the organization.

Multi-tenant datacenter – this datacenter

category is used by service providers that
provide services for multiple other
organizations.
 • Environment
Is enough space available to expand the datacenter in the
future?
Location of the Is the location vulnerable to flooding?
Datacenter Is the datacenter located in a hurricane prone area?
What is the chance of an earthquake?
What is the climate like?
Environment

• Is the datacenter close to possible external

hazards like fireworks storage, a waste
dump, or a chemical plant?
• What is the crime rate?
• Is the datacenter near an area that is likely
to be closed because of unforeseen?
• Is the location close to the home or office
of maintenance staff, systems managers,
and external expertise?
• Can the datacenter be reached easily in
case of emergencies?
• Are hospitals, police, and fire fighters
located in the vicinity?
 Is the location of the
datacenter included
in public maps

Visibility Does the building

have windows?

Are markings on the

building showing that
this building contains
a datacenter?
Utilities

Is it possible to Can cabling Is it possible to Can cabling Are there

have two routes to the have double routes inside the multiple paths
independent building be power and data building be available to the
power providers determined? connections determined in a patch panels,
and internet leave the flexible way? floors, and end
providers? building from two users?
different places?

Is the datacenter
located in a
shared building?
 Utilities

WHAT IF THE POWER IS ENOUGH POWER HOW RELIABLE IS IS CHEAP POWER

MUST BE SHUT AVAILABLE TO THE POWER AVAILABLE?
DOWN DUE TO SUPPLY THE SUPPLY?
MAINTENANCE DATACENTER?
ACTIVITIES
PERFORMED BY
ANOTHER USER OF
THE BUILDING?

CAN THE WHAT IS THE ARE DARK FIBER

DATACENTER USE AVAILABLE CONNECTIONS
RENEWABLE BANDWIDTH OF THE POSSIBLE? HOW
ENERGY LIKE WIND EXTERNAL DATA RELIABLE ARE THE
OR WATER CONNECTIONS? IS DATA
GENERATED THE DATACENTER CONNECTIONS?
POWER? CLOSE TO AN
 • Can the country be reached
at all times?
• Is the country politically
stable?
• Are there specific laws and
Foreign regulations you need to
adhere to or be aware of?
Countries • Does the country have a high
level of corruption? How
reliable is the staff?
• What is the legal status of the
data and the datacenter
itself?
Physical structure

The physical
structure of a
datacenter includes
floors, wall,
windows, doors, and
water and gas pipes.
Physical structure

FLOORS WALLS, WATER AND

WINDOWS, AND GAS PIPES
DOORS
Datacenter

COMPUTER UPS INPUT UPS

ROOM GENERATOR POWER
TRANSFORM
ERS
 Types of Power
Issues

• Blackout - A total loss of power

• Surge - A period of high-voltage
• Spike - Instantaneous jumps in
voltage
• Brownout - A voltage drop
• Waveform issues - caused by
switching power supplies or
rectifier issues in AC/AC
converters.
 Power
Generator
A power generator can power the
datacenter for an indefinite period of
time.
 Cooling Systems

• Computer Room Air

Conditioner (CRAC) - are
refrigerant-based units
connected to outside
condensing units.
• Computer Room Air Handler
(CRAH) - is chilled water
based and connected to
outside chillers.
Fire prevention, detection, and
suppression

Passive fore protection -

Fire prevention -
measures to limit the
measures to avoid a fire
exposure of the fire
in the first place.
once it has started.

Fire suppression
Fire detection systems
systems – systems to
– systems to detect
extinguish the fire once
smoke and fire.
it is detected.
Fire Components

Heat

Fire

Oxyge
Fuel
n
3 Ways to Stop a Fire

Reduction or Reduction of heat. Reduction or

isolation of fuel. isolation of
oxygen.