Introduction to Data Centre Facilities
About the ANSI/TIA-942
- Life of the ANSI/TIA-942 Standard
- Relation to other standards
- Architectural
- Electrical
- Mechanical
- Telecommunication
- Areas under scope
- High level redundancy definitions
- Redundancy options (N, N+1 etc.)
- Fault tolerant
- Concurrent maintainability
- Compartmentalisation
- Examples of redundancy levels
Data Centre Space Planning
Data Centre Topologies
Recommendations for Energy Efficiency
Architectural
- Site selection
- Parking
- Multi-tenant building
- Building construction
- Vapor barrier
- Roofing
- Floor loading
- Raised flooring
- Suspended/drop ceiling
- Hanging load
- Seismic
Building Security & Safety
- Security
- CCTV
- Staffing
- Bullet/ballistic proofing
- Lighting
- Safety
- Signage
Building and Room Access
- Security checkpoints
- Entry lobby
- Doors and windows
- Exit corridors
- Shipping and receiving areas
Room/Area Design Requirements
- Administrative offices
- Security offce
- Operations centre
- Restroom and break room
- UPS/Battery rooms
- Generator and fuel storage area
- Computer room
Electrical
- Utility power
- Substation
- Feed requirements
- Self-generation - HT/HV switch gear
- Generator and fuel supply
- LT/LV switch gear
- ATS
- Alternatives to ATS - UPS and batteries
- PDU
- STS
- Grounding
- Surge protection
- EPO
- Central power monitoring
- Load banks
- Testing
- Equipment maintenance
- Preventive maintenance
- Facility training programs
Mechanical
- Environmental design
- Temperature and humidity requirements
- Contamination
- Sources
- Clean air
- Pressurisation
- Radio sources
- Vibration
- Water ingress - Water cooled systems
- Heat rejection
- Chilled water system
- Condenser water
- Make up water - Air cooled systems
- HVAC control systems
- Plumbing
- Pipe routing - Fire suppression
- Water leak detection
Telecommunications
- Network topology
- Redundancy level design
- Media and connectors
- Cabling pathways
- Detailed cabling design considerations
- Administration and labeling
- Cable testing
- Data centre fabrics