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Renaud th eda y: dan ial eat 6‘The WSTTUTE Se nate Tr ad play contents 1 Oveniew 1, ope 112 Pose 113 ferences 1, Related Publications, 2 Tet Casitaton Det 21 Tr — Basic Data Cente te inasuce 2.2, Trl — Redundant te sacs Capacity Components 23, Tel Concent Maintanate Se ntastuctre 24 Tr = fal Tolan Ste taste 25, Engin- Generator tens 2.6 Anbient Tergerstur Design Pits 2.7. Tr Requires Summary 3. Commentary fr Apliation ofthe Ter Stand Topology 41 Outeoms Based Ter Sandad 5.2 nc of Ambient Design Candin 3.3 Tr Funeral regression 3.4, Fractal or incremental Ter Ciastcaion 3.5. Non-Compliance TrendsOverview AA Scope ‘hs andr ena four dtc dns of acne se asa er asians er Te, “er er 0), arth peirance ciation ets x dete emg the eons The Tet lsat desc th eel ata open reqs o san 6a cnet opts ratte ‘racers of iid senso sens hts prec one ac hat ata ets te pence oo he suc rd eat pean sever separate seins syste enter of ‘aici depen po te nul eceades ee, power generation, eign ere pos sauces, 1c seta sts he eto fey sata stent ithe center ste nasa must cnr dep wi the sane se uptime bec tatty he sce Te eines. Campane withthe tenets of ech Tt iene by coe sed cota ead operat lnc hs meted of menue fers fom apse eign agponh or ach equred equpert Camera oh he Tt andr isi a separ Secon tat oases on eamples ard ones statins oh ‘hevarios vaste design and congue exch tpl hin each Ter ee. Te caret secon ao les ‘pice nh gpl an inlet! eT ets nado, he onary scn des ‘Isexaon an eral to dn andersng Tet concep aswel a rfomaton en common esa asa) stata 12. Purpose ‘hepa ois sania ep design ptesonal aa center pets and noel manages with ance and efectie eas ern He anisedpeiomane ferent deter ste infact fesgn plane. 13 References Aner acy of sting. Regering andi Continig Engrs, 205 ASHRAE Handbook — Fundamentals. Insta Foul Tolerant Power Camplance Speciation, Version 20 Specification Insta Continues Cooling & Aequled for Continous Avail, 1A Related Publications cree Tie Osi Tcl Fae Sees: Ege Gent ais ered Te eine ape Sees Makeup ate Fura intraton cane fare at opts comes Site infrastructure Tier Standards 2A. Tir eat ite Inastactre 211 The funda eqenen: 0) er tae ta center a onsen apc operandi sosedundat dun ath sei the comptes eipmet, 1) Tweets of ante stage or nine gear) 212 Tepeomanee contain es: 2) Theres scent capacy to meet he esa thet 1) Panes ew requ mst al of the te instruc sens be shut de acing computer euler, tes and ede. 2.13 The opens npacs 2) Theste susp to dsp tom bath lard ard raed aves. Craton Huma ers of ‘Stelntastucure components use ata ete tpi.tie mr bt itr Se neh Te Sandan ply 1b) Anupama tage eae of ry capacy sem, pay capone, rdsu elem wl Inga congue equpne. (Theat asnuie mst be completly sh oun onan ral asst say pr recess everve mennce sea wort get statins my requ mare quent sos Fl to egal pete maneanc sgfiany cess he rk ef unpamed auption wel ae ety of the consequent fale. 22. Tire Redundant ite lfastructre Capacity Components 22.1 Thefdamenal eqn: 3} ATeri aa eters endo capaiy capone 2nd sige enced tution pth seving ‘te canpute equipment 1) Tle ars of ental erage fa W capac 22.2 Wepetamance ofan ss: 2), Rect capacty amperes canbe eno fom sevice on planed bass wihut asng any of he ‘amputee 0 best down. 1) Renn tution pt rom see or maotenance other city requis toon of compte ‘augment. (Thr scent permanente cpt oat tenet of he se wher redundant conor Me ene om see aay tan Teena impacts: 2) The st usc to dnt tom bth aed aves and uganedevsts Operation aman) fxs Ste infastucure components may asa dt cet spn, 1). Anrlame act component fal may npc he comple equpert, Anand uae er fare cf ay apace dsrbutn ser lira he amp equpnen. {The st iaseyite mist becomes ann onan rma assay prom peeve ‘trance nf ea wot get stasis my req mere gut shutdowns ate ore porn altace pean tees if upload upon as ela he see fh coseueial ‘ae 23. Tir: Cneutenty Maintinable Site Inastructre 2.3.1 Thefundamenal queens: 13} AConcarely Mlanble da center hase apactycongoents nd mile ndependen ‘tts as svg the compte eupment Oly one sts path sequel see he conte pant ti. 2) LIT equipment dul ome s define by tensive’ Foul Tlerant Power Compliance Speciation, Version 2.0 td tales rope) tbe comple ih he tplgy fhe se’ rec. Taner eas sch as poe te ute napa fe computer equpe Wat as ot mee. tis spectatn| 1) Twehe hous af one fo stoage fr capac 23.2 Thepertmarce coma st: 2) Each and every cacy conpaer a net athe stn pts can remorse on ‘planed ba that pacing any fe cate que. 1) Thre fic peraner alles capacty 1 meth needs othe ste when redundant components be ened rem ene for aya, 233 The peat npacs: 3} Theste suscepti to yin tom upland aces Opaton eos fst nase npn may ase a compte Sup. 22:rte TU tc Se nase Te Sd ply 1b) An panned otage rte at an capacy stem lrg the camper eqpment. ()_Anrplaned age rie of caps onpeat f sbaton eee may mpacthe comptes eet. ()Pledstenaruce msrtenance co be per by sng the eda pay components and ‘tion pats tse wont rang eure {Dug maintenance ates the kof dpton maybe etd his rmainennce coin des ok ‘eet te ating achieved inne persion) 24. Tier Ful Tolerant Site nfastacte 2A Thefundanental queens a) Fault datacenter has mle independent, psa lated ses tat roe eda {Spay camponet and mile fener verse ave esrauton pas sinlones sey the fet quip edn capac omens an ese stun ps shal be cfg sth Tia "N” apts rng poue ad cosing tte crputr equipment afte anya ahve. 2), All equpmenis dul ponee sdf by ens’ Foul Tlerant Power Complonce Speciation, Veson 2. antl propel tbe cnpal th the taplgy fhe ste’ rere. 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Four Tier Levels Reflect Evolution of Data Center Uptime Objectives ‘Grothe st yer, das ene neste dsins fave evolved ‘hough i ast four diet ages tick we capt in he Tata slasfeaton ‘Satan Histol, Tr I fist appeared eth ely {eb Tee I athe 1970, Ter ti he ate 1980s ely 90h, and Tier Win 1998. The sae artiste inthe development of Teri concepts tn loneeted in the reson of Ter IV Tier FV elected power dion sens were mde posi, it fa by Ken Bil Exetve Detor of he nett, {in To91, te eovisoed 1 forue when all compute ‘wae ould come wth dal power inet TH [ecame US Patent 180,796. 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These re Safes rn Peormancenmesued by ccm onimsn et and operat ese Ts toy, ‘Scat tans presesptveapgrachoeaspeclistl ‘Suen nt formelagprtoenc xtc fs The TIER COMMENTARY fosiss on examples of the vrs ys to design and eofgure each Ter I he conmertsy sion ces dscson a ‘romps id in Der derstand nnn fn common dsen topology fale A compara tthe of ypea er atte, ty sd ot re Prone necommenay stn sin oles usta fhe compen dese mpeesaion athe ‘ec th edt Definition of Terms Used in the TIER PERFORMANCE STANDARDS and TIER CCONMENTARY Sections 1 Congueroqupent Tisistecdpbnsacompasing lineation einology equipment ued at ada ‘Ener fo pif the feraton protesng wok, inchs serer, storage, stork, i all the Information etna coro. s Redundun cpscky Components The components jon tr capa one spat ‘he computer capt peered os reu 1 one unit of capacity i required to suport the congue egepment ms than oe a of ‘ipa stalod Ters ste as N41 oN are ‘cnmenly pps f= Unetlecaponty Tis the man amount of Ten team app te Neel caer ‘Typ he avian amouat of see ods [2b ton te on dat egy ok for ‘ongonet sping, lation ors, rove ‘onnmgeneyforonepeste mand Useable capacy Ths the ma aun of llhtcan baat Ne fap ‘ype th kia sna of ete ads 12 ton te n-ne ey tallow for Component sing, tlio ran prove ‘comtingseyforunespecte ders Ste intact Ths conjes alo th Ste ity los heen pl pis he cnipent tt spp he pte aed coking ‘heconpmermom isp remember at {tpl dat cones nconprsed of ae 20 ujrmecanil decile rection ses $c er sjstens Each hs dona abystes Fook Themans tha system ean sain 2 est ese, unplaned eve ard et apt fd ee Te folk tolerant concep pated {nthe environment hese nfs ‘to seas atthe eomp expe wil tobe pct bya fy fare Ti eqs ‘ipl sores nd mull stb pus "at on goers uth ds ec he tho ct th ne a Teel Coli Power Spetfietion, Computer gaint at ec ot et hat specie eqs atin ‘pont sch ms pinta sich Dring ‘Se lntuatreinmnes ate sk of ‘Eruption ay elevated ‘= Concunentmsininbity-Orina hi was aso {Tem means ny rk an be perforate {plane bai witht pacing eed wr teva itasrctre woo ie ean tht ANY ‘ips component or dbton cemecan Be ‘pie, opted, serviced, ese, ee, WAN Snquting compat equa TIER PERFORMANCE STANDARD Tier |: Basic Site Infrastructure ‘Tefen equrenen Tr hs en cer ne eo-ti copscty Sespnesandsighon ects ce eng the sconehe pefoonancecoatimaton sts) 1 Any expt component or dsb path ae ‘wl impact he compe syste 2 Pane wx wl eg most oral ofthe ssems toes doa pacing he cope sysens. “Te penal inpact "These suey dopo rom bot panned snd uplaed aeties 1 Thesenfarscin mate cmp ut downon inl sso perfor necessary pose lntenance and repr ork Une stato ray egal merece shutdowns, Fl peo Tisamiennce work neenes te kof wpe ‘supine well he seer fh coset fain, 1 Operstion cos or spontaneous failures of site Infsratre components wil eae 8 datacenter sdsrpton Tier Il: Redundant Capacity Components Site Infrastructure “The inline eet AF Tari in coer harap apnea {hse onde dtaompate sen te Stes conpuceteulne “The pfomancecofeton es) 1 apa eompenee remy pate compe scnipent ‘2 Addon pa are wil ease he compute ip t down. ‘The operational impact The stctsepbletodirpon fom tohpland t= Redundane UPS modales nongine peertr are quite These nastiest col shat down cman sonal hai safely pone eve ‘nntenaee and repr work Urgent situations ay rege moe fequem shutdowns. Ful to ‘form this mnsnance wn increases the rk SStumplaaned dsrption as wel as the sere of {he consequent ale 1 Operon corso spontaneous failures of site Irie somponats may case a coe Asupeon ‘ior Il: Concurrently Maintainable Site Infrastructure “The fundamental eget Sconce ante di cetera unde ‘apy smpenet an lil stbuton ps serving these computerugment Generally ‘ne ivan pn soesthe compere ay ne The sfomance coutmaton test fF ch ad every eapeity comprent und element of {he dation pate can be removed rom eve ot {lame ors wth ogy of the compete dupa est down ‘The penal inpset the st i soto dination rom upland 2 Mlmed se infasticture ainenance can be ‘fred sng te onda apy components Snderibtion pats toslely ork onthe emai supmen, fs Troe eo estab concarene manta of the ‘Sea power dstibtn sae bewoen the UPS She eompater eqn Ter I ses ee all ‘impuiertararve dal per apts eed by the Innes Fal Toler Poser Comphance ‘Specieton Veron 2. This doin cn be ound at hppa TUlpgetsal pee. 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