Data Center Operational and Services IMS605

By Yanty Rahayu Rambli

Introduction to Data Center

Data Center
Mission critical site. A facility used for housing a large amount of computer and communications equipment maintained by an organization for the purpose of handling the data necessary for its operations. (exam) It is also known as the server farm or the computer room, the data center is where the majority of an enterprise servers and storage are located, operated and managed.

The Importance of Data Center

Data Centers are specialized environments that safeguard your companys most valuable equipment and intellectual property.

The Importance of Data Center

Data Centers house the devices that:
Process your business transactions Host your website Process and store your intellectual property Maintain your financial records Route your emails

The Importance of Data Center

Well-planned and effectively managing data center. Data center is the brain of your company.

Data Center Physical Infrastructure & Design

Data Center Requirements

1. Data center prerequisites 2. Budget constraints 3. Selecting a Geographical location 4. Selecting an existing building (Retrofitting)

Data Center Requirements

Practical Requirement Provide a physically secure location for servers, storage and network equipment Provide 24 x 7 network connectivity for equipment within the data center to devices outside the data center

Data Center Requirements

Provide necessary power to operate all equipment Provide an environment where the temperature and humidity are controlled within narrow range and air is exchanged at an adequate rate.

Data Center Prerequisites

Required: 1. Physical area for equipment & unoccupied space 2. Power to run all the devices 3. Cooling & HVAC 4. Weight 5. Network bandwidth

1. Physical area for equipment & unoccupied space

Physical capacity = available space for servers, storage, network devices, HVAC (Heating, ventilation and air conditioning), power panels, breakers and floor to support the weight of the equipment.

1. Physical area for equipment & unoccupied space

Space required for new servers and storage in the coming years must also be accounted for in the initial plan. The number and type of devices (servers, storage, network equipments) to be placed in the data center have the most impact on its design.

1. Physical area for equipment & unoccupied space

The are must be large enough to accommodate servers and storage for the next coming years.

2. Power to run all the devices

To protect against power failures, uninterruptible power supplies (UPSs) must be present in every data center.

3. Cooling & HVAC

HVAC = heating, ventilation and air conditioning. HVAC is required to keep the devices cool and maintain low humidity within the data center. HVAC must have enough cooling capacity to meet present and future needs

3. Cooling & HVAC

Cooling requirements are measured in British thermal units (BTUs) per hour. HVAC manufacturer provides this. Example : IBM ESS Storage Subsystem requires 16,000 BTUs per hour.

3. Cooling & HVAC

Cooling requirements are measured in British thermal units (BTUs) per hour. HVAC manufacturer provides this. Example : IBM ESS Storage Subsystem requires 16,000 BTUs per hour.

3. Cooling & HVAC

The air-flow pattern is very important in cooling the equipment. It is controlled by the under-floor pressure, which, in turn, depends on the HVAC unit and relative placement of solid and perforated tiles on the raised floor.

4. Weight
A few different types of loads that the floor must be able to support: 1.Maximum weight that the entire data center floor can support 2.Maximum weight that a single tile can support 3.Maximum point load that a tile can support

5. Network Bandwidth
Network connection bust be up and running 24 x 7 without failed.

Budget Constrains
Build budget = The amount of money allocated for designing, building and initial deployment of a new data center.

Budget Constrains
Budget Consideration 1. Budget amount 2. Amount adequate to design and construct a data center, given the set of expectations such as capacity, uptime requirements, building codes and so forth. 3. Enough money to set up all mandatory elements. Eg:HVAC, UPS, generators, Internet connectivity redundancy, etc

Budget Constrains
Budget Consideration

4. Redundant links to Internet via different ISP. 5. At what stages will the funds be released to pay for incurred expenses.

Selecting a Geographic Location

1. 2. 3. 4. Safe from natural hazards Safe from man-made disasters Availability of local technical talent Abundant and inexpensive utilities such as power and water