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Computer Room Hot Spots
John Herbert
Director
Introduction
Imagine for a moment the consequences of a power or air
conditioning failure in your computer centre, angry customers,
lost business, the total loss could be counted in the millions,
and your business may take months to recover.
The Uptime Institute (USA) report that the cost of an information
outage caused by just a single infrastructure failure can sometimes
exceed the whole annual budget for your infrastructure operation.
Furthermore, while computer room infrastructure failures only represent
less than four percent (4%) of all outage events, they account for
twenty five (25%) or more of all downtime.
Since we can't operate a high density datacenter without
electrical power, and the requisite cooling, the E&M infrastructure
remains a critical element for all data centric operations.
Computer room managers need a to ensure that all practical measures have been
undertaken to ensure the stability, and reliability. Therefore Kelcroft has
created custom auditing service to meet these needs.
Why Audit?
Why does a computer room require an audit?
Unlike other environments computer rooms are unique
in that they are continuously evolving. Even new
build projects we have found that IT equipment configuration
between the planning and closeout stages will has already
changed.
Is your datacenter thermal control adequate
The number of computer servers worldwide has increased approximately
150 times in less than a decade.
During that same period, computing power per server has
increased by a factor of ten. And some manufacturers are
still forecasting growth, a further increase to over
150W/CPU/per year.
For many businesses the demands for processing power has
greatly increased since their computer room was completed. And
while the hardware cost of this additional processing power
may have been decreasing, the operating cost of electrical
power and cooling has not.
More powerful hardware is often introduced in the same
rack space designed for much less advanced units. While
these more powerful CPU's were being added, too often the
Air conditioning equipment required to cool them was not
upgraded, and probably because of the risk of disruption.
As a result computer rooms are getting getting warmer creating
computer room hot spots.
In a modern computer room it is common to find most racks at near full capacity,
and often populated with equipment with multiple processors. All of this extra
load releases more heat than the air conditioning units can cool, and with the
redundancy absorbed creating localised hot spots.
Over time new hardware, and IT configurations are also added
to cope with increasing consumer demand, this requires additional
electrical power and computer equipment. For example newer blade
servers allow more IT capacity to be fitted into a standard
computer rack than ever before, but can the air conditioning and
power infrastructure cope?
Unchecked computer room expansion affects the stability of the E&M infrastructure
In the same way as an accountant reviews your finances to ensure
that all the credits and debits matched, a computer room audit
verifies that the infrastructure is sound, and operating correctly.
Computer Room Hot Spot Solutions
A Kelcroft computer room infrastructure audit is a technical review of the
essential E&M infrastructure that underpins your entire operation creating a
invaluable report card for your IT operations.
It is a systematic methodical assessment of the essential, Building
Services (E&M) that support your operations.
Auditing can be structured and customized to suit your needs,
a typical audit comprises:
- Condition survey
- Technical audit of the M&E infrastructure
- Record site environmental data
- Verification of management systems
- Reliability analysis
- point failure analysis
- Historical outage review
- Thermal infra-red survey
The findings from the audit investigation is packaged and presented as
comprehensive report - provide a report card on the health of your data
centre.
Experience
In mission critical applications, experience matters. Kelcroft's international
consultancy track record help owners make smarter decisions.
- Experience matters
- Millions of square feet online
- Professional responsive approach
- Personal service
- Trusted results
CFD Tool used for Computer room thermal design analysis
Kelcroft's international experience delivers a competitive edge for your
business.
With millions of square feet already operational you can trust Kelcroft's
expertise, and deliver problem free computer room environments.
Regular independent auditing ensures that your critical systems are working efficiently
Our computer room expertise includes planning, design, and technical auditing of
the essential E&M systems supporting your IT business.
Further Information
For further information regarding Kelcroft's services, call today, our Hong Kong office telephone: +(852) 2335 9830,
send us a fax +(852) 2335 9862, or send us an email message
